Mr. Ryder heads Invenergy’s project financing as well as the firm’s equity and debt portfolio for more than 4,000 MWs of wind and natural gas assets.  He has previously served in other managerial capacities at Invenergy, overseeing project accounting, financial reporting and asset management functions.

Mr. Ryder has 20 years of experience in finance and engineering in the infrastructure sector, primarily in the fields of energy and telecommunications.  His experience includes negotiating project and corporate financings, management of commercial agreements, the structuring of acquisitions and the implementation of infrastructure projects.

Prior to Invenergy, Mr. Ryder was a Vice President at GE Energy Financial Services (GE Capital), where he structured and underwrote power investments in traditional and renewable energy. Mr. Ryder also worked at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) where he specialized in renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives in Eastern Europe.

Mr. Ryder worked for Lucent Technologies as a Member of the Technical Staff with assignments in North America, South Korea and China during which he managed the implementation of utility-scale telecommunications infrastructure projects.