Private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners has appointed Oliver Yates, a veteran senior executive of Macquarie Group and Chief Executive of Clean Energy Finance Corp (CEFC), as the company’s Head of Climate Tech Strategy for Australia.
Yates brings decades of expertise and experience in financial markets, climate tech and clean energy investment to the group.
Under Yates’ leadership, the CEFC was established in 2012 with AUD10bn of commitments to work with businesses, institutional investors and entrepreneurs to accelerate Australia’s investment into clean energy sector. At Macquarie, Yates held leadership positions as an Executive Director at Macquarie Bank, Country Head for the US, and co-head of both Macquarie Capital Private Placements and Macquarie Capital Financial Products.
In a press statement Gaw Capital said Yates will lead the strategic expansion of the company in Australia with a focus on investments in climate tech and the energy transition, leveraging his considerable network and expertise in the sector.
