Our Team | Industrial Development Funding

Core team

Nik Nunes

Founder & CEO

Founded IDF in2015. Previously Partner at Perella Weinberg Partners and 25 years at GE asManaging Director of Strategic Investment Partnerships, leading $15Bn+ partnerships.MS Materials Engineering (Georgia Tech), MBA (NYU), BS Mechanical Engineering(UMass).

Doug Rivenburgh

Chief Operating Officer

Chief OperatingOfficer at IDF. Previously a 25+ year executive in financial services,including AIG’s mortgage insurance arm. Fellow of the Casualty ActuarialSociety. BA Mathematics (Hartwick College).

Sergey Sherman

Managing Director - Investments

ManagingDirector at IDF since 2025. Previously Managing Director/Partner at TuataraCapital, 15+ years in investment banking at JP Morgan, RBC Capital Markets andSociete Generale, and M&A at GE Capital; former U.S. Navy nuclear submarineofficer. BS Electrical Engineering (Carnegie Mellon), MBA (George Washington).

Santosh Ragampuri

Vice President

Vice Presidentat IDF. Previously 2 years at Perella Weinberg Partners Asset Management and 6years at Genpact supporting GE Capital M&A and Strategic InvestmentPartnerships. MBA (IIPM, Delhi), B.Com (Symbiosis, Pune).

Lamine Aziz

Senior Associate

SeniorAssociate at IDF. Previously 4 years at Bank of America in Sponsor Debt andProject Finance, covering structured renewable energy and infrastructure. MScGlobal Finance (Fordham), BSc Finance (Mercy).

William R. Thurman

Senior Associate

SeniorAssociate at IDF. Previously an analyst in HSBC’s Infrastructure Finance group,contributing to ~$3.8Bn of debt financings. BA History & Economics(Claremont McKenna).

Dhruv Garg

Financial Analyst

FinancialAnalyst at IDF. Previously over 5 years in advisory and assurance services withtop CPA firms worldwide, including the Big 4, on financial reportingengagements under US GAAP, IFRS and Indian GAAP. Chartered Accountant (India),Bachelor of Commerce (Panjab University, Chandigarh).

Senior Business Development Advisors

Kevin Walsh

Sr. Bus. Dev. Advisor

Senior Operating Partner at Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. Prev. MD and Head of U.S. Renewable Energy at GE Financial Services (2006–2019). BBA (Fairfield University).

Jim Albaugh

Sr. Bus. Dev. Advisor

Former President & CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes; 37 yrs at Boeing incl. President/CEO of Integrated Defense Systems. MS Civil Eng (Columbia), BS Math & Physics (Willamette).

Larry O'Neal

Sr. Operations Consultant

President at Power Industry Support, LLC. 33 yrs of experience in operations, maintenance & management of various power generation technologies.

Founded in 2015.