• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Rhea Hamilton

General Atlantic - BeyondNetZero

Managing Director

Ms. Rhea Hamilton is a Managing Director for BeyondNetZero, a climate solution fund of the leading growth equity firm, General Atlantic. She has some 20 years of investment experience in private equity and venture capital, focused in the areas of energy, climate and sustainability. Previously Ms. Hamilton was a Managing Director for Climate Investments, where she headed up the venture and growth equity investments globally.  She has also held other senior positions including Managing Director for a large European family office, and Investment Director at RobecoSAM Private Equity, a pioneer in sustainability investing. Ms. Hamilton started her career at Royal Dutch Shell, where she held various positions including Chief Financial Officer of Shell Hydrogen. Ms. Hamilton holds a Geological Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and an MBA from IESE in Spain. She is a Fellow with the Energy Institute and holds a diploma from the Institute of Directors.

Sessions With Rhea Hamilton

Monday, 18 March

  • 02:05pm - 02:45pm (CST) / 18/mar/2024 07:05 pm - 18/mar/2024 07:45 pm

    Speed and Scale: Unlocking a just, secure and sustainable future
    Innovation & Technology

    The energy transition needs to move fast to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, but it also needs to develop in a way that ensures energy security, expands energy access and promotes sustainability. That will require striking the right mix of technological development and deployment, policy support, financing and public acceptance. It will also unfold differently in different parts of the world. What polices can accelerate energy security, energy access and emission reductions? What will be the key technologies? Where can investment unlock rapid technological progress? How can governments and companies collaborate to build a just, secure and sustainable future?