Costas Papamantellos has joined Nuveen’s Clean Energy Infrastructure team in London. He will serve as head of energy-transition investments, reporting to Joost Bergsma, global head of clean energy.
Papamantellos previously served as managing director and head of RWE’s energy-transition investments captive fund, where he led the investment platform since 2017 with teams based in London and New York City. Under his leadership, the investment vehicle deployed capital across Europe and North America in renewables development platforms, biomethane, distributed power generation, onshore wind repowering and energy storage solutions.
During the past four years, Papamantellos also served as CEO of an RWE joint venture, developing 1.5 gigawatts of solar photovoltaic projects, including one of the largest projects in Europe, which is expected to be fully operational by end of 2025.
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