Mr. Polacek serves as the President of Aggreko Energy Transition Solutions (ETS) – a division
of Aggreko, a global leader in energy solutions. ETS provides turnkey energy transition
solutions to decarbonize communities and industries. We create value by developing,
owning, and operating utility scale and distributed solar and battery storage systems that
deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
Before joining Aggreko, Mr. Polacek co-founded Ecofin’s private clean energy infrastructure
investment business in 2016 and served as a Managing Director and Group Lead. Previously,
Mr. Polacek was a co-founder of Energy & Infrastructure Capital LLC (EIC), where he served as
chief executive officer and chief investment officer from 2014 to 2016. Prior to forming EIC,
Mr. Polacek was a managing director at GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS), where he held
various leadership roles focused on private equity and credit investment in the global energy
infrastructure sector since joining in 2001. At GE EFS, Mr. Polacek co-founded the renewable
energy group in 2006 as head of portfolio management and also managed its energy
technology venture capital portfolio. Prior to joining GE EFS, he was a controller at Morgan
Stanley in its venture capital investment division and a senior auditor with Ernst & Young,
where he passed the certified public accountant (CPA) exam.
Mr. Polacek graduated magna cum laude from Adelphi University with a Bachelor of
Business Administration in accounting and earned a Master of Business Administration in
finance and entrepreneurship with honors from Columbia Business School.
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