Our Next Miinerva talk will take place in the library on Thursday 30th January at 4.30pm (with refreshments served at 4.15pm) and will be given by Mr Mark Dooley.

Mark Dooley is Global Head of Green Investment Group. He is also Head of Macquarie Capital’s European Infrastructure & Energy business. Mark has been involved in structured finance and investment in energy and infrastructure projects for more than 25 years. Over his career Mark has worked on pioneering transactions in transport and social infrastructure, telecommunications infrastructure and, over the last decade in particular, renewable energy and transmission .Green Investment Group (GIG) is Macquarie’s global platform for principal investment in renewable energy projects. GIG is active in the development and funding of projects in 25 countries around the world across wind, solar, waste to energy and energy storage. Mark’s highlight transactions include the acquisition of the UK Green Investment Bank – 2017, Race Bank offshore wind farm and MGT Teeside biomass – 2016, Galloper offshore wind farm and Baltic II offshore wind farm – 2015, Low Carbon 150 MW solar program – 2014, 5 assets from the UK OFTOs programme from 2009 onwards, Peterborough Hospital PFT – 2007, Port Stephens and Cairns Co-Composting facilities – 1998 & 2001 and Reef Networks Fibre Optic Cable, Queensland – 2000.

This talk aspires to answer some very current, if not urgent, questions:
- what is our climate challenge? What does it mean and how will it affect us.
- how have we responded so far?
- what’s left to do? Will we get it done?
- what role does Green Investment Group play?
- careers in the new energy ecosystem.