Neil is Chairman of Turkven, the leading Turkey-dedicated private equity group, Chairman of Zamo Capital, an impact investment firm, a Non-Executive Director of Capitalworks Emerging Markets Acquisition Corporation listed on the NASDAQ, and sits on several other private equity related corporate Boards and Investment Committees. He has 32 years of professional experience. Previously he was Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Stanley AIP Private Markets, a ~$12bn global private markets fund, co-investment, and secondaries business. Prior to this, he was a Partner at McKinsey & Company operating globally, providing consulting services to clients on strategy, performance improvement, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. He began his career at Arthur Andersen. Neil received an M.A. from the University of Edinburgh and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Valerie Shen is Partner and Chief Operating Officer at G2 Venture Partners. She oversees all operational aspects of the firm and fund including fundraising / LP relations, recruiting / HR, fund administration, impact reporting, legal, compliance, and marketing. Previously, Valerie was an analyst at Kleiner Perkins’ $1B Green Growth Fund, where she helped the team found G2. Before that Valerie was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where she worked across four continents, primarily on energy projects. She has also held positions at the U.S. Senate, X (Google’s “moonshot factory”), Goldman Sachs, Jane Street Capital, and The Wilderness Society. Valerie holds a B.A. degree summa cum laude in Environmental Science & Public Policy and Earth & Planetary Sciences from Harvard University. She holds an M.B.A. and M.S. in Environment and Resources from Stanford University.

Rahul established SER Capital Partners in 2018 and is responsible for overall firm strategy, investments, and team culture. Rahul has a 20-year successful track record in acquiring, building, and financing power, renewable, and environmental businesses. Prior to departing in 2018, Rahul was at Energy Capital Partners (ECP) where he joined at its founding in 2005 and maintained a dedicated focus on renewable and environmental sectors. Prior to ECP, Rahul worked at Orion Power Holdings (a Goldman Sachs portfolio company) from its early days of formation, through its IPO and sale; at Morgan Stanley’s investment banking division; and at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Rahul is also a founder, former Board Chair, and current Executive Committee Member of StreetWise Partners, a mentoring non-profit for facing low-income individuals with barriers to career opportunities. Rahul is also an active member of YPO. Rahul graduated from Colgate University, where he competed for its men’s swim team, and also earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mark Robinson has over 28 years of investing and energy industry experience. For the past 10 years, Mark has led investments in sustainability focused hard-tech solutions as a Founder and Managing Director at Wave Equity Partners. An industry veteran, Mark is regarded as a trusted professional and thoughtful collaborator. Mark’s key responsibilities include building teams at WAVE and the companies we invest in. The passion and entrepreneurial spirit that move Mark forward helps inspire others to achieve their goals. Prior to founding Wave, Mark was a Managing Director at VIMAC Ventures where he invested in IT startups. Before that, he was a senior member of a new management team that was integral in turning around Dynapower/Stratopower (a division of General Signal). Mark’s background has led him to be an expert in developing business models, identifying talent and sourcing high-caliber (complementary) leadership.

Matt is a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income team at Ninety One responsible for supporting the growth of the existing Emerging Markets Corporate effort and helping to build the team’s illiquid, private and special situations emerging market credit expertise with a strong focus on the decarbonization of emerging markets. Prior to joining the firm, Matt worked for Gramercy Funds Management as a portfolio manager focusing on opportunistic emerging market credit. Before this he was a portfolio manager at BlackRock responsible for the fixed income portfolios of insurance clients. Matt graduated from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts in English and French and Columbia Business School with an MBA where he was also a graduate of the Value Investing Program.