George Potts is the Head of Hartree Climate Partners, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hartree Partners. Hartree is a $10bn proprietary trading & investment house, founded by three former Goldman Sachs Partners & now part-owned by Oaktree Private Equity.

Potts is responsible for Hartree’s climate-technology investment activities, focussed on series A to growth stage investments that can benefit from Hartree’s proprietary commodities knowledge, operations & networks across the energy transition value chain.

Prior to joining Hartree, Potts worked for 10 years growing a start-up private equity fund to $1.3bn of AUM, latterly as Director & Head of ESG, and simultaneously Chaired the British Venture Capital Association's Responsible Investment Advisory Group. He co-launched Initiative Climate International in the UK, before completing an MBA at MIT with a focus on AI, SynBio & Quantum Computing.

Across 15 years of investing, Potts has built a track record of $0.5bn in realised proceeds via IPO, trade & PE-backed exits (2.9x MOIC & 49% IRR), & most recently raised a $120m climate technologies fund in partnership with The Arab Energy Fund (“TAEF”). This premier fund leverages the global capabilities of Hartree with the MENA-centric capabilities of TAEF and ranks in Cambridge Associates top quartile.