Chris Houston is a Partner at CoralPoint and Global Lead for the firm’s M&A services. Chris is a seasoned renewable energy professional with over 16 years of experience, covering onshore and offshore renewables. He has held senior roles across both project development and consultancy, including most recently serving as Director and Global Practice Lead for Offshore Wind Advisory Services at UL Solutions and prior to that as an Associate Director in ERM’s M&A services group. Chris spent six years as a project developer for SSE Renewables, followed by more than a decade in technical consultancy, where he has delivered complex due diligence and market intelligence services across over 30 GW of offshore wind, onshore wind, solar, and BESS projects. He has led GW’s of Lenders Technical Advisory (LTA) mandates, Lenders Environmental & Social Advisory (LESA) and ESG Due Diligence, Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards gap analyses, and the development of Environmental and Social Action Plans. Chris earned his BA in Business Management at Glasgow University and his MS in Environmental Studies from The University of Strathclyde.

Deepak is a Partner based in our Hamburg office and leads the firm’s global strategy and commercial consulting practice. He joined Brinckmann in 2021 having spent more than a decade in the renewable energy sector within research and consulting. Deepak brings strong industry know-how and advises companies across the renewable energy value chain. Within consulting, Deepak advises a string of companies such as Asset Owners, Developers, Institutional Investors, PE Funds and Supply Chain Players, present across the value chain on key topics across the energy transition landscape. He has extensive experience in supporting companies on commercial due diligence work covering component and service-related M&A opportunities and provides analysis on the market and technology-related forecasts, asset owner strategies, and policy and regulatory developments. Prior to joining Brinckmann, Deepak worked as a Managing Consultant in Wood Mackenzie’s power and renewable business where he provided advisory services covering the wind, solar PV, energy storage, and power markets. In the past, he also worked in the wealth management divisions of Citibank and JP Morgan Chase in India. Deepak holds a B.SC in Business from St. Josephs College of Commerce in India and an MBA from Aarhus University, Denmark.

Emily Kuhn-Keaveny is a trusted advisor to investors, developers, and utilities navigating the U.S. energy transition—particularly when the stakes are high and the path forward is complex She brings over a decade of experience in renewable energy project development, technical due diligence, and market strategy. Emily has led diligence efforts on some of the most significant clean energy transactions in the U.S., and her work spans onshore and offshore wind, solar, transmission, and emerging markets. Before joining CoralPoint, Emily was a Consulting Director at ERM and previously worked with the New York Power Authority, where she helped shape the utility’s multi-year clean energy strategy. She is a recognized leader in the industry, having served as the NYC Chapter Lead for Women in Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE). Emily’s passion for conservation, wildlife, and nature started on the beaches of Long Island, where she worked many summers as a Piping Plover Steward.  She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and her two cats.

Seb provides strategic direction to the CoralPoint executive team and helps to shape the vision and long-term growth plan for the business. Seb has spent his entire career in the consulting industry, building teams and solutions for clients in the renewable energy sector. Before joining CoralPoint, Seb was Managing Partner and Global Co-Lead for Renewables at ERM, the world’s largest sustainability consultancy. Prior to ERM, he founded and served as CEO of The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG), a global management consulting and technical advisory firm which was acquired in 2021. Prior to this Seb was President for the North America renewables business at the TÜV SÜD group, based in New York. Over the last two decades, Seb has worked with utilities, private equity firms, pension funds, insurers, industrial clients, and government agencies for on- and offshore wind, solar, and emerging energy technologies. Outside of work, Seb enjoys spending time in the mountains or on the golf course, where he is preparing his 4-year-old son, Ludo, to be the next Rory McIlroy.