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Bob Percopo

Lecturer, Insurance Management; Energy Finance Consultant

Bob Percopo has 45 years of experience in infrastructure, energy and power, project finance and structured finance in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. He is a member of the Nuclear Innovation Alliance in conjunction with Harvard and MIT.  Since retiring in 2013, he has acted in the capacity of an energy finance consultant, including developing innovative insurance solutions to facilitate financings. 

After successful tenures at Manufacturer’s Hanover Trust, Mobil Corp, and Banque Indosuez, he joined the AIG Member Companies in 1998 to oversee the project finance advisory operations of AIU Energy Division.  In addition to managing the project finance advisory services, in December of 2000 he was asked to join AIG Highstar Capital, L.P. as a partner.  AIG Highstar was a private equity fund managed by AIG with a focus on power generation, transportation, and environmental service.  Bob moved on to the position of Executive Vice President, Investments – with management responsibility for the Project Finance Advisory unit, providing project finance advisor services to clients worldwide. 

Bob received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Economics and Marketing from Rutgers University.

Current Courses

  • Role of Finance in Insurance

Education

  • M.S., Rutgers University
  • B.S., Rutgers University

Publications

  • Power Magazine, “US Nuclear Power’s Time Has Come – Again,” January 15, 2008
  • Journal of Structured Finance, “Insurance Solutions for Project Finance,” Summer 1999