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Christopher North

Investor

Partner, Co-Head of Climate Investments at Helios Digital Ventures

United Kingdom

About

Christopher North is a Partner at Helios Investment Partners LLP and Co-Head of its climate investing strategy, the Helios CLEAR Fund SCSp, with roughly 19 years of experience in energy, infrastructure, and sustainability as an investor, lender, developer, and advisor. He previously was a senior leader in McKinsey's Capital Projects & Infrastructure practice in Nairobi, led USAID's Power Africa program in Kenya, and headed an energy and infrastructure investment banking team at Standard Bank. Earlier in his career he developed, built, and sold wind, anaerobic digestion, and in-vessel composting facilities in the UK. He holds an MBA from Saïd Business School (University of Oxford) and B.Sc. (Mathematics) and B.Com. (Hons) (Actuarial Science) degrees from the University of Pretoria.

Invests in

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

Experience

  1. Helios ClimatePartner, Co-Headcurrent2022 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. Helios Investment PartnersPartnercurrent2022 — present

Skills & more

Renewable Energy18Emerging Markets12Private Equity21Principal Investing4Financial Advisory4Investment Banking35Capital Raising3Due Diligence26Financial Modeling34Business Planning8Entrepreneurship14Venture Capital2
+8 moreValuationProject FinanceCorporate FinanceHedge FundsCapital MarketsFinancial StructuringStructured FinanceConventional Power

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Christopher North?
Christopher North is a Partner at Helios Investment Partners LLP and Co-Head of its climate investing strategy, the Helios CLEAR Fund SCSp, with roughly 19 years of experience in energy, infrastructure, and sustainability as an investor, lender, developer, and advisor. He previously was a senior leader in McKinsey's Capital Projects & Infrastructure practice in Nairobi, led USAID's Power Africa program in Kenya, and headed an energy and infrastructure investment banking team at Standard Bank. Earlier in his career he developed, built, and sold wind, anaerobic digestion, and in-vessel composting facilities in the UK. He holds an MBA from Saïd Business School (University of Oxford) and B.Sc. (Mathematics) and B.Com. (Hons) (Actuarial Science) degrees from the University of Pretoria.
Where does Christopher North work?
Christopher North is Partner, Co-Head of Climate Investments at Helios Digital Ventures.
What does Christopher North invest in?
Christopher North invests in Cleantech, Climate Tech, Energy.
Where did Christopher North go to school?
Christopher North studied at University of Oxford (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance & Entrepreneurship); University of Pretoria (B.Com. (Hons) (Actuarial Science)); University of Pretoria (B.Sc. (Mathematics)).

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