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Dr. Tuncay Pekin is the Head of Risk Management at MN8 Energy (formerly Goldman Sachs Renewable Power), one of the largest independent US solar energy producers operating in the areas of distributed generation solar, large-scale solar, battery energy storage and electric vehicle charging.. Dr. Pekin pioneered the application of portfolio risk management in the energy sector during the transition into greener energy. He has extensive international experience in executive leadership, risk and commercial management in multinational corporations including Fortune 100 companies. During this time, he served in risk management committees, set risk management strategies, established governance structures, and managed reporting of company risk profiles to management and the board of directors. Dr. Pekin worked in the areas of financial, market, credit, operational and insurance risk management. He successfully established multiple company-wide risk management frameworks and built risk management teams for both public and private companies in the United States. Before joining MN8 Energy, Dr. Pekin held positions in companies including Duke Energy, Shell, Dow Chemical and the AES Corporation. His experience covers commodities, power, foreign exchange, interest rates and credit. His areas of expertise include enterprise risk assessment, portfolio risk management and analytics, risk quantification and risk metrics, risk strategy, risk capital allocation, hedge optimization, large-scale Monte Carlo simulation systems, machine learning and risk management policies. Dr. Pekin earned his Ph.D. in Management Engineering with a concentration in Mathematical Finance from the Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. He graduated from Bogazici University in Istanbul with a M.A. in Economics and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering.

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Dr. Tuncay Pekin is the Head of Risk Management at MN8 Energy (formerly Goldman Sachs Renewable Power), one of the largest independent US solar energy producers operating in the areas of distributed generation solar, large-scale solar, battery energy storage and electric vehicle charging.. Dr. Pekin pioneered the application of portfolio risk management in the energy sector during the transition into greener energy. He has extensive international experience in executive leadership, risk and commercial management in multinational corporations including Fortune 100 companies. During this time, he served in risk management committees, set risk management strategies, established governance structures, and managed reporting of company risk profiles to management and the board of directors. Dr. Pekin worked in the areas of financial, market, credit, operational and insurance risk management. He successfully established multiple company-wide risk management frameworks and built risk management teams for both public and private companies in the United States. Before joining MN8 Energy, Dr. Pekin held positions in companies including Duke Energy, Shell, Dow Chemical and the AES Corporation. His experience covers commodities, power, foreign exchange, interest rates and credit. His areas of expertise include enterprise risk assessment, portfolio risk management and analytics, risk quantification and risk metrics, risk strategy, risk capital allocation, hedge optimization, large-scale Monte Carlo simulation systems, machine learning and risk management policies. Dr. Pekin earned his Ph.D. in Management Engineering with a concentration in Mathematical Finance from the Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. He graduated from Bogazici University in Istanbul with a M.A. in Economics and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering.

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