What we do

Energy Transition

  • Distributed Solar
  • Energy Storage
  • Microgrids
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Hydrogen
  • Sustainable Mobility

Circular Economy

  • Waste Treatment
  • Recycle / Reuse
  • Anaerobic Digesters
  • Water Treatment and Desalination
  • Sustainable Materials

Disruptors

  • Distributed, Decentralized Assets
  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service
  • Fully Financed Solutions
  • Energy Independence

Our Aim

  • Zero Emissions
  • Zero Waste
  • Cost Reduction
  • Sustainable Returns

Our values

We believe that active stewardship as opposed to ownership commits us to a higher degree of responsibility. Our investors, our community, our clients and our people have put their trust in us to deliver on our promises and make a measurable, positive impact.

The fast paced world of decentralized infrastructure requires flexibility and creativity. We have adapted our investor DNA, combining traditional diligence and risk management with the agility needed to react to regulatory changes and lead through financial innovation and technology.

Our entire business model is centered around the urgency of climate change and the growing need for more decentralized infrastructure. Our formula will disrupt existing utilities with smarter, cleaner solutions that will provide our customers with greater freedom and help them to unlock value.

Our team

Mohammed Abdulghaffar Hussain
Chairman and Co-Founder

Mohammed is the Co-Founder and Chairman Creek. He also serves as Managing Director of Green Coast Enterprises, a Dubai-based family conglomerate with a 50-year history. Mohammed started his career with ABN AMRO, providing structured finance solutions to infrastructure projects in the Gulf region. He later moved to London where he was focused on arranging various debt instruments for private equity led buyouts in Europe. Since his return to the UAE, Mohammed has been involved in ventures across various sectors in the region and sat on the boards of several prominent companies and institutions, including the Emirates Development Bank, Emaar industries and the National Cement Company.

Mohammed holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

David Auriau
Managing Director and Co-Founder

David is the Managing Director and co-Founder of Creek, a company dedicated to making a positive impact on the climate and disrupting the prevailing utility models with decentralized, fully financed sustainable infrastructure.

Prior to Creek Capital, he held senior roles for Alstom Power, as a strategy consultant for Oliver Wyman in the Manufacturing, Transportation & Energy practice Group, and in business development for the MENA region for Mubadala Investment Company, a sovereign investor based in Abu Dhabi. With more than 20 years of industry and strategy consulting experience, David has a realm of expertise in infrastructure, energy and utilities and has spent the past decade financing renewable energy assets across the Middle East.

David holds a Master of Science in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering from ESTP in Paris – a leading engineering school – and an MBA from INSEAD.

Micheal Katounas
Non Executive Director

Michael recently retired as the Deputy CEO of QInvest LLC, one of the leading Middle Eastern investment groups, where he was chairing the Investment Committee and managing a firm of c.100 investment professionals. He has more than 25 years of international experience having worked in London, Dubai, Doha, Amsterdam, and Athens. Prior to joining QInvest, Michael held positions at Credit Suisse, ABN Amro, Procter & Gamble and Shell Oil with experience in private and public equity and debt principal investments as well as M&A, corporate finance and restructuring transactions. He has completed transactions with a total value of more than US$80bn throughout his career. He has held several Board roles including on the Board of Directors of Panmure Gordon PLC, the FCA regulated, London listed stockbroker, PraxiaBank (ex. CrediCom), the ECB regulated bank in Greece and Ellaktor SA, one of the leading European infrastructure and sustainable energy groups. Michael graduated with a Master’s of Science from the London School of Economics, is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Chartered Director from the U.K. Institute of Directors (CDir) and a graduate of INSEAD’s International Directors Programme.

Paul Pountney
Senior Vice President

Paul is Senior Vice President and heads Creek Capital’s investment activities under the Energy Transition vertical. Paul has more than 14 years of investment experience dedicated to sustainable infrastructure.

Before joining Creek Capital in 2017, Paul oversaw the financing and development of a solar portfolio in India as Executive Director of Vibrant Energy. Prior to setting up the Vibrant Energy office in Singapore, Paul held senior investment roles at Armstrong Energy, where he raised and managed numerous funds primarily into solar and bioenergy assets in the UK and India, and at Sindicatum, where he supported the deployment and management of a US$ 240m clean energy fund in South East Asia and India.

Paul is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and holds an MSc (Distinction) in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London.

Aditya Shah
Vice President

Aditya is Vice President and heads Creek Capital’s investment activities under the Circular Economy vertical covering waste management, water and wastewater treatment, district energy as well as controlled environment agriculture.

Aditya has 15 years of infrastructure investment experience across Middle East and Africa. Previously, Aditya was Assistant Director at the IL&FS Group, where he spent 10 years raising and managing infrastructure funds focused on the Middle East and Africa, in addition to making proprietary investments for the Group. Prior to IL&FS, Aditya was Assistant Vice President at Abu Dhabi Investment Company where he was part of the investment team of the ADIC-UBS Infrastructure Fund. Throughout his career Aditya has invested in projects worth more than US$ 1.5 billion.

Aditya holds a Bachelor’s in Commerce from Mumbai University and an MBA from S.P. Jain School of Global Management. Aditya is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Alissa King
General Counsel

Alissa is the General Counsel for Creek and provides legal support for all of Creek’s platform companies.

Alissa has more than a decade of experience leading project financings across the energy and infrastructure sectors in the US and Middle East. Prior to joining Creek, Alissa was a senior finance lawyer at Allen & Overy. She has negotiated dozens of utility-scale renewable and conventional power, water and wastewater projects.

Alissa holds a Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law and a Master 2 Professionnel Droit du commerce international from University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. She is admitted to the New York bar.

Rokya Choukri
Finance Director

Rokya is Finance Director and Chief Risk Officer at Creek Capital.

She has over 13 years’ experience with EY and Grant Thornton focusing on external audit, financial accounting and reporting advisory services, across various geographies.

In her previous experience, she was Associate Director at Grant Thornton leading external audit engagements and Financial Reporting Advisory services. She specialized in consulting services in banking, financial institutions, Fintech, government service organizations, manufacturing and trading industry with expertise in implementing IFRS 9 covering classification and measurement, impairment and hedge accounting in Dubai and Singapore.

Rokya holds an MSc in Corporate Finance Audit and Accounting from Grenoble School of Management.

Katie Khutsishvili
Office Manager

Katie is the Office Manager in Creek Capital with over 11 years of experience in professional executive assistant positions and a track record of strong performance in high-volume environments, Katie skillfully manages administrative duties and client relations.

Before joining Creek Capital in 2020, Katie worked as Legal Assistant with Al Futtaim Group, where she supported large team of Legal Counsels. Her previous professional experience includes Siemens ME and PwC where she served as Executive Assistant to C-Level Management.

Katie holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Law from Tbilisi State University.

Habone Moussa
Associate

Habone is an Associate at Creek Capital. She has over 7 years’ experience working in inter-governmental organizations.

Prior to joining Creek, Habone was an Associate Programme Officer at IRENA, where she screened renewable energy investment opportunities in developing countries and supported project developers accessing funding to advance their projects. In her previous role, she led the implementation of the WTO’s integrated trade agreement database and assisted member countries in developing capacity in services trade. With the UN ITC, she supported policy formulation by identifying non-trade barriers facing exporters in developing countries.

Habone holds a MSc in Finance from London Business School and a MSc in International Economics from Université Grenoble Alpe and a BSc in Economics from Université de Montpellier.

Federico Grossi
Investment Associate

Federico is Investment Associate and supports Creek Capital’s investment activities in the Energy Transition and Circular Economy verticals. Federico has more than 7 years of experience with renewable energies investments.

Before joining Creek Capital in 2022, Federico worked for Green Giraffe, the leading renewable energy financial advisor, where he advised clients globally in their renewable energy investment, development and financing activities. Federico has started his career in London, UK at Sonnedix, the J.P. Morgan Asset Management backed solar independent power producer, where he worked on the development and acquisition of utility scale solar projects globally.

Federico holds a business master’s degree from HEC Paris (Paris, France) and a business bachelor’s degree from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy).