John Ashburne

VP Business Development

 

John has over 30 years of corporate and project finance experience in renewable energy and power.  He is a recovering banker with a passion for creating and building value for companies and investors.  John founded Black Horse Advisors in 2007, an independent financial advisory firm focused on companies and investors in the conventional and renewable energy, power, natural resources and infrastructure sectors.

 

Previously, he worked on Wall Street at JP Morgan, Barclays, UBS, Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank and Standard Bank

 

From 2009 to 2012, he was Senior Advisor to U.S. Department of Energy Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Program.  John has taught courses in Business Valuation, Investments, Managerial Accounting and International Financial Management at New York University and at Sacred Heart University.

 

John is proficient in originating, structuring, negotiating and managing precedent-setting transactions in corporate and project finance in the energy, power, mining, infrastructure and telecommunications sectors in developed and emerging markets

 

He holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and a BS in Business from Northeastern University.

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