Aquila Capital
Michael Hesse currently serves as the Head of Investment & Fund Risk Management at Aquila Capital since June 2022. With extensive experience in the financial sector, Hesse previously held the position of Adjunct Lecturer at Ostfalia - University of Applied Sciences from March 2014 to May 2022, focusing on Lending Business at Brunswick European Law School. Prior roles include Head of Credit - Specialized Finance at Oldenburgische Landesbank AG, overseeing specialized lending solutions, and Head of Credit Risk Management at WestLB AG London Branch, managing credit risk for international project finance in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Hesse began a career in banking with an apprenticeship at Stadtsparkasse Münster and completed a Dipl-Kfm at The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, specializing in Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, and Monetary Policy.
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Aquila Capital is part of Aquila Group, an investment and asset development company focused on generating and managing essential assets on behalf of its clients. By investing in clean energy and sustainable infrastructure, Aquila Group contributes to the global energy transition and strengthens the world’s infrastructure backbone. The company initiates, develops, and manages essential assets along their entire value chain and lifetime. Currently, Aquila Capital manages EUR 14.6 billion on behalf of institutional investors worldwide. Our primary objective is to generate performance for our clients by managing the complexity of essential assets. Established in 2001 by Dieter Rentsch and Roman Rosslenbroich, Aquila Group is founder- and partner-owned. The shareholders are backed by a minority stake of Daiwa, one of the largest Asian investors. Today, the company manages wind energy, solar PV and hydropower assets of 16.6 GW capacity. Additionally, 1.95 million square metres of sustainable real estate and green logistics projects have been completed or are under development. Aquila Group also invests in energy efficiency, carbon forestry and data centres. Aquila Group has been carbon neutral since 2006 and aims to act carbon negative. Sustainability has always been part of our value system and is an integral part of our investment strategies, processes and management of our assets. Aquila Group has around 650 employees and 19 offices in 17 countries worldwide.