Ross Grier

Ross oversees and is a member of the investment committee for the listed fund NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) and NextPower UK ESG, a private fund focused on unsubsidised UK solar and storage

Since joining NEC in Nov 2013 Ross has led the M&A team, deploying over £1bn of assets, delivering over 860MW of transactions across more than 90 deals to the listed NESF fund.

Ross has overseen the development of >1 GW of solar and battery storage projects for the UK market

He has developed acquisition, project and operational documents, joint venture and development framework agreements and created innovative/strategic opex and M&A relationships

Ross created and leads the company’s biodiversity programme and its delivery of market leading ESG successes for NESF

Ross began his career working as an analyst at ExxonMobil. He has worked across the business spectrum from SME and start-up businesses, to FTSE 250 and government organizations

Extensive experience in programme process and change management across a variety of subject matters and organisations, from automotive to renewable energy sectors