FAQs - About GSF


Gore Street Energy Fund PLC is a publicly traded investment trust that is listed on the main market of the London Stock exchange (Ticker: GSF).


The Company invests in a diversified portfolio of utility scale energy storage projects. The portfolio is located in GB, Ireland, North America and Western Europe, with flexibility to pursue attractive opportunities internationally.


ISIN = GB00BG0P0V73

SEDOL = GB0P0V7

Ticker = GSF


Please refer to the Key Dates section on the website:
https://www.gsenergystoragefund.com/content/investors/financial-calendar

Please refer to the Reports and Accounts section of the website for the latest announcements of GSF results:
https://www.gsenergystoragefund.com/content/investors/shareholder-literature


The Company has appointed Gore Street Capital Limited as the Company’s Investment Manager. The Investment Manager was formed in 2015 as a global platform to acquire, develop and manage renewable energy solutions and help reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. It is headquartered in London and comprises a diverse group of energy professionals located in Great Britain, Ireland and the US working across finance, construction, engineering, legal and more. The investment team has significant experience in sourcing, structuring and managing large renewable energy projects globally. The Investment Manager was one of the first to deploy privately-owned large-scale battery projects in GB and has successfully acquired and managed storage assets overseas on behalf of the Company.


Shore Capital Corporate Limited, Cassini House, 57 St James Street, London SW1A 1LD

J.P. Morgan Cazenove, 25 Bank Street, London E14 5JP, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7742 4000


Computershare Investor Services PLC, The Pavilions, Bridgewater Road, Bristol BS13 8AE.


Yes, the Company Board is fully independent from the Investment Manager and members are listed below:

Patrick Cox (Chairman): Mr Cox has significant board experience and is currently a member of the Appointment Advisory Committee for the European Investment Bank, Chair of Ecocem Ltd., and holds non-executive directorships of Supernode Ltd and Gresham House Ireland Asset Management Ltd. He also sits on the Boards of various think tanks and not-for-profit organisations, including the Institute for International and European Affairs, Ireland and the Third Age Foundation Ireland. Mr Cox served as a Member of the European Parliament for Munster, Ireland, from 1989 to 2004, becoming the leader of its Liberal Democrat Group from 1998 to 2002 before holding the presidency of the European Parliament between 2002 and 2004. He has been bestowed National Honours by the presidents of nine European countries and is a Commander of the Legion of Honour, France. His ongoing work includes serving as European Coordinator for the Scandinavian-Mediterranean TEN-T Core Network Corridor and leading a parliamentary reform programme with Ukraine. Mr Cox is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and holds Honorary Doctorates from Trinity College Dublin, the National University of Ireland, the University of Limerick, the Open University, and the American College Dublin.

Caroline Banszky: Ms Banszky is currently a non-executive director of IntegraFin Holdings plc, where she chairs the Audit and Risk Committee. She is also a director of the Benefact Trust Ltd and sits on their Finance & Investment Committee; and a member of the Investment Sub-Committee of The Open University. She was previously a non-executive director of 3i Group plc and a director of the UK Stem Cell Foundation. Formerly the Chief Executive of The Law Debenture Corporation plc. from 2002 to 2016, Ms Banszky was also Chief Operating Officer of SVB Holdings plc (now Novae Group plc) – then a Lloyd’s listed integrated vehicle – from 1997 to 2002 and Finance Director of N.M. Rothschild & Sons Ltd from 1995 to 1997, having joined the bank in 1981. She originally trained at what is now KPMG.

Malcolm King: Mr King’s varied career in financial services includes over 30 years in investment management. He was responsible for the investments of seven investment trusts during his decade-long tenure as investment manager at Finsbury Asset Management before moving to J O Hambro Capital Management, where he was director and investment manager of two investment trusts and a number of other portfolios. From 2004 until 2016, Mr King worked at Investec Asset Management where he was the co-manager of various multi-asset funds invested in internal and external funds, including closed-ended funds. A Chartered Accountant trained at Peat, Marwick & Mitchell (now KPMG), he is currently a non-executive director of Ecofin Global Utilities & Infrastructure Trust plc and previously served as a non-executive director of Henderson Opportunities Trust. Mr King, an economics graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, also writes regularly for MoneyWeek and engages in several unpaid commitments.

Thomas Murley: Mr Murley was a director at London-based private equity firm Hg Capital from 2004 to 2016, where he established a renewable energy investment fund business that went on to raise and invest over $1bn in equity across more than 70 EU wind, solar, biomass and hydroelectric projects. From 2016 to 2018 Mr Murley continued to act as Chairman and Senior Advisor to the Hg Capital Renewable Energy team, which spun out to become Asper Investment Management in December 2017. In 2012 Mr Murley was appointed non-executive director to the inaugural board of the UK Green Investment Bank, where he also served on the investment committee, and remained on the Board until privatisation in August 2017. In October 2016 he was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Ameresco Inc., a renewable energy and energy efficiency company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr Murley also serves as an independent investment committee member for two private renewable energy investment funds based in New York and Amman, Jordan. Mr Murley was a lawyer between 1993 and 2003 and later became Managing Director of EIF Group in Boston Massachusetts, one of the first energy infrastructure funds. He has a History degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and a Law Degree, with honours, from Fordham University in New York.

Lisa Scenna: Lisa Scenna is an experienced executive and non-executive director in listed and private sector organisations across real estate, infrastructure, construction and funds management in the UK, Europe, Australia, Canada and Middle East. She has held sector specific executive roles in the property, infrastructure and fund management sectors with Stockland and Westfield in Australia, and Laing O’Rourke and Morgan Sindall Group in the UK. She is currently a non-executive director with Cromwell Property Group, Genuit Group plc and Harworth Group plc, as well as an Advisory Board Member of Stories Partners. Lisa has previously been non-executive director for the charity Hub Community Foundation and Deputy Chair for The Private Infrastructure Development Group, a platform investing in infrastructure on behalf of various government agencies, including UK and Australia. Lisa is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.


May 2018.