As Executive Vice President-Commercial and Operations of Clean Line Energy, Jayshree Desai oversees the day-to-day operations of the company. In addition, Jayshree leads Clean Line’s commercial arrangements with suppliers; through these agreements, Clean Line is developing a supply chain that allows for timely execution and local job benefits.  Jayshree also has a leading role in developing relationships with Clean Line’s future transmission customers, both load serving entities and wind generators.

Jayshree draws from an accomplished background in the wind energy industry to provide leadership at Clean Line. Before joining Clean Line, Jayshree was CFO of Horizon Wind Energy where she was responsible for corporate and project finance, accounting, tax, and information technology.  As CFO, she led Horizon Wind Energy through its sale to Goldman Sachs in 2005, the subsequent sale to Energias de Portugal in mid-2007, and the IPO of the renewables subsidiary in 2008. Prior to working at Horizon, Jayshree was a Director at Enron responsible for Mergers & Acquisitions and previously was a consultant for McKinsey & Company. Jayshree received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Wharton Business School , and sits on the Financial Committee Advisory Board of KIPP.