About us

Ed has extensive financial services experience from his time spent in senior positions at several investment banks and financial institutions.

Past Experience Ed has held positions at IFX Group, Old Mutual, NatWest Markets, and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. He also has considerable investment trust experience, having been Chair of both Standard Life Private Equity Trust plc and Blackrock Energy and Resources Income Trust. Ed is currently Chair of HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited.

Ed has also previously served as Chair of Air Partner plc and non-executive director and interim Chair of Clarkson plc.

Stephanie has 15 years’ experience within audit and advisory with PwC in the asset management sector, specialising in listed investment funds in a multitude of asset classes. She has a wealth of knowledge, having advised numerous investment managers throughout the UK, US and Europe on initial public offerings and secondary offerings. Stephanie is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. Stephanie is a director of Apax Global Alpha Limited, PPHE Hotels Group Limited and PraxisIFM Group Limited.

Past Experience Prior to joining the JLEN Board and over the past nine years, Stephanie led the PwC capital markets team responsible for advising on the listing process for UK, Guernsey and Jersey investment funds.

Alan has over 30 years’ experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors including electricity, gas and water utilities. He has extensive experience in infrastructure operations and has excellent strategic and commercial skills. He has developed a broad understanding of the dynamics behind the energy transition and has assisted the Government of Guernsey in developing its energy policy. Alan has been the CEO of Guernsey Electricity since 2010 and is a Director of the Channel Islands Electricity Grid.

Alan is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and a Member of the Institute of Engineering Technology.

Past experience Alan commenced his career with P&O and Princess Cruises as a Marine Engineering Officer, followed by 19 years in the oil and gas industry working for Mobil Oil/BP Oil and then International Energy Group before becoming the Managing Director of Manx Gas in the Isle of Man.

Jo has over 20 years’ experience working in the water industry and is the Director of Environment, Planning and Innovation at United Utilities, where she is accountable for leading the approach to environmental and long-term planning; including developing and strengthening the approach to all aspects of the environment, climate change and carbon, asset management, risk and resilience. Jo is a chartered member of the Institute of Water and Environmental Managers and is a Chartered Environmentalist. Jo is also a trustee of the Community Forest Trust and a trustee of the Rivers Trust.

Past experience Jo has worked for United Utilities since 1998 and has a BSc in Geography and Ecology from the University of Sheffield and an MSc in Pollution and Environmental Control from Manchester University.

Nadia has extensive experience of executing and managing complex infrastructure investments and has run large renewable energy infrastructure investment portfolios worth billions of dollars. Nadia holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington DC, and a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University, New York. She is fluent in English, French and Norwegian.

Past experience She has held a senior role within a joint venture with Tata Power, has been a director at Nestlé and is a member of the Governing Council of the IFC/World Bank SME Finance Forum. She is currently the CEO of CreditEnable, a global credit insights and technology solutions company.

Chris joined Foresight in 2019 as a Partner and currently works in the London office with a co-lead responsibility to the JLEN fund. He has over 20 years’ experience as an infrastructure fund manager, an equity principal, a project director and an adviser. Before joining Foresight, Chris was a Director of John Laing Capital Management and was co-lead investment adviser to the JLEN fund.

Prior to this, Chris was a Principal in Henderson’s private equity infrastructure team, often working closely with John Laing on a range of special projects, including the buying of investments, corporate refinancing and valuations.​

For the 18 months prior to joining JLCM he was on secondment to John Laing, focused on renewable energy business as Corporate Finance Director.​

Before joining Henderson in 2007, Chris worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 11 years, including seven years in the infrastructure concessions team.

Chris is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.​

Ed joined Foresight Group in 2019 as Head of Valuations across their infrastructure department, with responsibility for the team providing quarterly valuations and analysis on a portfolio spanning over 350 assets and £9.5bn AUM. He joined the senior management team responsible for JLEN in 2022 and he has over 13 years’ experience in infrastructure and renewables.

Prior to joining Foresight, Ed was Head of Valuations at John Laing Capital Management where he was responsible for valuations and financial analysis covering JLEN and the JLIF social infrastructure fund – with a combined portfolio valuation of circa £2bn. Prior to that, Ed was a Project Finance, Modelling and Valuations manager at RSM, where he focused on the origination and management of model build, model audit and training engagements, having previously started his career in audit.

Ed is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a 2.1 BA Hons in Business and Management from Oxford Brookes University.

Charlie joined Foresight Group in 2017 and is a Director in the London office where he focuses on managing and deploying capital in energy transition and environmental infrastructure. He has recently joined the senior management team responsible for JLEN and has over 17 years’ experience in the infrastructure and renewables sector as an equity investor, a project director and an adviser. He has overseen and managed circa £700m of investment across various sectors and geographies over the last few years.

Before joining Foresight, Charlie was an Investment Manager at John Laing for three years, specializing in European renewable generation investments. Prior to this, he began his career at KPMG in 2006, where he worked in the infrastructure and renewables advisory practice, providing strategic advisory services to both private and public sector clients.

Charlie holds a BA in History from Exeter University as well as an ICAEW & CISI Diploma in Corporate Finance.

Wilna joined Foresight’s institutional investor relations team in 2022. She has 20+ years’ experience in corporate and financial communications gained in the ICT and Financial Services sectors. Prior roles included Investor Relations and Communications Manager at Experian Plc and JSE listed Datatec Group.

Wilna holds a Public Relations Management degree from the University of Technology in Pretoria, South Africa.