Bill is the Founder and Managing Director of Alderbrook Finance.

He has over 25 years of experience in project finance, having worked both for developers and financial institutions, including Citigroup where has acted as Head of Project & Infrastructure Finance prior to setting up Alderbrook Finance. 

He is regarded as a leading figure in the MENA utilities sector having advised governments and/or developers in respect of major projects in every key market in the region.

Bill is also a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a First Class degree in mathematics from Oxford University. 

Location: London

John has over 25 years of experience within the global energy and infrastructure sectors and has been involved with over US$25 billion of transactions across the Middle East, Europe and Asia.

Prior to joining Alderbrook Finance following its formation in 2013, John worked for both developers and financial institutions internationally including Gallagher Funds Management (2005-2012), Macquarie Bank (2003-2005), Mirant Corporation (1998-2002), and ANZ Investment Bank (1994-1998). At Alderbrook John has been a senior team member involved in several high-profile projects such as the PV2 IPP, Fujairah F3 IPP, Taweelah RO IWP, Rabigh3 IWP and Sweihan Solar PV IPP.

John holds a Master of Commerce (Finance) and a Masters of Property and Construction from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from La Trobe University.

Location: London

Pranav is an energy and infrastructure professional with advisory and principal investing experience.

Prior to joining Alderbrook Finance in 2020, he was a Vice President at EIG Global Energy Partners based in London. EIG invests across upstream, midstream, conventional power, and renewables. Pranav was responsible for strategies covering private equity, mezzanine, and high yield credit. He executed investments exceeding US$750 million and managed a portfolio totalling US$600 million. Prior to that, Pranav was an Associate in Citigroup’s Project and Infrastructure Finance team in London covering utilities, transportation and social infrastructure.

Pranav holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Babson College with concentrations in Finance and Economics.

Location: Dubai

Grant has over 25 years of experience in global energy and infrastructure. He has held various senior positions in investment banking, corporate and engineering firms.

Grant’s significant corporate finance and advisory experience includes roles in mergers & acquisitions, debt capital markets, equity capital markets, and project financing across conventional power, renewables, water, and oil & gas in MENA as well as globally. Prior to joining Alderbrook Finance in 2019, he held roles as the Head of Resources and Energy for MENA at HSBC, Head of Energy at CBD MENA, Director Energy and Infrastructure at Societe Generale Australia as well as a developer and Head of Finance and Treasury Asia Pacific for Duke Energy and an electrical and control systems engineer for Pacific Power (formerly the Electricity Commission of New South Wales).

Grant holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Applied Finance.

Location: Dubai

Lee has over 17 years of experience in the Project Finance sector having worked on both the developer and lender side across a diverse range of projects in the EMEA region and beyond.

Prior to joining Alderbrook Finance, Lee was the Global Head of Structured and Project Finance for Jinko Power’s International IPP business. During her tenor at JKP Lee led the financing activities for, which was at the time, the world’s two largest single site PV projects. Prior to that Lee was a Principle in Barclays Africa’s Resources and Project Finance team where she originated and lead project finance transactions for greenfield and brownfield projects across various sectors including the resources, oil and gas, infrastructure, telecoms and energy sectors throughout Africa.

Lee is a qualified Chartered Accountant, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Post Graduate Diploma in Accounts from the University of Cape Town.

Location: South Africa

Maxime has 4 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure sector covering M&A and project finance roles.

Prior to joining Alderbrook Finance in 2022, Maxime was an Assistant Vice President at SMBC. He worked on numerous high-profile transactions including acting as financial and lead adviser to the Saudi Ministry of Energy and the Saudi Water and Power Company. Maxime also worked as an Analyst for Société Générale CIB within the Energy Team based in Houston, Texas, where he covered advisory mandates (project finance, corporate finance, and M&A), debt arranging, and private capital raising across upstream, midstream, and conventional power sectors. In particular, he worked on the US$2 billion deepwater Shenendoah FPSO and field development.

Maxime also has prior experience in the European PPP sector and in French renewables and telecom projects.

Maxime holds a Master of Science in Project and Structured Finance from Paris X University and Ecole Nationale Des Ponts ParisTech, France.

Location: Dubai