Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

More than 25 speakers confirmed, including:
Jigar Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Jigar Shah Consulting
Minh Le, Solar Energy Technologies Office Director, Department of Energy
Vishal Shah, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Securities
David L. Giordano, Managing Director and Member, Renewable Power Group, BlackRock Alternative Investors
Albert Luu, Structured Finance Vice President, SolarCity
David Sher, Senior Managing Director, Greenbacker Group
Mahesh Jayakumar, CFA, FRM, Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Global Fixed Income, Currency and Cash, State Street Global Advisors
Swami Venkataraman, CFA, Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Global Project & Infrastructure Finance, Moody's Investor Service
John Eber, Managing Director, Energy Investments, J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation
Bhaswar Chatterjee, Head of Infrastructure & Energy Finance, Americas, Deutsche Bank
Chris Diaz, Senior Vice President, Renewable Energy, Seminole Financial Services
Andrew Oh, Vice President, Strategy and Project Finance, OCI Solar Power
Senior Representative, JA Solar
Senior Representative, Conergy
Dino Barajas, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Daniel Mallo, Managing Director, Société Générale
Jeff Eckel, President/CEO, Hannon Armstrong
Jerry Smith, Managing Director – Strategic Transactions Group, Credit Suisse Securities
Pierre-Emmanuel Frot, Vice President, Solar Power Generation Business, Schneider Electric
Eric Xin Luo, Chief Executive Officer, Wuxi Suntech
Edouard Klehe, Chief Operating Officer, SunLight General Capital
Paul Spencer, Founder and President, Easy Clean Energy
William Cannon, Executive Director, Sumitomo Corp of America
Adam Nicolopoulos, Chief Executive Officer, ADN Capital Ventures
Andrew Redinger, Managing Director, Group Head, KeyBanc Utility, Power & Renewable Energy
John Joshi, Director and Business Strategist, Founding Partner, CapitalFusion
Matthew P. Haskins, Principal, Washington National Tax Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Louis Berger, Principal, Washington Square Capital Management

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Speakers Adam Nicolopoulos Adam Nicolopoulos Chief Executive Officer, ADN Capital Ventures Adam Nicolopoulos is a corporate and project finance specialist with decades of experience in the energy, renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. Adam founded ADN Capital Ventures, Inc. (in 2007) a boutique advisory firm focused on clients operating in the clean energy and infrastructure spaces.

Albert Luu Albert Luu Structured Finance Vice President, SolarCity Albert Luu is a Structured Finance Vice President with SolarCity. SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) provides clean energy. The company has disrupted the century-old energy industry by providing renewable electricity directly to homeowners, businesses and government organizations for less than they spend on utility bills.

Andrew Redinger Andrew Redinger Managing Director, Group Head, KeyBanc Utility, Power & Renewable Energy Mr. Redinger manages KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM) North America Utility, Power and Renewable Energy Practice. With more than 20 years of energy experience Mr. Redinger has provided specialized investment banking services to some of North America's largest utility and renewable energy companies.

Bhaswar Chatterjee Bhaswar Chatterjee Head of Infrastructure & Energy Finance, Americas, Deutsche Bank

Chris Diaz Chris Diaz Senior Vice President, Renewable Energy, Seminole Financial Services CHRIS DIAZ is a principal with Seminole Financial Services, LLC a full-service national investment management / financial services organization. Mr. Diaz is responsible for the identification, evaluation, and negotiation of renewable energy finance transactions focusing on solar and wind projects between $2 million and $30 million in need of construction / interim financing and permanent debt financing.

Daniel Mallo Daniel Mallo Managing Director, Société Générale Daniel Mallo is a Managing Director in Société Générale’s Project Finance and Global Energy Group, where he focuses on both advisory and debt arranging assignments for energy companies in the United States, Canada and Latin America.

David L. Giordano David L. Giordano Managing Director, Member of the Infrastructure Investment Group-Renewable Power, BlackRock Alternatives (BAI) David L. Giordano, Managing Director, is a member of the Infrastructure Investment Group-Renewable Power, within BlackRock Alternatives (BAI). As head of the North American Investment team, he is responsible for originating investment opportunities, establishing industry partnerships, and leading transactions associated with securing investment opportunities.

David Sher David Sher Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, Greenbacker Group

Dino Barajas Dino Barajas Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Dino Barajas focuses his practice on domestic and international project development and finance, with particular emphasis on Latin American infrastructure projects, debt financings and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Barajas regularly represents lenders, investors and developers in a wide range of domestic and international project financings in the energy, power, infrastructure and commercial sectors, as well as in traditional banking, structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, asset finance, joint ventures and venture capital transactions.

Edouard Klehe Edouard Klehe Chief Operating Officer, SunLight General Capital Edouard Klehe, as a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, has been instrumental in establishing SunLight General Capital as a leading solar developer, financer and operator. SunLight General Capital has become in less than four years one of the largest independent owner-operator of commercial solar distributed generation facilities in the Northeast. He successfully raised two investment funds and a large tax equity facility. He originated, developed and brought to commercial operation over 30 MW of projects, and closed the acquisition of a large solar portfolio from a global utility leader.

Eric Xin Luo Eric Xin Luo Chief Executive Officer, Wuxi Suntech Mr. Luo is the CEO of Wuxi Suntech. Mr. Luo joined Suntech In October 2010 as the SVP of Global Supply Chain Management.

Jeffrey Eckel Jeffrey Eckel Chief Executive Officer, Hannon Armstrong Mr. Eckel is President and CEO of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure (NYSE:HASI). Structured as a Real Estate Investment Trust, or REIT, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure makes debt and equity investments in sustainable infrastructure projects.

Jerry Smith Jerry Smith Managing Director, Credit Suisse Strategic Transactions Group Jerry Smith is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the Investment Banking division, based in New York. He heads the Strategic Transactions Group in the Americas Region, which includes the tax equity business for Credit Suisse. Mr. Smith holds a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois.

Jigar Shah Jigar Shah Chief Executive Officer, Jigar Shah Consulting Jigar Shah is author of Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy. Shah unlocked the multi-billion dollar worldwide solar industry with a business model innovation, the Power Purchase Agreement. This model created SunEdison, the largest solar services company worldwide.

John Eber John Eber Managing Director, Energy Investments, J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation John Eber manages the firm’s activities for tax motivated equity investments in energy assets. He directs a team of 20 professionals who originate, structure and execute investments, and advise other equity co-investors. Additionally, he oversees Energy Investments’ product development activities, management of its investment portfolio and is a member of its Investment Committee.

John Joshi John Joshi Director and Business Strategist, Founding Partner, CapitalFusion

Louis Berger Louis Berger Principal, Washington Square Capital Management Louis Berger is co-founder and managing partner of Washington Square Capital Management, a New York based independent investment advisory firm specializing in socially responsible investing. Louis oversees investment portfolios for individual, institutional and corporate clients. Prior to co-founding WSQ Capital in 2009, he managed socially responsible investment portfolios for clients at the wealth management division of UBS.

Mahesh Jayakumar Mahesh Jayakumar CFA, FRM, Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Global Fixed Income, Currency and Cash,, State Street Global Advisors Mahesh is a Vice President of the Fixed Income, Currency and Cash Investments team at State Street Global Advisors and has been a member of the team since 2010. In this current role as a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Beta Solutions group, he is responsible for managing several funds and ETF's spanning diverse areas such as US Aggregate strategies, Global Treasuries/Inflation strategies, Government/Credit portfolios, Green bonds and custom or client directed mandates.

Matthew P. Haskins Matthew P. Haskins Principal, Washington National Tax Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers Matt Haskins is a principal with PwC’s Washington National Tax Services office, where he leads the firm's Cleantech and Sustainable Business Solutions tax practice, focusing on renewable energy, energy efficiency investments, and tradable environmental rights. In that role he works with clients ranging from cleantech manufacturers to project developers to multinational corporations seeking to improve their performance on energy and environmental issues. In recent transactions, he has advised both financial institutions and project developers on tax equity and Treasury grant structures for wind, solar, biomass, and other renewables technologies.

Minh Le Minh Le Director of the Solar Energy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Minh Le is the Director of the Solar Energy Technologies Office within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), where he helps manage and balance a roughly $1B multi-year portfolio of research, development, demonstration, and deployment programs to achieve the goals of the SunShot Initiative.

Paul Spencer Paul Spencer Founder and President , Easy Clean Energy Founder and President of Clean Energy Collective (CEC), Paul Spencer pioneered the community-owned solar business model, and leads the company’s ongoing vision and execution. He is a serial entrepreneur, having built 10 companies in the last 24 years within various industries including energy, software, systems engineering, medical, brokerage and real estate development.

Pierre-Emmanuel Frot Pierre-Emmanuel Frot Vice President, Solar Power Generation Business, Schneider Electric Engineer graduated from INPG, Pierre-Emmanuel Frot started his career in Schneider Electric in Germany in 1995. He occupied various positions as project manager and sales engineer in different markets and geographies. In 2007, he took over the responsibility of the project execution and sales team of the international project entity of Schneider Electric doubling the revenue within a period of 4 years.

Swami Venkataraman Swami Venkataraman CFA Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Global Project & Infrastructure Finance, Moody’s Investors Service Swami Venkataraman is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in the Project & Infrastructure Finance Group at Moody’s Investors Services. He is responsible for a portfolio of electric utilities, merchant generators and renewable energy companies in the United States.

Vishal Shah Vishal Shah Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Securities Vishal Shah joined Deutsche Bank in July 2011 as Managing Director and is currently responsible for coverage of Clean Technology, Engineering/Construction and Machinery sectors. Vishal has more than 10 years' experience as a Clean Technology analyst.

William Cannon William Cannon Executive Director, Sumitomo Corp of America Mr. Cannon has 20 years of experience in the development, acquisition, sale or financing of thermal generating assets, renewable energy assets, nuclear assets, regulated utilities, ports and other infrastructure assets. Mr. Cannon leads the renewable energy team in North America for Sumitomo and is responsible for business development and asset management.