Our Team | Industrial Development Funding

Core team

Nik Nunes

Founder & CEO

Founded IDF in 2015. Previously Partner at Perella Weinberg Partners and 25 years at GE as Managing 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 Operating Officer at IDF. Previously a 25+ year executive in financial services, including AIG's mortgage insurance arm. Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society. BA Mathematics (Hartwick College).

Sergey Sherman

Managing Director - Investments

Managing Director at IDF since 2025. Previously Managing Director/Partner at Tuatara Capital, 15+ years in investment banking at JP Morgan, RBC Capital Markets and Societe Generale, and M&A at GE Capital. Former U.S. Navy nuclear submarine officer. BS Electrical Engineering (Carnegie Mellon), MBA (George Washington).

Santosh Ragampuri

Vice President

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

Lamine Aziz

Senior Associate

Senior Associate at IDF. Previously 4 years at Bank of America in Sponsor Debt and Project Finance, covering structured renewable energy and infrastructure. MSc Global Finance (Fordham), BSc Finance (Mercy).

William R. Thurman

Senior Associate

Senior Associate 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

Financial Analyst at IDF. Previously over 5 years in advisory and assurance services with top CPA firms worldwide, including the Big 4, on financial reporting engagements 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.