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Rakesh Wilson is a founder and Managing Partner at Cleanhill Partners. Rakesh has over twenty years of energy finance and private equity experience. Recently, Rakesh was the Head of Infrastructure, Natural Resources & Special Situations and Co-Head of ESG at Kennedy Lewis Investment Management.

From 2009 to 2019, Rakesh was a Senior Partner at Apollo Global Management. While at Apollo, Rakesh led several investments in the energy private equity sector and served on the investment committee for a number of Apollo funds.

Prior to joining Apollo, Rakesh was with Morgan Stanley’s Commodities Division in the principal investing group. Rakesh began his career at Goldman Sachs in equity research and then moved to its investment banking division, in New York and Asia.

The funds where Rakesh held leadership positions have invested several billion dollars in the energy value chain. Rakesh has served on the board of more than ten public and private companies. Rakesh graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and received his MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.

Ash Upadhyaya is a founder and Managing Partner at Cleanhill Partners. Ash has over twenty years of experience in private equity and engineering, focusing on the energy value chain. Previously, Ash was a Managing Director at Centerbridge Partners, a leading alternative asset manager. At Centerbridge, Ash invested across the energy sector. Prior to Centerbridge, Ash was a Director at KKR from 2011 to 2017. While at KKR, Ash led and co-led investments in the energy private equity sector and worked in New York and Asia.

Prior to KKR, Ash was an investment professional at Natural Gas Partners. Ash began his career as an engineer at Royal Dutch Shell working across the globe. During his career, Ash has invested across the energy value chain and led operational and financial turnaround of businesses.

Ash has served on several company boards. Ash brings a hands-on operational approach and insight into the diligence and execution of investments. Ash has engineering degrees from Stanford University and University of Mumbai and an MBA from Stanford University.

Clark Poole is a Vice President at Cleanhill Partners. Clark was most recently an Associate at Outfitter Energy Capital, the successor of the legacy private equity group of investment bank Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. At Outfitter, Clark was a member of the investment team, tasked with the evaluation and execution of new investment opportunities across the energy value chain, as well as the management of existing investments within Outfitter’s portfolio. Prior to Outfitter, Clark began his Wall Street career as an analyst in the Global Energy Investment Banking Group at RBC Capital Markets where he focused on capital markets and M&A advisory work.

Clark earned his B.B.A. in Finance from Baylor University, where he graduated Cum Laude.

Jessica Chamoun is a Vice President at Cleanhill Partners. Prior to joining Cleanhill, she was an engineer at Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G), New Jersey’s largest utility company. At PSE&G, she worked in Asset Management, planning and designing natural gas infrastructure to integrate new customers and maintain system reliability. Prior to that, she worked in Project Management and Construction, modernizing PSE&G’s electric transmission system and managing generation interconnections.  Jessica received an engineering degree from Rutgers University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.