Ben is the Managing Director of Greenbacker Development Opportunities Fund, leading the origination and execution of Greenbacker’s growth capital investments. He brings deep experience across the renewable energy industry, having held positions in both development (Delaware River Solar, Safari Energy) and private equity (Hudson Clean Energy, GE EFS). Ben began his career in power and utilities investment banking and holds both a BA and an MBA from Columbia University.

Dan De Boer is a Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure at Greenbacker, where he is responsible for overseeing the Infrastructure Investment team. He joined the company in 2023, bringing 16 years of experience in private equity and renewable energy investing. Prior to joining Greenbacker, Dan served as the Head of Renewables at Allianz Capital Partners of America, where he led all aspects of the investment lifecycle and played a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of their sustainable infrastructure platform. During that time and earlier, he successfully acquired and financed GWs of solar, wind, and storage projects, raised substantial private equity funds, and effectively managed investment platforms. Prior to Allianz, Dan spent time developing solar projects with VivoPower International Plc, established Onyx Renewable Partners LP within Blackstone Energy Partners, and launching D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments while part of the D. E. Shaw Group's private equity team. Dan received an MBA with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Yale University.

Spencer is an EVP at Greenbacker. He joined the company in 2011, before which he was a Vice President in the Leveraged Finance Group at Deerfield Capital Management. While there, he performed in-depth due diligence and financial analyses, negotiated loan documentation, and monitored over 20 private middle-market first lien, second lien, mezzanine, and one-stop senior secured debt investments. Spencer began his career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch after graduating magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a BS in Economics and a concentration in Finance and Marketing.

As the Head of Capital Markets, Carl manages the financing of GREC’s diverse project portfolio. He oversees tax equity and project financing for GREC’s pre-operational asset fleet and pursues opportunities to optimize GREC’s existing capital structure within the rapidly evolving infrastructure capital markets. Carl brings a wealth of experience in infrastructure financing, particularly in the renewable energy sector. Before joining Greenbacker, he served as the Head of Renewable Investments at Advantage Capital. In this capacity, he led the creation of the firm’s renewable energy tax credit syndication platform and played a pivotal role in originating and structuring over $1.5 billion in tax credit investments. Previously, he held the positions of CEO and CFO at VivoPower International, a global energy infrastructure firm. During his tenure, he played a key role in the company’s successful IPO on NASDAQ and, subsequently, took the helm in actively steering the organization’s growth strategy. His previous experience includes Managing Director & Group Head of Global Project Finance at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers and Director of Energy Structured Finance at Credit Suisse.

Charles oversees all strategic business development efforts as CEO of Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company. Prior to joining the company in 2011, he held various senior positions in his 24-year career with Macquarie Group, including Head of Renewables for North America. In that role, he evaluated a broad range of renewable energy companies and projects across the US in the wind, solar, geothermal, waste-to-energy, and biomass spaces. Before moving to the US in 2007, Charles was a Director in the Financial Products Group in Australia, responsible for developing, distributing, and managing a wide variety of retail financial products. Charles graduated from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Economics and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia.