The SCF Fund is a commercial impact private equity fund that aims to invest in and scale up a global portfolio of mid-sized infrastructure projects.

Craig Cogut has spent a career building successful investment businesses. Mr. Cogut founded Pegasus, a private equity fund, in 1995 and serves as its Chairman and CEO, and is a member of the management committee and the investment committee. Through Mr. Cogut’s leadership, Pegasus has focused on sectors influenced by global resource scarcity and the need to combat climate change, as well as on the growth in demands globally for human health and wellness, leading to Pegasus becoming the first U.S. private equity fund manager to be accredited by the Green Climate Fund. In 1990 Mr. Cogut co-founded and was one of the original partners at Apollo Advisors L.P., a position he held for six years preceding the creation of Pegasus. Mr. Cogut is currently Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of PanTheryx. In addition, Mr. Cogut has been an active philanthropist in the fields of improving education, building civil society and championing environmental and health issues. Mr. Cogut currently serves as Chairman of the finance advisory board of the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet, a non-profit focused on leveraging private finance for public good in order to achieve sustainable development goals. Mr. Cogut is an alumnus of Brown University and Harvard Law School.

David Cogut is a Partner and is a member of the firm’s management committee, investment committee and valuation committee. Prior to joining Pegasus, Mr. Cogut was an investment banker at Moelis & Company, where he focused on mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructurings and financing transactions across the gaming and lodging, industrials, media, real estate, and technology sectors. Mr. Cogut currently oversees Pantheryx, Renaissance Downtowns, Six Senses US, and SleepScore Labs. Past investments in which Mr. Cogut was highly involved include Six Senses, Spirit Music and Halo, Purely for Pets. Mr. Cogut also serves on the board of the Advisory Council for the Institute at Brown for Environment & Society. Mr. Cogut graduated from Brown University with a major in Economics.

Anuj Kamdar is a Vice President at Pegasus. Prior to joining Pegasus, Mr. Kamdar was an investment banker at Moelis & Company, where he focused on mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructurings and financing transactions across the media, technology, and consumer retail sectors. Past investments in which he has been involved include Six Senses, Spirit Music Holdings and Carol’s Daughter. Mr. Kamdar is currently heavily involved with PanTheryx, Renaissance, Accordant and Creative Realities. Mr. Kamdar graduated from California Berkeley with a B.A in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business.

Daniela Gomez is an Associate at Pegasus. Prior to joining Pegasus, she was a financial advisor at Evolve Management Company, where she focused on project finance and deal structuring across the sectors of energy, infrastructure and mobility. Past transactions in which she has been involved include a fuel storage portfolio of fourteen projects, Waste to Energy and sustainable aviation fuel refinery projects. Ms. Gomez holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM).

Natalie Gartmann is the ESG & Impact Manager of Pegasus. Ms. Gartmann is a member of the Sustainability Committee. Prior to joining Pegasus, Ms. Gartmann was a Consultant at the global management consulting firm Sustainserv where she advised companies on integrating sustainability into long-term strategies, everyday operations, and reporting. She has a strong background in the financial sector, which includes developing and implementing responsible investment policies, integrating ESG into investment decision-making processes, and conducting impact assessments. Ms. Gartmann holds a Master’s in Management from HEC Paris and a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the University of St. Gallen.

Nicolas Hasselbach is an Operating Advisor at Pegasus, focusing on renewable energy investments for the Subnational Climate Fund. Mr. Hasselbach joins Pegasus with over seven years’ experience in engineering, finance and investments as an engineering lead and financial analyst most recently at Impala Energy Group. Focus areas include investment / market analysis, technology development and testing, and strategic consulting in the energy and automotive sector. Mr. Hasselbach has a Master’s in Engineering and has passed CFA Level III.

Parth Shah is a Vice President at Pegasus. Prior to joining Pegasus, Mr. Shah was an Investment Executive in the Infrastructure & Climate Group at CDC Group Plc (soon to British International Investment plc), a leading DFI. Mr. Shah has extensive experience in sourcing, managing, and exiting infrastructure assets, including over ten years of investment experience, with seven years in climate infrastructure investing in developing markets in Africa and Asia.

Mr. Shah has worked on several transactions, across a variety of climate infrastructure sectors, including renewable energy, digital infrastructure, and agriculture, amounting to more than $350m of in emerging markets. Mr. Shah is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and holds the CFA charter.

Ronen Gani is an Operating Partner at Pegasus, focusing on renewable energy investments for the Subnational Climate Fund. Prior to joining Pegasus, Mr. Gani was a co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Impala Energy Group, an established African power platform with a focus on natural gas-renewable hybrid power and thermal energy generation. Mr. Gani has over 20 years’ experience in business development, finance, investing and accounting in the gas and energy industry. Mr. Gani is a qualified accountant with over seven years of Big 4 experience, including commercial negotiations, transaction structuring and establishing financial governance.

Terry Tamminen provides sustainability and policy advice across the Pegasus portfolio. He is a member of the firm’s Sustainability Committee. Mr. Tamminen was appointed CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 2016. Mr. Tamminen is one of the nation’s leading authorities on environmental policy. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Mr. Tamminen Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency in November 2003, and Cabinet Secretary, the chief policy advisor to the Governor, in December 2004. He now advises California Governor Jerry Brown on energy and environmental policy matters and serves as an advisor to several other governors, Canadian Premiers, European Union leaders, and environmental organizations. Mr. Tamminen is the author of several books on environmental policy, is a sought-after international lecturer on climate control and energy issues and has received numerous awards and honors for his achievements. He is the co-founder and Executive Board member of the R20 Regions of Climate Action, a new public-private partnership among more than 100 regional governments, the United Nations, and numerous clean technology companies focused on low carbon economic development worldwide. The UK’s Guardian newspaper named Mr. Tamminen one of “50 People Who Could Save the Planet.”

Tim Corfield is an Operating Partner at Pegasus, focusing on renewable energy investments for the Subnational Climate Fund. Prior to joining Pegasus, Mr. Corfield led the Impala Energy Group, an established African power platform with a focus on natural gas-renewable hybrid power and thermal energy generation. Mr. Corfield has over 30 years’ experience in infrastructure delivery across engineering, development, construction, finance, operations and maintenance.

Farai Sekeso joined Pegasus Capital as an Operating Principal, focusing on energy related investments for the Subnational Climate Fund. Prior to joining Pegasus, Farai was with Cygnum Capital (formerly Lion’s Head Global Partners) where he was Executive Director & Fund Lead of the AfricaGoGreen Fund. He has 15 years’ experience in infrastructure & energy investments across Africa in addition to five years with a Big 4 firm. He is a qualified chartered accountant and holds an MBA from ESADE Business School.

Paola is a seasoned strategy, innovation and transformation officer with more than 20 years in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) and consulting industries, now focused on value creation, mutual sustainable solutions and the frontiers and resilience of human systems. For the last 4 years, she was the Chief Innovation Officer for Mars, Inc and is well recognized for her fluent ability to bring the outside in, articulating the next generation of needs and tactical solutions, which can be seen throughout her career at Mars, having spent it developing and implementing strategic plans, M&A integration, insights and intelligence analysis, global governance methodology, next generation capabilities, and managing external partnerships, including the United Nations (Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme and World Health Organization), World Bank and African Union. Paola is a dual citizen from Brazil and the US, and holds an undergraduate degree in Economics and Anthropology from Rutgers University, as well as graduate degrees in Project Management (Lehigh University), Negotiation and Strategic R&D Management (both from INSEAD).