Marcia Burkey
TerraPower
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Marcia Burkey is the executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), responsible for much of TerraPower’s shared services including finance, procurement, treasury and fundraising operations, commercial development, contracts, IT, HR and external affairs. Ms. Burkey’s career of over 30 years has been dedicated to the commercial development and financing of global infrastructure.
Immediately prior to joining TerraPower, Ms. Burkey was the managing director at TeleSoft Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm which funds, incubates and helps build value in companies of various stages. She oversaw investment operations for a family of funds including SBIC commitments. TeleSoft’s funds invest in communication, energy, internet and information technology companies.
Prior to her work at TeleSoft, Ms. Burkey was a senior vice president and partner of Bechtel Group, Inc. In her capacity as CFO of Bechtel Enterprises, she was responsible for leading the investment efforts along with financial planning and analysis, control, tax, treasury, and IT efforts. Additionally, Ms. Burkey assisted in capital raisings within Bechtel Enterprises and Bechtel Group, and served on the boards of UIC, Alterra and InterGen. She led the development and sale of investments in North America, Asia, South America and the Middle East. Ms. Burkey also served as the president of Bechtel’s NASD broker-dealer, Bechtel Financing Services, Inc.
Prior to her work at Bechtel, Ms. Burkey spent nine years at SBC Warburg (now UBS) in corporate and project finance positions. She was involved in project financings globally for SBC Warburg in New York, and directed the firm’s Latin America project finance business development efforts. In addition, she was responsible for corporate advisory and financing in multiple industries, including work with U.S. public utilities. While at SBC Warburg, Ms. Burkey assisted in raising debt and equity capital for U.S. electric, water and gas utilities.
Ms. Burkey holds a Bachelor of Arts from Macalester College, Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude, and a Master of Arts from Columbia University. Ms. Burkey serves on the Supplier Advisory and Trade Advocacy Committees of Nuclear Energy Institute and is currently a member of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee, providing guidance on the most pressing trade issues facing the U.S. civil nuclear sector. Ms. Burkey is a periodic speaker at events such as Women in Nuclear (WIN), US Nuclear Industry Council Finance Summit, Atlantic Council, Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit, and has been featured in the media such as GeekWire, Washington Post, Morning Consult, Puget Sound Business Journal.
