Our geographic focus is Europe, and other low risk jurisdictions. We work in partnership with seasoned industry executives with proven operational track records, and provide long term capital to fulfil the true potential of their assets and businesses.
Shorelight supports the Energy Transition towards lower emissions by investing in assets and businesses that operate in the lower carbon energy value chain; or help high emitters reduce their carbon footprint, facilitating cleaner energy access to underserved markets.
We use our deep industry experience and broad relationship networks gained from our energy and oil & gas heritage to seek opportunities in two key segments:
Bernhard is a senior Energy Executive with more than 30 years of industry experience.
He is a former member of the Executive Board and head of Exploration & Production of Wintershall, Germany’s largest Oil and Gas company.
He began his career at Shell International, with operational roles in the Netherlands, UK and Oman.
He joined Honeywell Europe in 1992, where he then became General Manager of Honeywell China from 1995 to 1999 and Vice President for Honeywell Industrial Europe from 1999 to 2001.
He holds a Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Leoben, Austria, and an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau.
Daniel is an experienced private equity investor in the real asset space, with prior experience at Barclays Capital, where he primarily focused on Energy opportunities.
Prior to Barclays, Daniel held various advisory positions with Deloitte in the natural resource sector first in Financial Audit and Consulting in Zurich and later in M&A Advisory, Due Diligence and Technical Accounting in the Global Energy Markets team in New York.
Daniel holds an MBA in Economics and Financial Management from the University of Berne in Switzerland.
Arun is a senior Oil and Gas Executive with more than 30 years of industry experience.
Prior to Shorelight, Arun operated as a serial E&P entrepreneur, building up and divesting ventures in Russia (Petro Russo Holdings) and Nigeria (Gulf of Guinea Energy).
He began his career at Shell International in E&P, where he focused on E&P strategic planning and economics in Nigeria, the UK and the Netherlands.
Arun holds a PhD and BSc from King’s College, London and an MSc in Management from the London Business School.
Lakhbir joined Shorelight in 2018 and has 18 years of private equity and investment banking experience.
Prior to joining Shorelight, Lakhbir was CFO of NorthRow, a private equity backed technology business providing digital identity solutions to financial services and other regulated industries. Prior to that, he was a Director at Barclays Capital, where he made private equity investments, with a focus on the energy industry.
He began his career at Goldman Sachs, where he was part of the Investment Banking Division and executed M&A, debt, and equity capital market transactions for large-cap UK corporates.
Lakhbir holds a BSc degree in Management Sciences from the London School of Economics, and is a Chartered Certified Accountant. In addition, Lakhbir is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA institute.
Leo joined Shorelight in 2015 and has over 10 years of investing experience in the Energy industry including the service sector.
Prior to joining Shorelight, Leo worked at Riverstone, a leading US energy fund, where he assessed and executed investments and worked with portfolio companies across various energy verticals including power generation, oil & gas upstream, midstream and services.
He began his career in Barclays Capital, where he focused on private equity investments across the energy industry.
He holds a MSc in Finance from Cass Business School in London and a BSc in Economics and Finance from Bocconi University in Milan.
Michael joined Shorelight in 2013 and has 12 years of principal investment and securitisation experience across different industries including Energy.
Previously sat within Citi’s Special Situations Group responsible for proprietary debt and equity investing including a number of transactions in the E&P space and within Corporate Securitisation at Standard & Poor’s.
Michael holds a Masters of Finance from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and a Master of Economics from Universidad de Navarra in Spain and was a Fulbright Scholar in the Philippines.
Andy Crouch has over 35 years’ of international oil and gas industry experience.
Before joining Alpha Petroleum as CEO, he was CEO of Gaffney, Cline & Associates Ltd. (“GCA”), advising a number of private and public companies, National Oil Companies and Governments.
Prior to that, Andy spent 12 years in senior management positions at LASMO plc, including Head of M&A.
He has completed a number of acquisitions and disposals, including the £1 billion hostile take-over of Ultramar Plc in 1991.
Felix Lerch has over 25 years experience in the energy industry as well as extensive expertise in M&A.
Before joining RDG, he was Uniper’s Executive Country Chairman in the UK.
Prior to this, as Executive Vice President Production at E.ON E&P, he was instrumental in expanding international production to more than 165,000 barrels of oil production per day.
He began his career at Shell, where he held various technical and commercial positions for over 12 years.
Alex joined Shorelight in 2020 from JP Morgan where he was a member of the investment banking division.
He spent 2 years at JP Morgan where he worked on M&A and financing transactions across different industries, including Energy.
Alex holds a PhD from Imperial College in Chemistry, and a MSci from Bristol in Chemistry.
Shorelight is an ambitious and successful team of industry veterans and investment professionals based in London, with more than 80 years’ combined experience in the energy industry.
Key senior executives of our operating platforms
UK North Sea gas producer with a portfolio of operated assets, including the offshore Cheviot redevelopment asset. The UK North Sea is considered to be a jurisdiction with relatively low emissions per barrel.
Oil and gas platform optimising mature onshore upstream assets in Europe, particularly in Germany. It transitions existing sites towards sustainable, environmentally friendly production, and full ecological restoration.
We believe environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are an essential part of delivering strong and sustainable returns for investors. Our commitment to investing responsibly sits at the heart of our decision-making process.
Our ESG strategy rests on four key pillars:
