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Ben Hertz-Shargel

Ben Hertz-Shargel

Global Head of Grid Edge

Wood Mackenzie
Exercising ten years of executive experience in clean technology, Ben leads research across electrification, grid digitisation and decentralisation, distributed energy resources, and demand flexibility. Before joining Wood Mackenzie in April 2021, Ben was with retail clean energy provider Rhythm, where he was Head of Data Science and Demand Management. Prior to Rhythm he was Vice President, Advanced Grid Services and Analytics at EnergyHub. Ben is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center and serves on the External Advisory Committee of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Energy and Environment Program.

Julian Torres, CFA

Julian Torres, CFA

Chief Investment Officer Scale Microgrids

Julian Torres serves as the Chief Investment Officer and is primarily responsible for guiding the investment strategy, structuring and deployment of Scale’s capital into distributed energy resources and energy infrastructure assets.  Prior to joining Scale, Julian was most recently a Director in RBC Capital Markets’ Global Investment Banking division where he was responsible for over $1 billion of renewable energy tax equity investments, a position he held from 2015 to 2020.  Julian’s professional career spans over 15 years, beginning with Credit Suisse First Boston’s Asset-Backed Securities principal investing desk.  In that time, he assisted with closing over $12 billion in structured finance transactions across commercial and consumer asset classes.  In 2009, Julian co-founded RLR Consultants, a boutique renewable energy tax equity and project finance advisory firm.  While at RLR Consultants, Julian led the closing of nearly $1 billion in tax equity and project finance term debt on behalf of clients.  As