Dr. Uche C. Isiugo is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of InfraNergy. As an Investment, Commercial Management and Development Executive,
Dr. Uche Isiugo has a track record in the financing, development and operation of Solar, Wind Energy, Energy Storage projects, as well as related sectors of gas infrastructure, technology, aviation and transportation. He has had broad responsibility in commercial, asset management, project development, power marketing and regulatory, previously as Director at Key Capture Energy, New York and Manager at NextEra Energy, Florida.
At NextEra Energy (the world’s largest renewable energy company), he served as Portfolio Manager & Management Lead of the utility scale battery energy storage portfolio group, the then-largest portfolio of energy storage projects in the U.S. (11 assets of combined 140 MW at the time), where he pioneered the delivery of energy, capacity, arbitrage, frequency regulation and other grid ancillary services across several U.S. and Canadian power wholesale merchant markets and regions (RTOs and ISOs) and also pioneered energy storage agreements (ESAs/PPAs) with Utility company offtakers.
Preceding his lead role in energy storage, he jointly managed an 11 GW portfolio of $10 billion Solar & Wind project finance (comprising over 150 solar and wind projects), which garnered the BM Portfolio Innovation Award. Leading up to his work in project finance, Dr. Uche Isiugo previously had overall direct management responsibility for seven wind farms in the U.S. North East, including P&L and operations functions.
Prior to joining NextEra Energy, he was in the Citigroup EMEA investment banking team, where he supported the execution of key mandates, including power asset acquisition bids and the then-largest Eurobond ($300 million) in Nigeria. Preceding his work at Citigroup, he was employed for several years at The Boeing Company in the Seattle area, where he provided corporate financial analysis and guided investment decisions.
Dr. Uche Isiugo’s experience includes work as an Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University teaching Mergers & Acquisitions in the Executive MBA Program. He holds dual Bachelors degrees in Finance and Economics from Temple University, an MBA from Seattle Pacific University, and a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the University of New Orleans.
