Jeff Wood, Senior Vice President, joined the PowerBridge team in 2011 and is primarily responsible for leading the financing effort for PowerBridge projects such as Hudson Transmission.
Mr. Wood is a former managing director at the investment bank Société Générale, where he was responsible for serving as financial advisor and for arranging $600 million in non-recourse project financing for the Neptune transmission project, a 660-MW undersea transmission cable completed in June of 2007.
He has over 30 years of experience in project finance with involvement in raising more than $7 billion in debt and equity. Before joining PowerBridge, Mr. Wood was a Senior Vice President with Noble Environmental Power of Essex, Connecticut, where he was responsible for raising more than $700 million of non-recourse debt and $200 million of tax equity for a portfolio totaling 330 MW of wind power in New York State. His finance experience also includes positions with J.P. Morgan Chase and Wachovia Securities, where he was involved in the financing of major energy projects both in the U.S. and internationally.
Mr. Wood graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. He also holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.