A project finance discipline for sustainable infrastructure investing
Senior, hands-on advisory for developers, investors and lenders: from origination and structuring through to financial close, across the EU and OECD.
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Bankable Investments combines Helen Wade of Andaman Energy & Infrastructure and David Short of Sustainable Investing Solutions: sixty years of senior experience across sustainable infrastructure, investment banking, portfolio management, workouts and restructurings.
We offer investors, developers and commercial lenders institutional credibility, execution discipline and senior attention from origination to financial close.
Project & structured finance
Bankable debt structures and commercial lender syndication.
Equity & development capital
Early-stage funding through to ready-to-build status.
Workout & portfolio restructuring
Preserving capital and realigning distressed facilities.
Senior judgement, independent verification
Access to capital
Financiers, institutional and private investors, funds and mezzanine debt.
Verified results
Independent verification of completed transactions.
Regulated & registered
FCA vetted and approved; FSQS registered.
Both sides of the table
Able to advise lender and borrower when required, via independent boutiques.
We bridge developer aspiration and institutional credit criteria
Built on tier-one banking foundations, independent energy origination and specialist corporate finance: so projects are structured to attract investors from the start.
Origination
Origination strategy, investment parameters and pipeline building.
Structuring
Bankable financial modelling, due diligence and risk mitigation.
Capital sourcing
Senior debt, mezzanine and equity from our investor network.
Execution
Documentation and guidance through to financial close.
Early-stage development funding, ESG-aligned direct investments and proprietary access to off-market developer pipelines for institutional partners.
Over $22bn across 52 transactions
Roles undertaken
- Mandated Lead Arranger
- Documentation Bank
- Insurance Bank
- Technical & Modelling Bank
- Facility Agent
- Hedging Bank
- ECA Coordinator
- Primary Syndications
Counterparties we have worked with
The track record is the combined professional record of Helen Wade and David Short individually, not of Bankable Investments, and is independently verified through formal institutional listing processes. Past performance is not an indication of future results.
Selected mandates
Building a solar developer's funding engine
A fast-growing US developer needed development funding and co-investors to take a multi-gigawatt solar and storage pipeline to ready-to-build without diluting founder equity. We originated the strategy, negotiated with capital partners and structured an asset-backed revolving credit facility with a New York private credit manager, plus a real-time financial model tracking drawn capital, borrowing base and compliance by project.
Growing an investor's pipeline from 3 to the high teens in 3 months
Retained by an infrastructure investor wholly owned by a major European fund, we rebuilt its origination process, investment committee procedures, models and due diligence templates, introduced a UK solar and storage platform that matured into a £350m opportunity, and helped recruit its new Head of Investments.
Entering direct asset investment
Sector reports, risk appetite and investment criteria, internal workshops, and introductions to developers, EPC contractors and advisors.
Launching micro-project finance
A three-stage mandate: sector analysis and ExCo approval, institutional training, then deal sourcing through to financial close.
Meet the team
Helen Wade
20+ years in sustainable infrastructure project finance and over $3.5bn of deals completed. Formerly led EU renewables at National Australia Bank; founder of Andaman Energy & Infrastructure; Cambridge Business & the Environment alumna.
David Short
35+ years in renewables; advised and financed over 4.5GW ($17bn+ capital value). Formerly Mizuho (head of EMEA renewables) and RBS; helped raise £242.6m on the London Stock Exchange.
Jamie Short
Leads business development and relationships with investors, family offices and funds seeking exposure to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure.
Discuss capital sourcing, origination or debt advisory
Private & confidential enquiries across EU and OECD sustainable infrastructure.