Chairman and Co-founder, Cleantech Group
Biography
Nicholas Parker is Chairman and Managing Partner of the Cleantech Group™, LLC. He introduced the "cleantech" concept to the investment and business community in 2002. Previously Nicholas accumulated over 15 years experience starting and investing venture funds worldwide through limited partnerships, family offices, corporate funds and endowments. During this time, he pioneered the first "sustainability" driven private equity funds and participated in one of the first solar IPOs. In the 1990s, he also founded, built and sold an environmental finance firm. He has served as an advisor to multilateral agencies and major corporations.