Aner Ben-Ami
Candide Group Candide Group

Aner Ben-Ami

Aner co-leads Afterglow Climate Justice Fund and is Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer for Candide Group.  Since 2013, he has led Candide's climate investment practice, where he has led over 25 investments supporting clean energy companies and projects. He has held Board seats with Solar Holler, a leading solar developer in Appalachia and Complete Solar, a residential solar developer in California.

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George Ashton III
Candide Group Candide Group

George Ashton III

George has over 17 years of experience in renewable energy finance and development. In 2008, he was Co-Founder of Sol Systems, a renewable energy investment firm that has deployed more than $1B into solar asset investments on behalf of multinational banks, insurance companies, and large energy firms in the form of tax equity, debt, and cash equity investments.

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James Pippim
Candide Group Candide Group

James Pippim

James is a champion for shifting power and resources to communities where wealth has been historically extracted. Most recently, James worked as an investment analyst at the Skoll Foundation, supporting climate justice social innovation that centered community-led solutions from the Global South to US South. He also designed impact assessment frameworks and performed diligence for mission-related investments in underrepresented fund managers. 

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Neal Parikh
Candide Group Candide Group

Neal Parikh

Neal has spent his career financing and developing climate-friendly infrastructure, both in the US and emerging markets. He is currently a managing director for Lattice Impact Capital, a sustainable infrastructure private equity fund, in addition to his role as co-managing director of Afterglow.

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