Jonathan Maxwell | Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Sustainable Development Capital LLP

Jonathan Maxwell is the founder and CEO of Sustainable Development Capital or SDCL. He has over 25 years of experience in international finance, infrastructure, and private equity, and has overall responsibility for SDCL's investment activities. Since 2007, SDCL has expanded across the UK, Europe, North America, and Asia, and has launched energy efficiency project investment funds in all of those markets.  He has advised and invested on behalf of a number of national governments as well as a wide range of institutional investors. In 2012, SDCL launched the London Stock Exchange listed SDCL Efficiency Income Trust plc., which is now a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. Prior to establishing SDCL, Maxwell was at HSBC Infrastructure and managed the IPO of the HSBC Infrastructure Company. He has a degree in Modern History from Oxford University and is the author of The Edge, which ranked No.1 in Amazon’s Global Warming section.