Julian Torres, CFA

Julian Torres serves as the Chief Investment Officer and is primarily responsible for guiding the investment strategy, structuring and deployment of Scale’s capital into distributed energy resources and energy infrastructure assets.  Prior to joining Scale, Julian was most recently a Director in RBC Capital Markets’ Global Investment Banking division where he was responsible for over $1 billion of renewable energy tax equity investments, a position he held from 2015 to 2020.  Julian’s professional career spans over 15 years, beginning with Credit Suisse First Boston’s Asset-Backed Securities principal investing desk.  In that time, he assisted with closing over $12 billion in structured finance transactions across commercial and consumer asset classes.  In 2009, Julian co-founded RLR Consultants, a boutique renewable energy tax equity and project finance advisory firm.  While at RLR Consultants, Julian led the closing of nearly $1 billion in tax equity and project finance term debt on behalf of clients.  As Vice President at Kilowatt Financial, a renewable energy and energy efficiency specialty finance company, Julian was responsible for raising tax equity and debt in support of the company’s portfolio.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and is a CFA Charterholder.