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Adaptogen Founders

With over 90 years of investment experience across the energy and real asset investment markets, our founders bring a wealth of understanding about generating sustainable financial value for family office and institutional investors. We also have an extensive storage investment background as some of the earliest investors in the UK battery storage industry from 2014.

The team’s experience of building a leading global energy trading business and investing for decades across the renewable energy and utility industries gives us deep insight into the investment opportunities presented by BESS assets and the energy transition.

Dimitri Chandris

Chairman

Experienced Energy and Real Asset Investor, Chairman UK Property, Shipping & Investment Co.

James Mills

Managing Director

Experienced Energy investor across private and public markets.

Alex Beard

Co-Founder

Ex-Partner Glencore, Global Head of Oil & Gas.

Caspar MacDonald-Hall

Director

Leading Real Asset Investor, Founder and CEO of London and Cambridge Properties Ltd.

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Adaptogen Team

James Mills

Managing Director

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Patrick Kilkenny

Richard Whitmore

Asset Management Director

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Clinton Forbes

Investment Director

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Peter Booth

Head of Engineering

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Ke Ma

Senior Associate

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Manuel Nunes

Investment Analyst

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Nouriel Leichter

Investment Analyst

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Beatriz Jiménez del Pino

Investment Analyst

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Mark Buttimore

Fund Finance Associate

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Rafaela Queiroz

Office Manager

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Strategic Advisors

Adaptogen is supported by several strategic advisors with extensive experience across the energy storage and utility industries. Their insights into utility market design, project development & execution and technological advances in battery storage technologies provide invaluable support to the Adaptogen board and its investors.

Stephanie Hazell

Ex Head of Strategy, National Grid.

George Grant

Former MD Intergen, UK power generator & project developer.

Dr. Jacqueline Edge

Senior academic and battery researcher, Imperial College London.
ADAPTOGENS

“Adaptogens are natural compounds theorised to improve the resiliency and optimal functioning of the body’s immune system against stress.

Similarly, we provide growth capital as a means of building the assets and companies that will help adapt our energy system to the ever increasing stresses generated by climate change.”