Our Team
Jonathan Naimon
Managing Partner
Jonathan Naimon
Managing Partner
- 30+ years renewable finance, and sustainable asset management.
- Founded asset management company (LGA) acquired by a hedge fund family.
- Led environmental unit of investor research center acquired by ISS Risk Metrics / MSCI
- Corporate technology partnerships, ABB
- Cooling economics analysis for EPA, ICF
- MSPH, University of North Carolina
- BS, MIT
Alan Miller JD
Managing Director
Alan Miller JD
Managing Director
- 40+ years experience working on ozone depletion and climate change, 16 years in the World Bank
- Principal author of seminal reports on the cooling crisis
- An advisor to Climate Finance Advisors, and participated in successful climate start-ups including The Climate Service (now part of S&P)
- JD, University of Michigan
- MPP, University of Michigan
- Lead author, “Chilling Prospects”
Padu Padmanabhan
Senior Advisor
Padu Padmanabhan
Senior Advisor
- Globally recognized development and energy efficiency expert.
- Assisted Climate Finance Advisors in creating the South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy.
- Managed development programs in: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal
- Worked with: World Bank, US AID, Investment Climate Fund
- Author of: “First Fuel: India’s Energy Efficiency Journey”, “A Radical Vision for Sustainability”
- University of Madras Bachelor of Engineering
JP Moscarella
Managing Director
JP Moscarella
Managing Director
- Pioneer in both cleantech and carbon investing in the US, Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Total capital mobilization $1B+ for climate finance
- Managed 2 funds, $65M in AUM in cleantech, clean energy funds in LatAm.
- Co-founded Econergy, IPO on London AIM market @ $100M, Econergy acquired by Engie (global utility)
- Partner at Climate Finance Advisors, sold to WSP (global consultancy)
- MBA Yale School of Organization and Management
- BS Environmental Engineering, Cornell
Shravan Shankar
Climake (local partner in India)
Shravan Shankar
Climake (local partner in India)
- Shravan is a co-founder at Climake, a platform to improve access to climate finance for startups and enterprises through advisory that helps high growth, high impact businesses access innovative capital, piloting new approaches and structure for climate finance, and strengthening the ecosystem through collaborative research and partnerships to address gaps and opportunities in climate finance. Climake has helped raise over USD 60 million in debt and equity financing for startups.
- Shravan has 15 years of experience working in sustainable development with organisations across Asia and Europe, in advisory, research and policy development roles, and has been involved in developing national policies in India and Sri Lanka. He has previously co-founded AtWorks, an impact entrepreneurship ecosystem builder, that was recognised as a circular economy solution for India by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation. He has also been recognized with a National Award on Smart City Solutions by the Government of India, and has a B.Eng (Hons) in Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering from the University of Nottingham, UK.
Simmi Sareen
Climake (local partner in India)
Simmi Sareen
Climake (local partner in India)
- A chartered accountant and an MBA from London Business School with 25+ years of financial services experience, Simmi now works on a series of interventions to support the climate action ecosystem in India. This has included leading the climate and debt advisory business of Unitus Capital, helping social enterprises and climate tech businesses get access to relevant, timely capital from a large network of domestic and international lenders.
- She is currently the co-founder at Climake, a platform to improve access to climate finance for startups and enterprises through advisory that helps high growth, high impact businesses access innovative capital, piloting new approaches and structure for climate finance, and strengthening the ecosystem through collaborative research and partnerships to address gaps and opportunities in climate finance. Climake has helped raise over USD 60 million in debt and equity financing for startups.
- Simmi is recognised as a thought leader for climate finance and impact investing in India, and is an advisor and mentor to several accelerators and startups. She has won multiple accolades including ‘Fintech Entrepreneur of the Year’ and a mention on ‘Top 100 Women in Finance’.
Ramon Olivas-Gastelum