John Eber manages the firm’s activities for tax motivated equity investments in energy assets. He directs a team of sixteen professionals who originate, structure and execute investments and advise other equity co-investors.  Additionally, he oversees Energy Investments’ product development activities, management of its investment portfolio and is a member of its Investment Committee.

Through January 2009 Mr. Eber has been responsible for approximately $5.2 billion of equity for 5,370 MWs of wind power in 54 wind farms. Additionally, his team was the lead investor for the largest solar transaction ($266mm) in the US in 15 years and is actively proposing similar investments for geothermal and biomass projects. Over the past ten years he has been responsible for approximately $6.7 billion worth of energy investments for JPMorgan and its predecessor companies. He has been with JPMorgan and its predecessor companies Bank One and First Chicago since 1988. 

In 2007 John joined the Board of Directors of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and John also provided private testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee regarding Wall Street’s views on equity investment in renewable energy projects.

John is a frequent panelist and speaker for a variety of organizations including AWEA’s Wind Financing Conference, Windpower Convention and Fall Symposium; IPED’s Financing Wind Power; FRA’s Renewable Energy Finance & Investment Summit; Chadbourne & Parke’s Global Energy & Finance Conference; and Acore’s Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Wall Street.

B.S. Economics, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

MBA, DePaul University, Chicago Illinois