Diego is the Co-Founder & Chairman of Quercus Real Assets. He co-founded Quercus Investment Partners now Quercus Real Assets over 10 years ago building it into a leading investment manager with c€1bn of assets which he sourced, managed and ran.

He has worked in investment banking and finance for more than 17 years and has been involved in the renewable energy sector since 2009.

Diego has extensive experience in cross border financing having worked with corporates as well as municipal and government linked institutions across Europe. Prior to founding Quercus, Diego established a successful consultancy business and was, amongst other roles, Managing Director for Commerzbank and IMI bank in London, where he led due diligence on a variety of complex corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions. He started his career at Caboto Securities, the British investment banking arm of Banca Intesa.

Diego holds a degree in Economics from Ca‘ Foscari University of Venice where he has been invited back on several occasions to deliver lectures in financial markets economics.