Paul Ho
Mr. Ho is a Managing Director of Hudson, specializing in biofuels, biomass and geothermal. Mr. Ho has over 14 years of experience in the energy sector, including a focus on renewable energy and particularly on alternative fuels since 2005. Mr. Ho joined Hudson from Credit Suisse in New York, where he was Director in the Alternative Energy Group in charge of the firm’s banking efforts in alternative fuels on a global basis. At Credit Suisse, Mr. Ho led many defining transactions in the biofuels space, including the first biofuels capital markets financing (Hawkeye, 2005), the first large-scale biofuels M&A deal (Hawkeye, 2006) as well as the largest biofuels IPO (Cosan, 2007), among others. He also covered other alternative energy clients including companies in biomass, waste-to-energy, coal-to-liquids, coal gasification, wind, wind equipment manufacturing and hydro. In addition, Mr. Ho worked closely with many leading private equity firms with respect to their clean energy investments. Prior to his renewable energy focus, Mr. Ho had extensive experience in energy sector bond and bank financings, equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and advisory assignments spanning five continents, with aggregate transaction value in excess of $50 billion. Mr. Ho received his B.A. with distinction in Economics and Statistics from the University of Chicago.
