CERAWeek 2026 Attendee
Richard (Mingzhe) Li is a first-year MBA student and Polsky Energy Transition Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His background spans law, investment banking, and international economics. Previously at The AES Corporation, he focused on M&A in the Power and Utilities sector, executing strategic renewable and thermal power transactions alongside critical supply chain management partnerships. Passionate about climate finance and inclusive leadership, he is a Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) Fellow and is currently coordinating Booth’s China-US Forum on Clean Energy and AI. He is excited to explore solutions for structural bottlenecks in climate infrastructure, aiming to deploy capital strategically to scale breakthrough technologies and accelerate the global energy transition.