Nam Tran Nguyen

Nam Nguyen is Chief Operating Officer at Generate Capital, responsible for the company’s assets and portfolio and operations. Prior to joining Generate, Nam was Executive Vice President at SunPower, one of the largest solar company in the world. Nam was responsible for SunPower’s Commercial Solar division, delivering approximately $500 million in revenues and number 1 market share in the U.S. Prior to that, Nam served as Senior Vice President and oversaw SunPower’s power plant business in Latin America, where she was responsible for the P&L, driving approximately 1GW of contracted pipeline and $1.5 billion in revenues. Prior to SunPower, Nam was Vice President of Global Business Development at First Solar. At First Solar, she led the sale and financing of the First Solar project pipeline, including raising $8 billion of financing, and various M&A activities. She also led the expansion of First Solar’s global platform and pipeline. Prior to First Solar, Nam was responsible for corporate development and strategy at a solar start-up OptiSolar, where she help raise $300 million in venture funding and eventually led the sale of OptiSolar to First Solar. She has also held various roles in investment banking working in New York, Singapore and Los Angeles. Nam has a BA in Economics from Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard University and was a Fulbright Scholar.