The partners of Clean Capital, Peter Whiting and Stephan Decher, have developed a complementary business approach that results in exceptional value delivered to customers.

Please find short Bios of the partners below. Full Bios will be sent to you on request:

Stephan Decher

M.B.A., Dipl.Kfm

Stephan is a respected participant and expert in the cleantech&clean energy sectors. His mission is to have a proven and noticeable impact on the adoption of clean(er) technologies. Stephan is  the ‘senior advisor UK’ for Invest in Germany, attracting cleantech & clean energy investments into Germany.

He has spent his career to date in senior roles in the Energy industry. He joined the commodity division of Standard & Poor’s as an analyst in 1995. Later he continued his career in electricity trading software selling and delivering  solutions. In 2005 he joined New Energy Finance as the Commercial Director where he was instrumental in achieving exponential sales growth.

Stephan holds an MBA from London Business School (2002-2004) and a Masters level degree in economics and business administration from Mannheim University, Germany. He speaks fluent German (mother tongue), Italian and English.

Stephan is a keen enthusiast of classic music, literature and history. In sports he plays tennis, squash and is preparing for his 4th Half Marathon. He has two young children whose company he cherishes.

Peter Whiting

M.B.A., B.A.

Peter’s primary expertise lies in the marketing and selling of branded consumer goods, working for such companies as Cadbury Schweppes, The Coca-Cola Company and The Foster’s Group. Over 15 years he held international strategy, multi-market marketing and country management roles, all focused on developing brands and markets outside the UK.

Since 2005 he has developed a Private Equity skill-set as a buyer of underperforming SMEs with K2 Partners and as such he is highly adept at finding deals and has a clear understanding of what an investor looks for in a potential investment and of what a management team must deliver to gain funding. In the last 2 years he has also helped several entrepreneurs develop business plans and gain investment.

Peter holds an MBA from London Business School (2002-2004) and a BA Hons in Business Studies from Manchester Polytechnic. He speaks fluent German, French and conversational Spanish. He also has some knowledge of Russian, gained partly from trading whiskey for vodka with his Moscow “driver”.

In his youth he was a top UK rifle shot and team captain with Bisley top 10 positions to his personal name and to the team he captained. He now skis and creates his own music for enjoyment and is an avid reader, photographer and traveller too. He still harbours a lifetime ambition to ride the orient express from Moscow to Beijing.