Catherine Martin

Senior Project Manager

A professional project manager with multidisciplinary experience across civil engineering and Planning. Catherine has over 14 years private equity experience developing and delivering grid-scale renewable energy and flexible generation projects from origination to FID and COD. Her experience spans multiple technologies, including onshore wind, gas peakers, solar and battery storage.

• Catherine manages the pre-construction phase of Private Energy Partners’ NSIP solar portfolio, and supports the construction and development teams across the investment pipeline.
• Prior to joining Private Energy Partners, Catherine developed on-shore wind farms with IPP Falck Renewables. She was then responsible for the delivery into construction and debt financing of Conrad Energy’s first two fund portfolios of gas peakers, solar and BESS sites; and delivered 400MW pipeline of Gate 2 approved BESS projects to Ready to Build status.
• Qualified in both Civil Engineering and Town Planning, Catherine has a unique understanding and ability to deliver planning consented sites into viable, buildable construction projects.
• Before entering the world of renewables, she gained several years’ experience working in town planning for local authorities across England, and as a Highways Engineer.
• Catherine has masters degrees across Civil Engineering, Engineering for Sustainable Development and Development Planning from Imperial College, Cambridge University and Reading University.