TBLI Talk:How to Finance the Energy Transition

Jonathan Maxwell, CEO, Sustainable Development Capital LLP

Jonathan is the founder and CEO of SDCL and chairs the Investment Committee for the FTSE250 investment company it manages, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust Plc (SEEIT). He has over 25 years of experience in international finance, infrastructure, and private equity. Since establishing SDCL in London in 2007, the group now operates across the UK, Europe, North America, and Asia and has specialized in investing in projects and companies focussed on efficient and decentralized generation of energy (EDGE).

He has advised and invested on behalf of several national governments as well as a wide range of institutional investors. Before establishing SDCL, Jonathan was at HSBC Infrastructure and managed the IPO of the HSBC Infrastructure Company (HICL), the first Main Market, London Stock Exchange-listed infrastructure investment company.

At the end of August this year, Jonathan’s book, The Edge, was published in the UK. It is a contemporary look at how the world has been transformed by recent events, focusing on climate change, the war in Ukraine, the next resource flashpoints, and the challenges the world faces around energy, security, the environment, and the economy.

What will you learn?

-How much money is needed to finance the energy transition

-What is preventing institutional investors from financing the energy transition

-Will fuel free energy reach the scale we need in time to prevent climate change meltdown?