Ryan Pfaff Email & Phone Number

With over 25 years of international renewable energy experience, Ryan Pfaff has played a key role in the commercialization of over 12 GW of renewable generation facilities. He currently leads EDF Renewables North America's Grid- and Distribution-Scale Power Business Units, spanning development, origination, construction and project finance activities across multiple technologies, including solar, onshore wind, offshore wind, and energy storage. Prior to joining EDF RE in 2012, Mr. Pfaff served in a variety of roles with the AES Corporation over the course of seven years, most recently VP & Head of Global Wind Development. In this capacity, he played a key role in growing AES’ wind business from 102 MW in the US to over 1.7 GW in construction or operation across six countries, including the US, UK, France, Bulgaria, China and India. Other roles with AES included, VP – North America Business Development, Managing Director - Renewable Generation, and serving on AES’ Global Development Steering Committee.Mr. Pfaff began his energy career in 1997 with privately-held IPP SeaWest Windpower. As EVP, Business Development and Project Finance, he was a key member of the management team responsible for the turnaround and sale of SeaWest to AES in 2005. Prior to joining the energy industry, Mr. Pfaff worked in commercial banking with Credit Suisse First Boston and Union Bank of California (now MUFG Union Bank).Mr. Pfaff holds a B.S. in Business Administration, concentration in Finance, from San Diego State University. He serves on the Board of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (EDFR/Shell JV), the Board and Executive Committee of the Solar Energy Industries Association, and the Board of the Solar and Storage Institute.

Listed skills include Energy, Project Finance, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, and 15 others.

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  San Diego State University

  Finance