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Chad Sachs

Investor

Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at NESsT

Peru

About

Chad Sachs is Chief Executive Officer at NESsT, an impact investor with twenty years of experience in capital investment and fundraising. He founded two renewable energy companies, where he held CEO responsibility for strategic planning, sales, budgeting, and capital raising. His background combines private equity investment and entrepreneurship focused on social enterprises in Latin America.

Experience

  1. NESsTChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — present
  2. NESsTChief Investment Officercurrent2024 — presentMadison, Wisconsin, United States
  3. NESsTPeru Country Director and Lirio Fund Director (Latam Debt Fund)2022 — 2023Lima, Peru
  4. NESsTLatin American Fund Director2019 — 2022Province of Lima, Peru
  5. Radian GenerationBoard Member2013 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Radian GenerationCEO and Co-Founder2013 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. SunEdisonVice President, Utility Scale Project Finance2011 — 2012San Francisco, CA
  8. Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV)Senior Vice President, Head of Structured Finance, U.S.2009 — 2011San Francisco, CA
  9. MMA Renewable VenturesSenior Vice President, Head of Structured Finance Group2006 — 2009San Francisco, CA
  10. Renewable VenturesVice President, Founder2005 — 2006San Francisco, CA
  11. JPMorgan PartnersAssociate1999 — 2003London Area, United Kingdom
  12. Credit SuisseAnalyst, Media, Telecom and Transportation Group1997 — 1999New York, NY

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA, Business Administration and Management2003 — 2005
  2. Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign ServiceBachelor of Science in Foreign Service, International Economics1993 — 1997

Skills & more

Management17Strategy10Start-ups21Social Entrepreneurship3Impact Investing3Structured Finance14Project Finance78Solar Energy54Due Diligence16Energy27Business Strategy11Private Equity17
+9 moreRenewable EnergyValuationAcquisitionsFinanceInvestmentsCleantechDebt & Equity FinancingTax equity investmentDebt & Equity Capital Raising

Languages English · German · Spanish

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Colleagues at NESsT

Adriana Neira
Senior Finance & Operations Associate at NESsT
Alejandra Ramírez Loaiza
Country Director at NESsT
Alfredo Ramos Cruzado
Portfolio Manager at NESsT
Ana Belen Jalixto Romero
Lirio Fund Andes Portfolio Manager at NESsT
Ana Carbajal Azcárate
Global Accountant at NESsT
Anamaria Pelegrini
Director of Human Resources, Systems and Global Compliance at NESsT
Andrea Molestina
Portfolio Manager at NESsT
Aneta Sokolowska
Portfolio Manager at NESsT

Frequently asked questions

Where does Chad Sachs work?
Chad Sachs is Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at NESsT.

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