Jim Schaefer
Senior Managing Director, Investment Banking
Guggenheim Partners
30 Years on Wall Street across Energy, Power and Cleantech
Senior Managing Director and Head of Guggenheim’s Power, Utilities and Renewables team and covers a number of electric and gas utility and renewable energy accounts for Guggenheim Securities. Mr. Schaefer brings to Guggenheim extensive expertise in energy‐related mergers, acquisitions and financing, developed over his 30 years in the financial services industry. Mr. Schaefer has completed approximately $100 billion of strategic advisory assignments and over $70 billion of lead managed financings.
In addition to his role at Guggenheim Securities, Mr. Schaefer is active in a number of industry organizations. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for United States Nuclear Industry Council (USNIC). Recently, he served on a Board with the Department of Energy (DOE) to determine the awardees of $4.0 billion of grants through the DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). He has testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee on new nuclear, national security and rare earth mineral topics. He has worked with a number of states and regulatory bodies on wildfires, transmission, and new nuclear topics.
