Our team

Ed has extensive financial services experience from his time spent in senior positions at several investment banks and financial institutions, including IFX Group, Old Mutual, NatWest Markets and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

Past experience

Ed has deep expertise in the investment trust sector, having been Chair of both Standard Life Private Equity Trust plc and BlackRock Energy and Resources Income Trust. He is currently Chair of HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited. Ed has also previously served as Chair of Air Partner plc and non-executive Director and interim Chair of Clarkson plc.

Stephanie is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and is a non‑executive Director of several London listed companies.

Past experience

Prior to becoming a non-executive Director, Stephanie led the investment trust capital markets team at PwC for the UK and Channel Islands. During her time at PwC, Stephanie specialised in advising FTSE 250 and premium London listed companies on accounting, corporate governance, risk management and strategic matters.

Alan has over 33 years’ experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including electricity, gas and water utilities. He has developed a broad understanding of the dynamics behind the energy transition and has assisted the Government of Guernsey in developing its energy policy. Alan is the CEO of Guernsey Electricity and is a Director of the Channel Islands Electricity Grid and Alderney Electricity Limited. Alan is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and a Member of the Institute of Engineering Technology.

Past experience

Alan commenced his career with P&O and Princess Cruises as a Marine Engineering Officer, followed by 19 years in the oil and gas industry working for Mobil Oil/BP Oil and then International Energy Group before becoming the Managing Director of Manx Gas in the Isle of Man.

Jo has over 25 years’ experience working in the water industry and is the Director of Strategic Planning & Sustainability at United Utilities, where she is accountable for leading the approach to environmental and long‑term planning, including developing and strengthening the approach to all aspects of the environment, climate change and carbon, asset strategy, risk and resilience. Jo is a chartered member of the Institute of Water and Environmental Managers and is a Chartered Environmentalist. She is also a trustee of the Rivers Trust.

Past experience

Jo started her career working in renewable energy and has worked for United Utilities since 1998. She has a BSc in Geography and Ecology from the University of Sheffield and an MSc in Pollution and Environmental Control from Manchester University. Jo was also previously a trustee of the Community Forest Trust and the Mersey Rivers Trust and a Director of UK Water Industry Research.

Nadia has extensive experience of executing, managing and overseeing complex infrastructure investments. She has run large renewable energy infrastructure investment portfolios worth billions of dollars in multiple countries and served as a Director on the board of more than 20 prominent privately owned companies. Nadia is currently CEO of CreditEnable, a global credit insights and technology solutions company, and a member of the IFC/World Bank SME Finance Forum. Nadia holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., and a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University, New York. She is fluent in English, French and Norwegian.

Past experience

Nadia was previously EVP at SN Power, a $2.5 billion renewable energy private equity investment fund, where she also held a senior role within a joint venture with Tata Power. She was a Director at Nestlé, and worked for the Secretary General of the United Nations.

Ed joined Foresight Group in 2019 as Head of Valuations across their infrastructure department, with responsibility for the team providing quarterly valuations and analysis on a portfolio spanning over 350 assets and £9.5bn AUM. He joined the senior management team responsible for FGEN in 2022 and he has over 14 years’ experience in infrastructure and renewables.

Prior to joining Foresight, Ed was Head of Valuations at John Laing Capital Management where he was responsible for valuations and financial analysis covering FGEN and the JLIF social infrastructure fund – with a combined portfolio valuation of circa £2bn. Prior to that, Ed was a Project Finance, Modelling and Valuations manager at RSM, where he focused on the origination and management of model build, model audit and training engagements, having previously started his career in audit.

Ed is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a 2.1 BA Hons in Business and Management from Oxford Brookes University.

Charlie joined Foresight Group in 2017 and is a Director in the London office where he focuses on managing and deploying capital in energy transition and environmental infrastructure. He has recently joined the senior management team responsible for FGEN and has over 17 years’ experience in the infrastructure and renewables sector as an equity investor, a project director and an adviser. He has overseen and managed circa £700m of investment across various sectors and geographies over the last few years.

Before joining Foresight, Charlie was an Investment Manager at John Laing for three years, specialising in European renewable generation investments. Prior to this, he began his career at KPMG in 2006, where he worked in the infrastructure and renewables advisory practice, providing strategic advisory services to both private and public sector clients.

Charlie holds a BA in History from Exeter University as well as an ICAEW & CISI Diploma in Corporate Finance.

Wilna joined Foresight’s institutional investor relations team in 2022, bringing over 20 years of experience in corporate and financial communications within the ICT and Financial Services sectors. Previously, she served as Investor Relations and Communications Manager at Experian Plc, a FTSE 100 information services company, and at the JSE-listed Datatec Group, a global ICT solutions and services provider.

Wilna holds a degree in Public Relations Management from the University of Technology in Pretoria, South Africa.