Matt Birchby Co-Founded and served as President of Swift Current Energy from 2016-2026. During his tenure, Swift Current commercialized more than 5GW of projects. Matt is a seasoned energy development and investment professional with about 20 years of experience across the renewable energy value chain in acquisitions, development, offtake origination and structuring, project finance, and asset management.
Prior to co-founding Swift Current Energy, Matt was the Director of Origination at Altenex, where he led their commercial team representing corporate entities procuring energy through power purchase agreements. Previously, Matt was a member of Westerly Wind, D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments, and First Wind. Matt has an undergraduate degree from Colby College, with a B.A. in Economics.
