Gia Schneider, Partner
Gia Schneider joined EKO from the Energy Trading & Marketing Group at Credit Suisse where she started the carbon emissions trading and marketing desk, and for which she led business development in the U.S. and Japan. Gia previously co-managed the U.S. weather and emissions proprietary trading books at Credit Suisse. She has extensive experience in the energy sector designing and implementing risk, trading and valuation systems. Gia joined Credit Suisse in late 2004 to help start the commodities desk. She came from the Strategy Group at Constellation, a leading merchant generation company, where she focused on structured power transactions in the Western U.S. and Alberta. Prior to Constellation, Gia was a consultant with Accenture where she focused on trading and risk management in the energy and utility industries.
Gia received her BS in chemical engineering with a concentration in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has a long standing interest in climate change, sustainable development and renewable energy and is an advisor to two start-up renewable energy companies.
