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ABOUT

François Joubert
Founder and
Managing Partner

François has 20 years experience in the energy sector and environmental markets with focus on corporate development, M&A, private equity, fund management  and commodity markets. 

His experience include :

 

Set up and management of  EDFT power and gas origination and environmental product activity which have generated over 1 Bn€ of operational profits.

Management of a 300 M€ renewable and energy efficiency offset fund active in 40 countries which has delivered in excess of 25 % yearly return.

Origination of a Private equity portfolio complementary to trading activities: CCGT, gas storage, Chinese carbon offset  developer, US RECs developer, biomass producer, biofuel producer, VPP, tolling.

 

Board membership and management position of several companies in the field of biofuel, biomass, power production and venture capital fund.

 

Finance Director for EDF in China, where he established EDF cornerstones assets in Asia.

François is an alumi of Ecole Polytechnique and of Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique. He also has a Master of Finance from the London School of Economics.

NextEarth is based on a network of council members who bring their specific skill set, contact network and geographical reach to enable NextEarth deliver outstanding results for its clients.

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