Alex Betts

Senior Investment Manager at Aquila Capital

Alex Betts is a seasoned investment professional currently serving as a Senior Investment Manager at Aquila Capital since January 2020, where the firm focuses on real asset investments and sustainable value creation. Betts is also a Managing Partner at Adaxia Capital Partners since March 2015, specializing in buyout and growth capital transactions for resource efficiency SMEs. Previous experience includes roles as Director at Climate Energy Holdings, Partner at CCC Private Equity, and various positions within Shell, including Head of Equity Management Group. Betts has also been involved with Orège on its Supervisory Board and held senior investment roles at antfactory and Montagu Private Equity. Academic credentials include a degree in Classics from the University of Oxford.

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Aquila Capital

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Aquila Capital is part of Aquila Group, an investment and asset development company focused on generating and managing essential assets on behalf of its clients. By investing in clean energy and sustainable infrastructure, Aquila Group contributes to the global energy transition and strengthens the world’s infrastructure backbone. The company initiates, develops, and manages essential assets along their entire value chain and lifetime. Currently, Aquila Capital manages EUR 14.6 billion on behalf of institutional investors worldwide. Our primary objective is to generate performance for our clients by managing the complexity of essential assets. Established in 2001 by Dieter Rentsch and Roman Rosslenbroich, Aquila Group is founder- and partner-owned. The shareholders are backed by a minority stake of Daiwa, one of the largest Asian investors. Today, the company manages wind energy, solar PV and hydropower assets of 16.6 GW capacity. Additionally, 1.95 million square metres of sustainable real estate and green logistics projects have been completed or are under development. Aquila Group also invests in energy efficiency, carbon forestry and data centres. Aquila Group has been carbon neutral since 2006 and aims to act carbon negative. Sustainability has always been part of our value system and is an integral part of our investment strategies, processes and management of our assets. Aquila Group has around 650 employees and 19 offices in 17 countries worldwide.


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Hamburg, Germany

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501-1,000

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