Ben Lynch

Cleantech Capital Advisors provides corporate finance advisory services for investors and companies in the cleantech & renewables sector, leveraging over 20 years of financial, strategic, operational and technical experience in dynamic, high-growth and technology-oriented industries.

Provided sellside equity research coverage of European renewable energy stocks. Assisted development of corporate finance and project finance business.

• Provided sellside equity research coverage of European renewable energy & cleantech stocks – solar (REC, SolarWorld, SMA Solar, Q-Cells, centrotherm photovoltaics, Meyer Burger, Roth & Rau) and wind (Vestas, Gamesa, Nordex, Hansen Transmissions). • Assisted corporate finance activities, in particular in solar, wind, biomass subsectors. Successful sale of UK biomass plant.

Led team of 12 professionals covering technology and renewables / cleantech clients. Lifted European sector ranking from #9 in 2005 to #2 in 2007. Landmark deals include largest technology LBO (NXP Semiconductors, €4.5bn), first technology Eurobond offering (ASML, €600m).

• Covered US semiconductor stocks. Managed team of 5 and co-ordinated 15-person global team. Runner-up Global II (2004). • Covered European technology stocks. Managed team of 4 and co-ordinated 10-person global team. # 1 European II survey (2002), # 2 Global II (2002), # 1 European Reuters (2001).

Serving European telecommunications and technology clients.

Marketing electronic components to major multinational technology companies.

Development of advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes.

Business, Finance

Semiconductors, Photovoltaics