Chris Creed

Managing Partner and Co-Head, Credit and Capital Solutions

Chris has over two decades of experience in investment management, public-private partnerships, and innovative financing solutions for high-impact energy and infrastructure projects. Most recently, Chris served as the Chief Investment Officer of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO), with over $300 billion in lending authority. He led efforts in financing emerging, first-of-a-kind energy technologies, companies, and projects to support America’s transition to a sustainable energy future. Prior to the DOE, Chris spent over 20 years at Goldman Sachs, as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, overseeing more than $75 billion in credit assets across mutual funds and separate accounts at GSAM. His leadership in the financial markets has positioned him as a recognized expert in managing complex portfolios and innovative financing strategies. Chris graduated from Brown University with an Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics – Economics.

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March 19, 2026

Article

The Market for Growth Credit and Hybrid Capital

As the energy transition shifts from innovation to large-scale buildout, a new market is emerging for growth credit and hybrid capital. This piece outlines the opportunity in growth credit and hybrid capital to finance companies in the critical scale-up phase, where assets are tangible but traditional debt remains out of reach.

March 6, 2026

Article

What Kind of Private Credit Do You Own?

As private credit moves from quiet compounding to front-page scrutiny, investors face two converging forces: liquidity concerns and AI-driven disruption. This piece examines how underwriting assumptions, collateral structure, and exposure to recurring software revenue may evolve in a rapidly changing economy — and why asset-backed infrastructure may prove more durable in the age of AI.

January 15, 2026

Whitepaper

The Role of Credit in the New Industrial Economy

A framework for understanding the growing role of flexible credit as energy, manufacturing, and infrastructure assets scale from development into long-lived, cash-generating systems.