美国清洁技术产业投资机构集团执行总裁尼古拉斯·帕克
Nicholas Parker, Executive Chairman of the Cleantech Group
尼古拉斯·帕克先生是清洁技术产业投资机构集团的执行主席和联合创建人,现在该公司旗下包括清洁技术产业组织有限公司™,清洁技术投资顾问有限公司™, 和清洁技术指数有限公司™等公司。 Parker先生与联合创建人Keith Raab 在2002年一起向投资领域推出了 “清洁技术”的这一全新的概念。他此前在创建和投资于风险投资基金方面已经积累了15年以上的经验。在20世纪90年代,他还创建、打造并且最终出售了一家领先的泛大西洋环保产业金融咨询和策略公司。他还一直担任世界可持续发展工商理事会和国际金融公司(世界银行)等多边机构的顾问。
尼古拉斯·帕克拥有卡尔顿大学渥太华分校理科荣誉学士学位和伦敦城市大学工商管理硕士学位,并且已经撰写编辑了10本与技术、金融和国际商务相关的著作。他是E+Co公司的主席,这是一家为发展中国家的清洁能源企业服务的公共投资公司。他还具有房地产开发方面的股权,并且是多家学术机构和智库的顾问委员会成员。他还是皇家艺术、制造业和商业学会(Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, 简称:RSA))的成员。他一直在非洲、亚洲、欧洲和北美等地居住和工作。目前,他和两个孩子定居在多伦多。
Nicholas Parker co-founded the Cleantech Group, introducing the cleantech concept to the investment and business community in 2002. Previously Nicholas accumulated over 15 years experience starting and investing venture funds worldwide through limited partnerships, family offices, corporate funds and endowments. During this time, he pioneered the first "sustainability" driven private equity funds and participated in one of the first solar IPOs. In the 1990s, he also founded, built and sold an environmental finance firm. He has served as an advisor to multilateral agencies and major corporations.
Nicholas earned a BA Hons. in Technology Studies (Carleton University, Ottawa) and an MBA (City University, London), and has authored or edited more than ten publications related to cleantech, finance and international business, starting with Investing in Emerging Economies in 1993. He served as Chairman of E+Co, a public purpose investment company for clean energy enterprises in developing countries, and is on several boards, including: Government of Singapore Cleantech Advisory Board, Canadian Centre of Excellence for Commercialization of Research and the X PRIZE Energy & Environment Council. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). Nicholas has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America and currently resides with his two children in Toronto.