Robert Lane joined Utility Global as Chief Financial Officer in August 2026. Mr. Lane has a proven record of scaling organizations and guiding companies through rapid commercial growth. He brings more than three decades of financial leadership across energy, industrial and growth-stage companies.
Prior to Utility, Mr. Lane was Chief Financial Officer at Quva Pharma, where he led finance, accounting, IT and treasury functions through a period of process modernization and liquidity improvement. Previously, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sunnova Energy International, he helped lead the company’s initial public offering and closed more than $10 billion in tax equity, debt and equity financing to fund its growth. At Spark Energy, he helped lead the company through several acquisitions and integrations, simplified the corporate structure, and led creative and innovative financing strategies. At Emerge Energy Services, he guided the company through its IPO and capital expansion while significantly lowering the cost of debt.
Across his career, Mr. Lane has led dozens of capital markets transactions collectively worth tens of billions of dollars. He received his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and his A.B. in Political Science from Princeton University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst.