The Global Private Capital Association (GPCA) held the inaugural meeting of its new Energy Leadership Council, with founding members:
- Lucy Heintz, Energy Council Chair, Partner & Head of Energy Infrastructure, Actis
- Daniel Calderon, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alcazar Energy Partners
- Peter Cashion, Managing Investment Director, Sustainable Investing, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
- Rana Karadsheh-Haddad, Managing Director, Infrastructure, Asia Pacific, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (La Caisse)
- Sanjeev Krishnan, Managing Partner, S2G Investments
- Yemi Lalude, Partner & Co-Head of Rise Climate Global South Initiative, TPG
- Amanda Laszutko, Managing Director, Renewable Power & Transition, Brookfield
- Olusola Lawson, Managing Director & Co-Head, Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers
- Matthew Lim, Managing Director, Co-Head, Sustainability Solutions Group, GIC
- Raj Pai, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, GEF Capital Partners
- Felipe Pinto, Managing Partner & CIO of Flagship Infrastructure Funds, Patria Investments
Motivated by climate change, rising energy demand, rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and shifting geopolitics, this select group of asset managers and institutional investors invests across key, rapidly evolving strategic energy sectors and themes. Their focus spans renewable energy generation, modernizing transmission and distribution networks, decarbonization technologies, nuclear power, energy storage and efficiency initiatives, among others.
GPCA’s Energy Leadership Council was established in response to the growing role that private capital investors play in advancing reliable, sustainable energy infrastructure and technologies essential for meeting the challenges of a new era. The Council provides a private platform for members to exchange insights on local and global market shifts.
The launch complements GPCA’s 10 thematic and geography-specific Leadership Councils. Each council convenes expert practitioners from across GPCA’s diverse global membership to surface priority issues for GPCA Members and inform the development of valuable private capital industry resources.