The power sector is undergoing a transformative shift, creating significant opportunities for innovation and scalable solutions. Origis is leading this transformation with a disciplined investment approach that creates meaningful value for our customers and stakeholders. I am thrilled to work with this exceptional team as we accelerate clean power deployment and advance decarbonization efforts.
John Hopkins serves as Chief Investment Officer overseeing underwriting for capital deployment, mergers and acquisitions, and strategies to enhance portfolio profitability. He brings more than 15 years of leadership and investment experience in the renewable energy sector, having worked as an investor and advisor on over $7 billion of energy infrastructure transactions.
Most recently, John was a Managing Director at Harrison Street, a private equity investment management firm, where he spent nearly six years and led origination, execution, and management of U.S. renewable energy investments for the firm’s infrastructure platform. Prior to Harrison Street, he served as a Vice President at Astris Finance, an energy and infrastructure advisory firm, and before that spent six years at GE Energy Financial Services underwriting investments in utility-scale renewable energy projects in the U.S. and abroad. John began his renewable energy career at SunPower Corporation in solar project development, following early roles on equity and fixed income trading desks at Goldman Sachs.
John holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Yale University.