Ben Guest

Ben is Managing Director, Head of Gresham House Energy Transition and Fund Manager of Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc (LSE: GRID), the UK’s largest utility-scale battery energy storage fund, since its IPO in November 2018. He managed the first vintage of Gresham House’s Sustainable Infrastructure ‘BSIF’ strategy from launch in 2017, growing AUM to £350mn by 2020. Before joining Gresham House, Ben founded Hazel Capital LLP, a solar and battery storage operator, where he was Managing Partner and CIO until the company’s acquisition by Gresham House in 2017. Prior to that, Ben co-founded Cantillon Capital, where he managed a US$1bn long-short equity hedge fund focused on global technology, media, and telecom. Ben has helped create nearly 2GW of solar and battery projects and currently serves as a director of over 50 project companies. He has over 30 years of investment experience and holds a BEng from Imperial College.