Foresight Group has hired Steven Hughes as director and head of portfolio. He will be based in the company’s global headquarters in The Shard, a skyscraper in London.
Hughes spent the majority of his career at RES, the world’s largest independent renewable energy company, and brings 22 years of experience in sustainable energy and environmental engineering to the firm.
At RES, Hughes led the global asset management / support services business, operating more than 5 gigawatts of wind, solar storage and transmission assets in the United Kingdom, Europe and North American markets.
“We are thrilled to have Steven join our expanding team, where he will undertake the important task of managing and optimising our growing infrastructure portfolio,” said Ricardo Pineiro, partner at Foresight. “With his broad-based knowledge of the sector, he will immediately be able to apply his experience and leadership to our existing assets and portfolio and technology team,