The diversity and combined experience within the Energy Transition Investments team, across Private Equity, Investment Banking and Commodity Trading, creates an atmosphere in which an extraordinary range of global energy investment opportunities can be effectively evaluated, executed and managed.
Managing Director & Head of Energy Transition Investments
Costas is an investment and commercial executive with over 20 years’ experience across the entire value chain of the energy industry. Costas joined the RWE Group in 2008 having a background in management consulting and engineering. Costas holds an MSc and PhD degree in Engineering from RWTH Aachen in Germany.
Principal
Stephen has over 15 years’ experience from various roles in the energy industry. He joined the RWE Group in 2009 and worked on LNG deal origination and business development in Europe, Middle East and India. In 2013, Stephen joined the Principal Investments team, and leads the funds’ investment activities in North America. Stephen holds a BE in Mechanical Engineering from University College Dublin.
Principal
Rob joined RWE Principal Investments in 2018 and has over twelve years of finance and private equity experience. After beginning his career as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers, Rob invested in the energy and resource sectors at Denham Capital and TrailStone. Rob graduated cum laude with a degree in economics from Middlebury College and has a masters degree from London Business School.
Vice President
James joined RWE in 2002 and spent more than 15 years trading European and US electricity markets. In 2012 he established and led RWEST’s US Power trading desk, before moving to the RWE Principal Investments team in 2019. He holds a BSc in International Securities, Investments and Banking from the ICMA Centre at the University of Reading, UK.
Associate
Kyle joined RWE Energy Transition Investments in 2023 and has over five years of investment banking, private equity, and credit investing experience. Prior to joining RWE, Kyle was an Associate Vice President within the Principal Investments, Structuring & Origination group at Freepoint Commodities. Prior to Freepoint, Kyle was an Investment Banking Analyst within the M&A, Restructuring & Special Situations group at Oppenheimer & Co. Kyle graduated from the University of Florida, where he studied Business and Russian.
Associate
Marcel joined RWE Energy Transition Investments in 2022 and holds four years of investment banking experience. Prior to joining RWE, Marcel was an Associate at Deutsche Bank and an Analyst at RBC Capital Markets. He holds an MSc in Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.