Dedicated Team and Accountability
The dedicated NextEnergy Capital ESG team which advises NESF has increased in size in the last 12 months, to nine professionals, expanding its skillset and expertise. This reflects NESF’s commitment to ensuring a robust Sustainability and ESG approach is maintained at the heart of its work. The ESG team advising NESF consists of a Head of ESG, Vice President of Nature, Vice President of ESG, two Associates, three Analysts, and one Geospatial Manager who all have targets in their individual performance goals relating to ESG. These relate, for example, to developing expertise in specific areas to support transaction due diligence processes, and leading strategic projects that extend across NESF’s activities, including responsible sourcing.
NESF benefits extensively from the talented and committed teams of NextEnergy Capital and WiseEnergy. Their employees share a passion for the NESF Mission, and contribute a breadth of specialist skills. In particular, under Giulia Guidi’s leadership, the ESG team at NextEnergy Capital is responsible for leading on the NESF Sustainability and ESG agenda, risk management, reporting and stakeholder engagement.
The team has more than 75 years of combined experience across a range of Sustainability and ESG issues relevant to energy infrastructure. The team includes specialist expertise across biodiversity, carbon management, community engagement, data analysis and mapping, supply chains, technical due diligence, policy and public affairs. Other NESF advisers include a Vice President, Nature, who provides environmental governance across the portfolio, driving forward ambitions for net positive biodiversity outcomes through nature-based solutions, ecosystem service provision and climate change resilience.
Dedicated ESG Team
Giulia Guidi
Giulia is the Head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) at NextEnergy Capital and a member of the Investment Committee for NextEnergy Solar Fund.
David Hawkings
David has over 10 years’ sustainability and environmental experience in the energy sector.
Hing Kin Lee
Lee has over 18 years’ experience in the environmental sector and provides environmental governance across the portfolio.
Kevin McCann
Kevin supports a range of transaction, supply chain and due diligence initiatives to ensure responsible investment across the NESF portfolio.
Flavia Galdiolo
Flavia leads the NextEnergy Group’s strategic sustainability and ESG engagement and communication, and manages the NextEnergy Foundation.
Marianna Ricca
Marianna undertakes Sustainability and ESG due diligence for acquisitions and identifies key risks and compliance gaps with international standards.
Joshua Marshall
Joshua is responsible for investigating any environmental, social or governance factors that could impact the sustainability or performance of UK investments.
Valeria Ramos
Valeria is responsible for investigating any environmental, social, or governance factors that could impact the sustainability or performance of investments.
Sustainability-related Team
Sulwen Vaughan
Sulwen has over 30 years’ business management experience and provides oversight to the NESF portfolio from a Special Purpose Vehicle level.
Serena Thaker
Serena leads environmental monitoring, analysis and operations across NESF’s portfolio of solar and
energy storage assets, as part of the work of the Company’s asset manager, WiseEnergy.
Marnie Winston-Fletcher
Marnie supports environmental monitoring, analysis and operations
across NESF’s portfolio of solar and energy storage assets, as part of the work of the Company’s asset manager, WiseEnergy.
