Primary Job Title Co-Founder & Managing Partner Primary Organization Orion Energy Partners
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Gerrit Nicholas is Co-Founder and Managing Partner and is focused on originating and structuring investment transactions. Gerrit Nicholas is Chair of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) Committee and a member of the Management Committee and the Investment Committee.
Prior to founding Orion Energy Partners, Gerrit Nicholas spent six
years as President and Managing Partner of K Road DG and K Road Power where he led the acquisition and development of renewable energy and storage companies / assets. Prior to that, Gerrit Nicholas spent six years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as Head of Environmental Commodity Sales where he led Goldman’s U.S. renewable energy and carbon market transactions, structuring commodity linked credit and equity transactions for Goldman and its clients. While at Goldman Sachs, he also led commodity risk management and commodity linked capital raising activities for the U.S. municipal and cooperative power sectors.
Previously, Gerrit Nicholas headed development and merger and acquisition activities for The AES Corporation in Southern Europe. While at AES, Gerrit Nicholas’ activities focused on the company’s investments in thermal and renewable generation assets, natural gas and LNG infrastructure.
Gerrit Nicholas received a B.A. from Harvard University cum laude, and an M.A. from The School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
