Author archives

Denise Tait, CIO at Arevon and Ines Serrao, Managing Director and Head of Renewables for U.S. Corporate Banking at CIBC, join co-hosts Luisa Fuentes and James Wright to discuss the growing battery storage market in the U.S., how Arevon is playing in that space and some of the regulatory/political challenges facing the market.

Matt Willis, Partner at Hull Street Energy and Neil Davids, Managing Director in CIBC’s Energy Transition team, join co-hosts Luisa Fuentes, Managing Director, Head of Energy Transition and Sustainability, Corporate Banking and James Wright, Managing Director and Co-Head of US Corporate Banking to discuss how different trends are impacting power demand in the U.S., including data centers, AI technologies, and manufacturing resurgence, and the role of natural gas to ensure energy reliability and affordability.

Greg Remec, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings, and Richard Sanders, Executive Director, Corporate Banking at CIBC join CIBC co-hosts Luisa Fuentes, Managing Director, Head of Energy Transition and Sustainability, Corporate Banking and James Wright, Managing Director and Co-Head of US Corporate Banking to discuss the rating agency approach to energy transition.

On the inaugural episode of The Energy Shift, James Wright and Luisa Fuentes speak with Ray Long, CEO of ACORE to digest the key takeaways from this year's ACORE Finance Forum and themes for the year ahead.

Luisa Fuentes of CIBC Capital Markets joins Tom Heintzman, Vice Chair, Energy Transition and Sustainability, to discuss the key takeaways from CIBC’s inaugural Electrification Summit, including observations on financing electrification in North America and beyond.

The conversation assesses the current dynamics of emerging technologies in the energy transition, the barriers preventing faster commercialization of vital climate technologies, and opportunities for success in this rapidly evolving space.

Roman Dubczak, Deputy Chair of Capital Markets, hosts a discussion with our energy transition team in the United States, James Wright, Managing Director and Co-Head of US Corporate Banking, and Luisa Fuentes, Managing Director & Head of Energy Transition & Sustainable Finance, US Corporate Banking.