Lars Meyer

Lars B. Meyer is a co-founder and Co-CEO of NeXtWind, a rapidly growing renewable energy company based in Berlin, Germany.12 With over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, Meyer has held various roles including private equity and credit investor, entrepreneur, project finance expert, and M&A advisor.1

Professional Background

Before co-founding NeXtWind in 2020, Meyer's career included several notable positions:

• Managing director and co-founder of Re-Wind, an investment and management company for wind energy projects in Berlin
• Partner at Q-Energy, a leading investment company for renewable energies in the solar sector
• Managing Director at Centerbridge, where he led the investment strategy in energy and illiquid assets for the European Special Situations & Credit Team
• Managing Director at Strategic Value Partners, a distressed credit & private equity investor in Europe
• Various roles at Siemens AG in the energy and infrastructure sectors1

Education

Meyer holds a Dual-Masters degree in Engineering and Business Administration from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.1

Role at NeXtWind

As Co-CEO and Co-Founder of NeXtWind, Meyer plays a crucial role in the company's rapid growth and strategic direction. NeXtWind focuses on acquiring existing wind energy sites, repowering them with more efficient turbines, and expanding their capacity.3 Under Meyer's leadership, along with co-founders Werner Süss and Ewald Woste, NeXtWind has achieved significant milestones:

• Quadrupled its optimized repowering generation capacity to 1,000 megawatts (1GW) within 12 months
• Expanded the team to over 50 employees
• Raised $750 million from institutional investors in 2023
• Acquired multiple wind farms, including a major transaction with Qualitas Energy Deutschland23

Meyer's vision for NeXtWind includes becoming a leading independent producer of green energy in the European market and shaping the energy transition in the coming decades.23