Paddy Padmanathan

Vice Chair | Xlinks

Paddy is the Vice Chair and an investor in Xlinks. Previously, he was the President and CEO of ACWA Power, a company he led from a startup 18 years ago to when he stepped down in March 2023, which is listed with a market cap of US50+ billion, a world-leading developer, investor and operator of power generation and water-desalination assets and now constructing the world’s first at scale green hydrogen complex, a portfolio valued in excess of $75 billion, and with extensive experience in solar PV and onshore wind in desert environments across North Africa and the Middle East, including the largest solar power developments in Morocco.