Ed Simpson

Director, Head of Energy and Infrastructure, Member of the Investment Committee at Gravis Capital

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Ed is Head of Energy and Infrastructure, overseeing all direct infrastructure and renewables investment activity.

Ed joined Gravis from Gresham House where he was co-manager of its Sustainable Infrastructure funds. He started his focus on sustainable investing at Bridges Fund Management in 2008 and has also worked at the Carbon Trust and Downing. He has led investments in several key sustainable themes: decarbonisation (battery energy storage, peaking power plants, renewable energy generation – AD, hydro, solar and wind); digital infrastructure; modern methods of construction for housing; regeneration (biodiversity net gain habitat banks); vertical farming; waste and recycling solutions.

Ed has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University and qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen.