Nadia Zaets is a Managing Director focused on power, renewables, and energy transition in North America.
Ms. Zaets has over 20 years of investment banking experience. Prior to joining Astris Finance in 2025, Nadia spent over 7 years at Whitehall and Company, where she worked on M&A and private capital raising transactions within conventional power, solar, wind, battery storage, renewable natural gas, and vehicle electrification. Notable capital raises have included CPV Three Rivers, a 1.2 GW newbuild power plant in PJM, an over 1 GW solar portfolio capital raise, and a vehicle leasing and charging platform capital raise.
Nadia started her career as an investment banker at Credit Suisse, where she worked for over 12 years prior to joining Whitehall, focusing on regulated utilities and unregulated power generation. Some notable transactions included a sale of the Channelview Cogeneration Facility, a sale of the Ironwood generation facility, and an acquisition of SourceGas by Black Hills.
Ms. Zaets holds a B.A. in Economics from Barnard College (summa cum laude), an MBA from Columbia Business School, and a Masters degree in Energy Management and Policy from the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs. Nadia is currently an adjunct professor at the Columbia Climate School, where she teaches a course focused on financing of renewable energy projects.
Nadia is fluent in English, Russian and French.