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Robert Guest

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Managing Director | Co-Lead Natural Capital at Foresight Group
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

As Managing Director and Co-Lead of Natural Capital at Foresight Group, Robert Guest is a specialist in sustainable investments, focusing on forestry, natural capital, and real assets. He co-founded the firms forestry team and leverages extensive experience in fundraising and project finance to drive growth in the sector. He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin.

Roberts professional focus on sustainability is also a clear personal passion. He frequently shares enthusiastic updates on environmental projects like large-scale afforestation and peatland restoration in Scotland, showing a hands-on commitment to conservation that extends beyond purely financial metrics.

He has been directly involved in projects that have planted over 800, 000 trees on a single estate in Scotland to promote natural capital.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Managing Director | Co-Lead Natural Capital
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Natural Capital Investing
Core to his role as Co-Lead of Natural Capital, focusing on forestry, peatland restoration, and turning environmental projects into valuable assets for investors.
Sustainable Forestry
Co-founded Foresight's forestry team and frequently discusses afforestation, timber value, and land management, with a particular focus on projects in Scotland.
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Career

Work history

5-2021
Managing Director | Co-Lead Natural Capital
Foresight Group
3-2015 - 5-2021
Director, Real Assets (Infra, Nat-Cap)
Foresight Group
8-2009 - 3-2015
Investment Manager
Helius Energy Plc
5-2009 - 10-2009
Associate
Specialist Waste Recycling (SWR)
9-2006 - 11-2008
Senior Analyst (Corporate Finance)
Noble & Company Limited
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Robert Guest, Foresight Group LLP: Profile and Biography. Featured in Bloomberg
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Robert Guest - Foresight Group. Featured in Foresight Group
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Education
2002 - 2006
2:1 BA (Hons)
Trinity College Dublin
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Oundle School
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