Mr. Najafov is a co-Founder of Anthelion Capital and oversees strategy, investment selection and portfolio construction for the firm. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Camber, ecoATM and GreyOrange. Previously Mr. Najafov was a Board Observer for Proterra Inc. Mr. Najafov has twenty-two years of experience investing across sectors and asset classes, including significant expertise in energy, transport, and financial services.

Since 2001, Mr. Najafov has managed capital for Enron, Goldman’s Principal Strategies Group, Highbridge, Millennium, and Indus Capital. He is experienced at developing and building risk and valuation technologies, which he has implemented at previous firms including Goldman Sachs and Highbridge to build investment businesses and manage cross-asset-class portfolios. Mr. Najafov helped to build a credit investment business at Goldman Sachs and headed Capital Structure Opportunities business at Highbridge. He focused on commercializing key macro trends including oil/commodity super-cycle (2002-2004), financial crisis and recovery (profitable in financials investing each year 2006-2010), energy infrastructure boom (2012-2013), oil collapse (2014-2015), and solar energy growth (2012-today). 

Mr. Najafov holds a BBA with honors in finance from Texas Tech University where he graduated summa cum laude at age 19. He also earned an MBA with honors from the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania where he majored in statistics, finance, and strategic management.