Change of Control

C-suite, MD, and partner-level moves across clean energy development, project finance, PE/infrastructure, and law.

Updated May 15, 2026·Methodology

516

Total Moves

241

Hires

Departures

144

Promotions

Recent Moves

Latest 20

Michael A. Brown joined as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Clearway Energy, Inc. (from Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The New York Times Company)

Clearway Energy — one of the largest US clean-energy generation owners, with assets across 27 states — brought back a former in-house lawyer to take its top legal seat, succeeding retiring GC Kevin Malcarney. Brown returns from The New York Times Company, where he was assistant GC, after an earlier 2014-2021 stint at Clearway and NRG Yield.

SEC filing ↗

May 15, 2026Hire

Kevin P. Malcarney departed Clearway Energy, Inc. as EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Kevin Malcarney is retiring as Clearway Energy's top lawyer effective June 1, capping a tenure that spanned the company's growth into one of the largest US clean-energy owner-operators since he took the GC seat in 2018. He remains a non-executive employee through June 26; Michael A. Brown succeeds him.

SEC filing ↗

May 15, 2026Departure

Jing Nealis joined as Chief Financial Officer at NeoVolta Inc. (from Chief Financial Officer, SES AI Corporation)

NeoVolta, a San Diego-based battery-storage maker, hired Jing Nealis as CFO from EV-battery firm SES AI as it stands up domestic BESS manufacturing in Georgia (2 GWh initial capacity, targeting 8 GWh). She brings 20-plus years of energy-transition and manufacturing finance experience to the residential-to-utility/C&I expansion.

SEC filing ↗

May 14, 2026Hire

Steve Bond promoted to Executive Vice President and President at NeoVolta Power LLC (from Chief Financial Officer, NeoVolta Inc.)

In the same announcement that named Jing Nealis CFO, NeoVolta's outgoing finance chief Steve Bond shifted to EVP and President of operating subsidiary NeoVolta Power LLC, taking direct charge of the company's Georgia battery-manufacturing buildout — a CFO-to-operations move that freed the finance seat.

SEC filing ↗

May 14, 2026Promotion

Ravi Abbineni joined as Chief Financial Officer at ION Storage Systems (from Senior Vice President and CFO, JM Family Enterprises)

Maryland-based solid-state battery developer ION Storage Systems hired a finance chief from large privately-held JM Family Enterprises, signaling a push toward commercial scale-up of its solid-state cell technology.

Press release ↗

May 14, 2026Hire

Erik Johnson departed SOLV Energy as Chief Strategy Officer

Erik Johnson resigned as Chief Strategy Officer of SOLV Energy — the utility-scale solar EPC that went public in February 2026 — and transitioned to a non-executive employee role through year-end. No successor was disclosed in the 8-K.

SEC filing ↗

May 12, 2026Departure

Robert Vinje joined as Chief Operating Officer at Nextpower (from Chief Operating Officer, SOLARCYCLE)

Nextpower (the solar-tracker maker that rebranded from Nextracker in Nov 2025) hired SOLARCYCLE COO Robert Vinje as its COO — a SunPower and Amazon energy-operations veteran. Comp: $475K base, 70% target bonus from FY27, $4M FY27 equity award, $250K sign-on cash.

SEC filing ↗

May 12, 2026Hire

Marco Miller promoted to Chief Project Development Officer at Nextpower (from Chief Operating Officer, Nextpower)

Nextpower's incumbent COO Miller shifts into a newly created Chief Project Development Officer role concurrent with Robert Vinje's COO appointment — reflecting the company's post-rebrand push into integrated power technology and project services.

SEC filing ↗

May 12, 2026Promotion

Michael J. Hennigan appointed Independent Director at Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund (from Executive Chairman (retired Dec 2025), Marathon Petroleum Corporation)

The Kayne Anderson energy infrastructure closed-end fund (NYSE: KYN) added retired Marathon Petroleum / MPLX chief Hennigan to its board, bringing it to six members (five independent) after two earlier 2026 retirements.

Press release ↗

May 12, 2026Board

Tim Pawlenty joined as President and Chief Executive Officer at Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) (from President and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Roundtable)

SEIA tapped former two-term Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty — most recently CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable — as its permanent president and CEO, succeeding Abigail Ross Hopper after a nine-year run. The pick of a Republican former governor signals a deliberate bet on bipartisan reach and Washington dealmaking as the solar industry navigates IRA-rollback pressure.

Trade assoc. ↗

May 11, 2026Hire

Chad Richwine promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Vesper Energy (from General Counsel, Vesper Energy)

Vesper elevates GC Chad Richwine (ex-Akin Gump, ex-JPMorgan Private Bank) to EVP and Chief Legal Officer — putting the legal function on the executive team as the Houston-based utility-scale solar+BESS platform scales financings and offtake complexity.

Press release ↗

May 11, 2026Promotion

Parker Hills promoted to Senior Vice President of Digital Infrastructure Development at Vesper Energy (from Vice President of Development, Vesper Energy)

Vesper formalizes a data-center-dedicated origination team under new SVP, Digital Infrastructure Development Parker Hills — the standout title in the six-person promotion wave and a direct signal of the IPP's hyperscaler-PPA pivot.

Press release ↗

May 11, 2026Promotion

Rick Knauth promoted to Senior Vice President of Asset Management at Vesper Energy (from Head of Asset Management and Market Analytics, Vesper Energy)

Knauth (ex-Swift Current Energy, CAMS) is elevated to SVP, Asset Management as Vesper shifts from pure developer to long-hold operator with a growing operating fleet.

Press release ↗

May 11, 2026Promotion

Edward Shelton promoted to Senior Vice President of Power Development at Vesper Energy (from Director of Power Development, Vesper Energy)

Shelton, who leads Vesper's power-marketing/offtake function, steps up to SVP, Power Development — aligning his band with the new Digital Infrastructure Development vertical under Parker Hills.

Press release ↗

May 11, 2026Promotion

Allen Goodling promoted to Vice President and General Counsel at Vesper Energy (from Senior Counsel, Vesper Energy)

Goodling backfills the GC seat as Chad Richwine moves up to CLO.

Press release ↗

May 11, 2026Promotion

Kelly Marino promoted to Vice President of Human Resources at Vesper Energy (from Director of Human Resources, Vesper Energy)

Marino's elevation to VP HR completes the six-person leadership build-out — a characteristic move for a private IPP gearing up for an institutional capital event or rapid headcount ramp.

Press release ↗

May 11, 2026Promotion

Amanuel Haile-Mariam promoted to Senior Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer at HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (from Senior Managing Director, Grid-Connected Investments, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital)

Haile-Mariam was the architect of HASI's $1.2B Sunzia transmission investment and grew the grid-connected book since joining in 2021. Promotion to co-CIO (paired with Reynolds) formalizes a split investment-leadership structure at the NYSE-listed sustainable-infra investor as it leans further into transmission and behind-the-meter alongside its core grid-scale solar and wind portfolio.

Press release ↗

May 7, 2026Promotion

Annmarie Reynolds promoted to Senior Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer at HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (from Senior Managing Director, Fuels, Transport and Nature Investments, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital)

Reynolds built HASI's Fuels, Transport and Nature investment business from scratch starting in 2022 (RNG, transport-fuel infrastructure, nature-based assets). Her co-CIO appointment signals HASI's ambition to keep diversifying beyond grid-scale solar and wind as renewable tax-credit policy uncertainty pushes lenders to widen the addressable book.

Press release ↗

May 7, 2026Promotion

Daniela Shapiro promoted to Senior Managing Director and Co-Chief Risk Officer at HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (from Senior Managing Director, Behind-the-Meter Investments, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital)

Shapiro originated HASI's $500M Sunrun residential-solar JV and grew the behind-the-meter book since 2022. Co-CRO role (paired with Viral Amin, who stays in seat) plus voting Investment Committee seat gives BTM portfolio direct voice on IC - meaningful structural acknowledgment that DG/residential risk is now a core, not adjacent, vertical at HASI.

Press release ↗

May 7, 2026Promotion

Marc Pangburn joined as Partner at GoodFinch (from Senior Managing Director, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital)

Pangburn departs after 13 years at HASI to join GoodFinch - HASI's SunStrong joint-venture partner - as Partner, with a remit to optimize the SunStrong residential-solar lease portfolio. A 'kicked-upstairs to the affiliate' move that keeps the relationship aligned while shifting day-to-day stewardship of the SunStrong book outside HASI's balance sheet.

Press release ↗

May 7, 2026Hire

Net Talent Flow

344 firms

Firm	Hires	Departures	Net
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	6	0	+6
Latham & Watkins	8	4	+4
Vinson & Elkins	8	4	+4
Greenberg Traurig	5	1	+4
Vinson & Elkins LLP	4	0	+4
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	4	1	+3
Sidley Austin	4	1	+3
Rabobank	3	0	+3
Paul Weiss	3	0	+3
U.S. Department of Energy	6	4	+2
Pattern Energy	3	1	+2
King & Spalding	3	1	+2
Eos Energy Enterprises	3	1	+2
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe	2	0	+2
Array Technologies	2	0	+2
SolarEdge Technologies	2	0	+2
Deriva Energy	2	0	+2
Clearlight Energy	2	0	+2
Spiritus	2	0	+2
American Clean Power Association (ACP)	2	0	+2
Bloom Energy	2	0	+2
Greenskies Clean Focus	2	0	+2
Gevo, Inc.	2	0	+2
Form Energy	2	0	+2
NYSERDA	2	0	+2
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP	2	0	+2
Stifel Financial Corp.	2	0	+2
NuScale Power	2	0	+2
Soltec	2	0	+2
GE Vernova	2	0	+2
HK Power	2	0	+2
Cypress Creek Renewables	4	3	+1
Arevon Energy	3	2	+1
Swift Current Energy	2	1	+1
American Clean Power Association	2	1	+1
Fluence Energy	1	0	+1
ENGIE North America	1	0	+1
Vineyard Offshore	1	0	+1
Clearway Energy	1	0	+1
Advantage Capital Renewables	1	0	+1
J.P. Morgan	1	0	+1
Avantus	1	0	+1
Scout Clean Energy	1	0	+1
Savion	1	0	+1
FTC Solar	1	0	+1
Hecate Grid (Fullmark Energy)	1	0	+1
I Squared Capital	1	0	+1
New Columbia Solar	1	0	+1
Clean Energy Systems	1	0	+1
Intersect Power	1	0	+1
DOE Office of Energy Dominance Financing	1	0	+1
Ceres	1	0	+1
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center	1	0	+1
Eaton	1	0	+1
Leeward Renewable Energy	1	0	+1
GS Power Partners	1	0	+1
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners	1	0	+1
Capital Power	1	0	+1
US Wind	1	0	+1
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind	1	0	+1
Apterra Infrastructure Capital	1	0	+1
SolaREIT	1	0	+1
Emerald AI	1	0	+1
ArcLight Capital Partners	1	0	+1
Red Post Energy Futures	1	0	+1
Palmetto	1	0	+1
Boralex	1	0	+1
Commonwealth of Virginia	1	0	+1
IPX Power	1	0	+1
Watershed	1	0	+1
TOYO Co., Ltd.	1	0	+1
Ascend Analytics	1	0	+1
Morrison (infrastructure investment manager)	1	0	+1
BlueWave	1	0	+1
Bracewell LLP	1	0	+1
Powin	1	0	+1
Indiana Michigan Power	1	0	+1
NET Power Inc.	1	0	+1
AES Corporation (US Utilities subsidiary)	1	0	+1
ACT Power Services	1	0	+1
Anthropic	1	0	+1
Pine Gate Renewables	1	0	+1
Sunnova Energy International	1	0	+1
Iberdrola	1	0	+1
GE Vernova Wind	1	0	+1
EDF power solutions North America	1	0	+1
Nextpower (formerly Nextracker)	1	0	+1
SunPower (rebranded from Complete Solaria)	1	0	+1
Silicon Ranch Corporation	1	0	+1
Air Products	1	0	+1
Orrick	1	0	+1
Akin Gump	1	0	+1
White House National Energy Dominance Council	1	0	+1
Multiplier	1	0	+1
Maryland Energy Administration	1	0	+1
Nextracker (now Nextpower)	1	0	+1
Sidley Austin LLP	1	0	+1
ADS-TEC Energy, Inc.	1	0	+1
KeyState (SOLCAP platform)	1	0	+1
Neogenyx Fuels LLC (Ameresco / HASI biogas JV)	1	0	+1
Schneider Electric (North America Operations)	1	0	+1
U.S. Department of Energy (Grid Deployment Office)	1	0	+1
Brookfield Renewable	1	0	+1
Talen Energy	1	0	+1
Origis Energy	1	0	+1
Mission Solar Energy	1	0	+1
Navisun	1	0	+1
Natural Resources Defense Council	1	0	+1
iSun, Inc.	1	0	+1
PivotGen	1	0	+1
Spearmint Energy	1	0	+1
ACORE	1	0	+1
EnerVenue	1	0	+1
TerraForm Power	1	0	+1
GE Energy Financial Services	1	0	+1
Hanwha Qcells	1	0	+1
Calibrant Energy	1	0	+1
Caelux	1	0	+1
Cooley LLP	1	0	+1
GoodFinch	1	0	+1
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)	1	0	+1
NeoVolta Inc.	1	0	+1
Nextpower	1	0	+1
ION Storage Systems	1	0	+1
Onward Energy	1	1	0
Jupiter Power	1	1	0
EDF Renewables	1	1	0
NextEra Energy	1	1	0
Xcel Energy	1	1	0
Dimension Energy	1	1	0
Norton Rose Fulbright	1	1	0
enCore Energy Corp.	1	1	0
A&O Shearman	1	1	0
TerraPower	1	1	0
Apollo Global Management	1	1	0
Aspen Power	1	1	0
Nextracker Inc.	1	1	0
Ballard Power Systems	1	1	0
FTC Solar, Inc.	1	1	0
HASI	1	1	0
JPMorgan Chase	1	1	0
Florida Power & Light	1	1	0
Apex Clean Energy	1	1	0
Onyx Renewable Partners	1	1	0
Innergex Renewable Energy	1	1	0
REC Solar	1	1	0
SunPower	1	1	0
Maxeon Solar Technologies	1	1	0
Clearway Energy, Inc.	1	1	0
Lightsource bp	1	2	-1
Avangrid	1	2	-1
RWE Clean Energy	1	2	-1
Baker Botts	1	2	-1
NRG Energy	1	2	-1
K&L Gates	1	2	-1
Clenera	1	2	-1
Fermi America	1	2	-1
Sunnova Energy	1	2	-1
Recurrent Energy	1	2	-1
Alvarez & Marsal	1	2	-1
Broad Reach Power	0	1	-1
MUFG	0	1	-1
Crédit Agricole CIB	0	1	-1
Wood Mackenzie	0	1	-1
FirstLight Power	0	1	-1
Jamaica Public Service Company	0	1	-1
bp	0	1	-1
EDF	0	1	-1
Goldman Sachs	0	1	-1
State of West Virginia	0	1	-1
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs	0	1	-1
174 Power Global	0	1	-1
Winston & Strawn	0	1	-1
BHE Renewables	0	1	-1
EDP Renewables North America	0	1	-1
Skadden	0	1	-1
BrightNight Power	0	1	-1
Essential Utilities	0	1	-1
Transurban North America	0	1	-1
Weatherford International	0	1	-1
Shell	0	1	-1
Avangrid Renewables	0	1	-1
Primoris Renewable Energy	0	1	-1
Liberty Energy	0	1	-1
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners	0	1	-1
LevelTen Energy	0	1	-1
Delta Galil Industries	0	1	-1
Ioxus	0	1	-1
U.S. Office of Personnel Management	0	1	-1
Savion Energy	0	1	-1
SEIA	0	1	-1
Weil Gotshal & Manges	0	1	-1
Bracewell	0	1	-1
REV Renewables	0	1	-1
LS Power	0	1	-1
Vineyard Wind	0	1	-1
GE	0	1	-1
Freshfields	0	1	-1
The Engine	0	1	-1
David B Foster LLC (Eaton consultant)	0	1	-1
Neighborly	0	1	-1
Convergent Energy + Power	0	1	-1
McKinsey & Company	0	1	-1
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board	0	1	-1
Deepwater Wind	0	1	-1
Lord Abbett	0	1	-1
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman	0	1	-1
Vistra	0	1	-1
Fluence	0	1	-1
Primoris Services Corporation	0	1	-1
Sunrun	0	1	-1
Tesla	0	1	-1
Brightmark	0	1	-1
Competitive Power Ventures (CPV)	0	1	-1
PepsiCo	0	1	-1
Nevada Governor's Office of Energy	0	1	-1
Peloton Interactive	0	1	-1
Cogeco	0	1	-1
Southern Environmental Law Center	0	1	-1
Groq, Inc.	0	1	-1
Chesapeake Utilities	0	1	-1
Searchlight Institute	0	1	-1
Intersect Power (senior advisor)	0	1	-1
GlidePath Power Solutions	0	1	-1
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)	0	1	-1
BrightNight	0	1	-1
POWWR	0	1	-1
ADM (Archer-Daniels-Midland)	0	1	-1
GI Partners	0	1	-1
Uplight	0	1	-1
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG)	0	1	-1
US Department of Energy, Loan Programs Office	0	1	-1
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)	0	1	-1
University of Texas at Austin	0	1	-1
Southern California Gas Company	0	1	-1
Caterpillar	0	1	-1
Javelin Capital	0	1	-1
Oklo Inc.	0	1	-1
Hawaiian Electric Industries	0	1	-1
Clean Energy Fuels Corp	0	1	-1
Ajax Resources / private resource-industry executive	0	1	-1
Edison International	0	1	-1
John Sneed Consulting	0	1	-1
U.S. Department of Energy (ARPA-E)	0	1	-1
Stronghold Digital Mining	0	1	-1
Plug Power	0	1	-1
EDF Renewables North America	0	1	-1
Nextracker	0	1	-1
Vistra Corp	0	1	-1
Greenbacker Renewable Energy	0	1	-1
Complete Solaria	0	1	-1
Kayne Anderson	0	1	-1
Jabil	0	1	-1
Linde plc	0	1	-1
UBS	0	1	-1
Paul Hastings	0	1	-1
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton	0	1	-1
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings	0	1	-1
Argo Infrastructure Partners	0	1	-1
The Sterling Group	0	1	-1
BakerHostetler	0	1	-1
Energy Industry Background	0	1	-1
U.S. Department of Energy (Loan Programs Office)	0	1	-1
UC Berkeley / Mechatronics Research	0	1	-1
Oklo	0	1	-1
Dominion Energy	0	1	-1
Solid Power, Inc.	0	1	-1
First Solar	0	1	-1
Tennessee Valley Authority	0	1	-1
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association	0	1	-1
GAF Energy	0	1	-1
Johnson Controls	0	1	-1
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation	0	1	-1
New York State Office of the State Comptroller	0	1	-1
American Petroleum Institute	0	1	-1
Veev (Lennar subsidiary)	0	1	-1
BorgWarner / Adient / ZF / Siemens / Robert Bosch	0	1	-1
Renewable Properties	0	1	-1
Ameresco	0	1	-1
Schneider Electric	0	1	-1
New York Department of Public Service	0	1	-1
Greenbacker Capital	0	1	-1
Bipartisan Policy Center	0	1	-1
UPS	0	1	-1
Massachusetts House of Representatives	0	1	-1
Brookfield Renewable US	0	1	-1
Rise Light & Power	0	1	-1
Axpo U.S.	0	1	-1
Canadian Solar	0	1	-1
Patria Investments	0	1	-1
California Resources Corporation	0	1	-1
Framatome	0	1	-1
Equify Financial	0	1	-1
GoGreen Investments	0	1	-1
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp	0	1	-1
Eat'n Park Hospitality Group	0	1	-1
Deloitte Consulting	0	1	-1
Renewable Power Capital	0	1	-1
Distributed Solar Development (DSD)	0	1	-1
OCI Enterprises	0	1	-1
Open Society Foundations	0	1	-1
Generac Power Systems	0	1	-1
Philips	0	1	-1
SNGULAR	0	1	-1
National Instruments	0	1	-1
Cogentrix Energy	0	1	-1
Barclays	0	1	-1
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security	0	1	-1
Atlantic Power & Utilities	0	1	-1
Enovix Corporation	0	1	-1
Starbucks Coffee Corporation	0	1	-1
Propuli LLC	0	1	-1
Sandbrook Capital	0	1	-1
GE Renewable Energy	0	1	-1
Baker Botts LLP	0	1	-1
Coast Energy	0	1	-1
ClearPath Energy	0	1	-1
Financial Services Roundtable	0	1	-1
The New York Times Company	0	1	-1
SES AI Corporation	0	1	-1
SOLV Energy	0	1	-1
SOLARCYCLE	0	1	-1
JM Family Enterprises	0	1	-1
Invenergy	1	3	-2
Duke Energy	1	3	-2
Clearway Energy Group	0	2	-2
Vestas Wind Systems	0	2	-2
Akin (formerly Akin Gump)	0	2	-2
Google	0	2	-2
Constellation Energy	0	2	-2
Energy Fuels Inc.	0	2	-2
First Citizens Bank	0	2	-2
Summit Ridge Energy	0	2	-2
Sila Nanotechnologies	0	2	-2
Ørsted	1	4	-3
NextEra Energy Resources	0	3	-3
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck	0	3	-3
Energy Recovery, Inc.	0	3	-3
Kirkland & Ellis	5	9	-4
AES Corporation	1	5	-4
Allen & Overy	0	4	-4
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0	4	-4
WilmerHale	0	4	-4
White & Case	0	6	-6