Waddesdon
2026

Global Capital Shaping the
Future of Energy and AI

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24 June 2026

Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, UK

Partners

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THE SUMMIT

A private gathering at Waddesdon.

The founders, investors and leaders behind the companies, capital and infrastructure shaping the next decade of energy and AI.

The Voices

2026 Speakers

Secretary John F. Kerry
Co-Chair
Galvanize

Greg Jackson
Founder & CEO
Octopus Energy

Sir Mick Davis
Managing Partner
Vision Blue

Mark O'Hare
Founder & CEO
Valhalla Ventures

Veery Maxwell
Founding Partner & Co-Head of Innovation
Galvanize

Richard Manley
Chief Sustainability Officer
CPP Investments

Ainhoa Anda
Head of EMEA Energy Commercial Structuring
Google

Christian Schaefer
Global Co-head of Climate Credit
Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Mateo Jaramillo
Co-Founder & CEO
Form Energy

Maud Texier
Global VP, Data Centres & Industrials
Octopus Energy

Josh Parker
Head of Sustainability
NVIDIA

David Livingston
Chief Strategy Officer
Galvanize

Nadav Steinmetz
Founder & Managing Partner
CF

Derek Rozycki
Senior Executive Director, Head of Responsible Investing
Mubadala

James Lockyer
Director, Climate Innovation Fund
Microsoft

Philippe Sachs
Chief Business Officer & President of EMEA
Nscale

Geoff Versteeg
Senior Partner
Roland Berger

Dinkar S. Bhatia
Executive Vice President
X Energy

Colin le Duc
Founding Partner
Generation Investment Management

James Gates
Chief Investment Officer
Elements Green

Christian Jølck
Partner & Co-Founder
2150

Emmanuel Lagarrigue
Partner, Co-Head of Climate Transition, Head of Sustainability
KKR

Guy Cherni
Founder & Managing Partner
Spades

James Tyler
Managing Director, UK
Equinix

Chandra Eastwell
Sustainable Investing Director
Qatar Investment Authority

Bob Mumgaard
CEO
Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Faris Sbahi
Co-Founder & CEO
Normal Computing

Stephen Smith
Group Chief Strategy Officer / President
National Grid / National Grid Partners

Richard Tite
Founder & CEO
Resource Technology Capital

JB Straubel
Co-founder / Founder & CEO
Tesla / Redwood Materials

Chris Levesque
President & CEO
TerraPower

Ben Potter
Chief Strategy Officer
Energy Dome

Christina Karapataki
Partner
Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Agenda

The Programme

Monday 22 June

City of London

VIP Welcome Reception
Waddesdon 2026 partners and speakers — @City of London

Wednesday 24 June

Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire

07:30
Depart London for Waddesdon
09:00
Buckinghamshire Breakfast
10:00
Welcome Remarks
Dor Bershadsky
Operating Partner
CF
10:05
State of the Market: Energy, AI and Global Capital
Nadav Steinmetz
Founder & Managing Partner
CF
10:20
Keynote Address
Secretary John F. Kerry
Co-Chair
Galvanize
10:35
Financing the Energy Transition
Richard Manley
Chief Sustainability Officer
CPP Investments
Derek Rozycki
Senior Executive Director, Head of Responsible Investing
Mubadala
Chandra Eastwell
Sustainable Investing Director
Qatar Investment Authority
Moderator
David Livingston
Chief Strategy Officer
Galvanize
11:00
Break
11:45
1:1 Conversation
From Tesla to Redwood: Building the Next Generation of Industrial Infrastructure
JB Straubel
Co-founder / Founder & CEO
Tesla / Redwood Materials
Moderator
Nadav Steinmetz
Founder & Managing Partner
CF
12:05
Turning Grid Constraints into Compute Capacity
Varun Sivaram
Founder & CEO
Emerald AI
Stephen Smith
Group Chief Strategy Officer / President
National Grid / National Grid Partners
Maud Texier
Global VP, Data Centres & Industrials
Octopus Energy
Josh Parker
Head of Sustainability
NVIDIA
Moderator
Geoff Versteeg
Senior Partner
Roland Berger
12:40
1:1 Conversation
Rethinking Energy: Speed, Scale and the New Power Economy
Greg Jackson
Founder & CEO
Octopus Energy
Moderator
Veery Maxwell
Founding Partner & Co-Head of Innovation
Galvanize
13:00
Critical Minerals, Capital and the New Strategic Order
Sir Mick Davis
Managing Partner
Vision Blue
Moderators
Nadav Steinmetz
Founder & Managing Partner
CF
Richard Tite
Founder & CEO
Resource Technology Capital

13:20
Lunch
14:00
From Breakthrough to Nasdaq: Scaling Fervo Energy
David Ulrey
CFO
Fervo Energy
Christina Karapataki
Partner
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Moderator
Guy Cherni
Founder & Managing Partner
Spades
14:20
The Trillion-Dollar Compute Race: The AI Infrastructure Build Outs
Jill Macari
CFO
VEIR
Philippe Sachs
Chief Business Officer & President of EMEA
Nscale
James Tyler
Managing Director, UK
Equinix
Faris Sbahi
Co-Founder & CEO
Normal Computing
Moderator
James Lockyer
Director, Climate Innovation Fund
Microsoft
14:40
The Gigawatt Race: Firm, Clean, Built at Scale
Bob Mumgaard
CEO
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Chris Levesque
President & CEO
TerraPower
Dinkar S. Bhatia
Executive Vice President
X Energy
Moderator
Emile Culot
CF
15:00
Break
15:45
Beyond Batteries: Building the Next Generation of Grid Infrastructure
James Gates
Chief Investment Officer
Elements Green
Mateo Jaramillo
Co-Founder & CEO
Form Energy
Ainhoa Anda
Head of EMEA Energy Commercial Structuring
Google
Ben Potter
Chief Strategy Officer
Energy Dome
Moderator
Christian Schaefer
Global Co-head of Climate Credit
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
16:05
1:1 Conversation
Building Companies That Shape Markets
Mark O'Hare
Founder & CEO
Valhalla Ventures
Moderator
Dor Bershadsky
Operating Partner
CF
16:25
Deploying Capital at the Frontier of the Energy Transition
Colin le Duc
Founding Partner
Generation Investment Management
Christian Jølck
Partner & Co-Founder
2150
Emmanuel Lagarrigue
Partner, Co-Head of Climate Transition, Head of Sustainability
KKR
Charles Vaslet
Senior Partner
Emerald
Moderator
Elinor Picton
Partner
Winston Taylor
16:45
Closing Remarks
Dor Bershadsky
Operating Partner
CF

17:00
Depart Waddesdon Dairy for Waddesdon Manor
17:30
Closing Champagne
@Waddesdon Manor
18:30
Depart Waddesdon for London

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