Investment

James Armstrong is a Founder and Managing Partner at Bluefield Partners LLP, a renewable energy specialist. In 2013, he led the flotation of the Bluefield Solar Income Fund, now a FTSE 250 company and at the time the first investment company focused on solar PV to be listed on a major stock exchange. This fund has continued to provide sector leading results for its investors since IPO. More broadly, at the time of writing, every strategy launched at Bluefield has exceeded initial return targets. Outside of Bluefield, James has worked in renewable energy since 2006 and has been involved in excess of €1.5bn solar and renewable energy focused deals.

Giovanni Terranova, co-founder and managing partner of Bluefield, brings extensive expertise in energy finance. His career spans banking, advisory services, and private equity since 2000, with a dedicated focus on energy and renewables since 2005. Giovanni has participated in the funding of c.€9.1 billion of energy transactions globally. He has served as board member of various solar energy companies in Italy, France, Netherlands and the UK.

During his career, he has been involved in more than €1.9 billion UK and European solar energy transactions. Giovanni has played a leading role in BSIF (Bluefield Solar Income Fund) strategy since its IPO, with a focus on portfolio management, portfolio financing and investment. Giovanni’s exposure to solar energy dates back to 1998 when working at the Italian energy agency ENEA. Giovanni has as MBA from Luiss School of Management, Rome, and an MSc in Power Engineering.

Juliet Drinkwater joined Bluefield in 2022 and is responsible for leading its global business development and investor relations activities. Her focus is on developing solutions to support new and existing clients, client relations and fundraising across all types of professional investors.

Juliet has 9 years of experience with a focus on supporting clients with infrastructure investments. Most recently she was an infrastructure specialist at IFM Investors, successfully fundraising and managing relationships throughout the UK and Europe to support the growth of one of the largest global infrastructure funds of its kind. She started her career in banking at Royal Bank of Scotland where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant, has since been accredited as a Mental Health First Aider and sits on Bluefield’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Committee. She holds a First-Class Honours degree in Mathematics from Durham University.

Alberto Paturzo is Partner, Southern Europe . With advisory, investment and finance experience since 2000, and energy and renewables experience from 2005, Alberto was involved in excess of €1bn solar and renewable energy focused transactions, including project development, construction, M&A and financing deals. Before joining the Bluefield group, in his previous experiences within Martifer Solar, BNP Paribas and MedEnergy, Alberto took leading roles in project development, financing and investment activities in Italy and Southern Europe. As an active member of the main renewable energy associations and representative of both Bluefield and Martifer in different industry conferences across Europe, Alberto has built and maintained strong relationships in Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, France, Netherlands and in the UK. Alberto has served as sole administrator or director of several energy asset companies and holds an MBA from IESE Business School, Barcelona and an MSc in Economics from LUISS University, Rome.

Emma Silcocks is the Group Head of ESG at Bluefield, having joined in 2018. Emma is responsible for overseeing the incorporation of ESG into Bluefield’s portfolios, from pre-investment due diligence, operational management through to end-of-life, as well as leading on Bluefield’s wider ESG strategy. Following a degree in Zoology from the University of Manchester, Emma is passionate about biodiversity, including the potential of renewable portfolios to generate Biodiversity Net Gain as an additional way to mitigate the climate crisis.

Neil is a Partner at Bluefield Partners LLP and oversees UK investing, financing, performance and reporting of Bluefield’s solar portfolios and their associated Funds. Since joining Bluefield in 2013, he has been involved in over €800 million of UK solar deals and arranged in excess of €500 million of both short- and long-term 3rd party financing. Neil has responsibility for the Bluefield finance teams’ reporting activity to the Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF.L) board and is part of the senior team responsible for delivering BSIF’s Annual and Interim results. Neil has a BSc in Chemistry from Bristol University, is a Chartered Accountant and has experience in investments, realisations, re-financing and re-structuring.