Innova
Jon Sheppard is an experienced investment manager currently employed at Innova since July 2023. Prior to that, Jon served as an investment manager for renewables at AlphaReal from October 2017 to July 2023, focusing on acquiring renewable assets for institutional investors with approximately £500 million deployed across over 20 transactions. Jon's earlier career includes a role as a consultant in infrastructure finance and economics at Royal HaskoningDHV and as an equity analyst at Analyst Group. Jon holds a Master of Science in Finance and a Master of Science in Economic Growth, Innovation, and Spatial Dynamics from Lund University School of Economics and Management, as well as an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Economics from McMaster University.
Innova
Innova is a forward-thinking renewable energy business, employing over 120 people across two offices in London and Cheltenham. Innova’s long-term mission is to create utility-scale renewable energy projects using multi-technologies that take large energy intensive users off-grid, positively improving the environment, and benefiting local businesses and communities. Innova will achieve this mission by continuing to develop, build, and operate a range of innovative, environmentally sustainable, long-term renewable energy solutions. To date, Innova has over 60 DNO and Grid connected sites under development in the UK, with a combined solar and storage capacity in excess of 24GW. Innova offer an integrated approach to renewable energy developments and operations, with a capability across the life cycle of any project. This includes planning, grid connections, project rights development, financing, construction and asset management, power purchase agreements, and long-term operations.