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Newly created residential TPO finance platform backed by Blackstone Credit and Insurance. ClearLight’s goal is to deliver a transparent and reliable financial product to our partners in the residential solar market. We have assembled an experienced capital markets and asset management team and are building an efficient and low cost, data driven, aggregator of residential solar leases and power purchase agreements, focussed on delivering long term asset performance in the service of residential customers and delivering investment returns to our capital providers.

London Stock Exchange traded investment trust focussing on US Utility scale solar investments.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Board Member of the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) from 2013 to 2020 and then again since December 2021 as well as serving as the Chair of the SEIA State Policy Committee from 2016 to 2020.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Executive Chairman of ClearGen LLC, a sustainable infrastructure platform that provides low-cost clean energy to consumers and businesses through ownership and operation of a wide array of long-term, contracted assets in partnership with developers, energy services companies, equipment manufacturers and utilities

St. Rose, La, Us

Oversee all financial responsibilities at the company, including raising capital, accounting, policy and regulatory work as well as markets and products.

Sustainability and renewable energy advisory work.

Lehi, Utah, Us

Part of select team of executives that built Vivint Solar into the second largest developer and installer of residential solar in the U.S. and took the company public in 2014. In 7 years at VSLR, company grew installed solar MWs at a CAGR of 45%, expanded markets from 5 to 22 states, grew the employee base from 800 to over 4,000, raised $7.4bn to finance 1.5GWs of residential solar for approximately 200,000 American homeowners and then sold the business to Sunrun for $3.2bn.

Boston, Ma, Us

Managing team responsible for all the bank’s activities with US Energy clients across the Energy Sector from well-head to wall socket, including Oil & Gas (upstream, midstream and downstream), Utilities (gas and electric), Independent Power Producers (conventional and renewables) and specialized Energy Funds.

Tempe, Arizona, Us

Head of Project Finance for the Americas: responsible for the debt financing and equity sales processes of First Solar’s utility scale solar projects globally. Financed and closed the sale of projects totaling over 1.6GW-AC of capacity with a total value in excess of $8 billion across 6 transactions, including significant projects such as Desert Sunlight, Topaz, Agua Caliente, and Antelope Valley Solar Ranch.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Responsible for leading the effort to sell Infigen Energy's 1,557MW US wind business.

New York, Ny, Us

Energy Group at Financial Products: Joined AIG to build energy business and allocate capital to principal investment in energy and infrastructure sector. Started the renewable Tax Equity business and originated tax equity mandates for wind and geothermal projects totaling over $1 billion.

Boston, Ma, Us

Senior origination professional responsible for sourcing and closing investments in domestic energy sector.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Power Project Finance: Extensive experience in the analysis, structuring and negotiation of power project financings in both the bank and capital markets. Responsible for managing project finance client relationships and originating and executing power project business in North and South America.

Masters, International Business And Finance

Bachelors, International Affairs, History, German