Independent Director
David Buzby serves as a board member of Spring Valley Acquisition Corp II. Mr. Buzby has over 30 years of business experience in sustainability, renewable energy, and technology, including forming several billion-dollar public companies in the Sustainability industry as well as raising $1.5 billion of co-investment from institutional investors over a period of 30 years. Currently, Mr. Buzby is chair of the board of directors of Stem, Inc. (NYSE: STEM), a leading energy storage/grid services company in North America, where he has served since 2010. Mr. Buzby is also on the board of directors of Climate Transition Capital Acquisition I B.V. (AEX: CTAI) (“Climate”), a climate transition special purpose acquisition company that completed its initial public offering in June 2021, and Leading Edge Equipment Technologies, Inc., a privately held company that develops solar wafers. In addition, he was an early investor and board member in Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ: RUN) from 2008 through 2012, helping lead the company to complete its initial public offering in 2015, to attain a leading market share in residential solar in the United States in 2018 and to a current market capitalization of approximately $6.0 billion as of January 2022. Mr. Buzby has held 12 board seats of both public and private companies and held various senior executive roles in numerous companies, including Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Buzby received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Middlebury College.