Francesco Starace is a Partner at EQT, where he provides senior insight to support the infrastructure business line’s investment activity, portfolio companies and strategic initiatives.

With a career in the energy sector spanning four decades, Francesco brings experience from senior leadership positions, advisory boards, NGOs and public policy. As CEO of Enel, he was instrumental in driving the company’s efforts to phase out fossil-fuel-based energy production and to invest in digital technologies, transforming Enel into one of the world’s largest renewable energy producers and the largest system of digitized electricity distribution grids.

He is Chair of the Science Based Targets initiative, a member of the Board of UN Sustainable Energy for All, a member of the Rockefeller Commission to End Energy Poverty, and served two terms on the Board of Directors of the UN Global Compact from 2015 to 2021.