Ari Katz

Ari is a Vice President at PEI Global, having joined the practice in May 2023. Ari was previously a Vice President in the Global Power, Utilities & Renewables group at Barclays Capital, where he began his investment banking career. Prior to Barclays Capital, Ari worked as a Principal at Rosenzweig & Company, a boutique executive search firm. Earlier in his career, he was a CFO at a textile startup and an underwriter at an export credit agency.
 

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• Advised the Mexican Government on its $6bn acquisition of an 8.5 GW portfolio of CCGT and renewable generation assets
• Advised Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition II Corp. (XPDI II) on its $287.5mm IPO
• Advised Argo Blockchain on its $112.5mm U.S. IPO
• Advised XPDI on its $4.3bn merger with Core Scientific
• Advised DTE Energy on its $7bn spin-off of DT Midstream
• Advised National Grid on its £14.2bn acquisition of WPD from PPL and on its sale of Narragansett Electric Co. to PPL for $5.2bn
• Advised Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition II Corp. (XPDI I) on its $345mm IPO
• Advised Dominion Energy on its structured sale of its retail gas marketing business
• Advised DIF on a $243mm private debt placement for two wind farms

Career

• Barclays Capital, Vice President – Global Power, Utilities & Renewables Group
• Rosenzweig & Company, Principal
• Technical Performance Textiles, Chief Financial Officer
• Export Development Canada, Credit Insurance Underwriter

Education

• Bachelor of Commerce, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management
• MBA, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
• CFA® Charterholder

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