An accomplished financial executive with a career spanning two decades, Mark Cruikshank serves as the chief financial officer for the Americas with Macquarie Group. In this capacity, Mark Cruikshank leads a team of about 270 individuals and oversees all of Macquarie Group's financial management operations.

A diversified financial group with various assets under management worldwide, Macquarie is also a major investor in green energy. As of the first quarter of 2022, Macquarie's green assets in development accounted for over 35 gigawatts of electricity. Macquarie has invested in more than 300 green energy projects worldwide, and primarily contributes resources and ideas starting in the early stages of these projects. Green energy investing is an integral part of Macquarie's commitment to promoting sustainability.

Green energy, put simply, is electricity that comes from often-renewable sources that leaves no hazardous residue in the environment at the end of a human life-span. Put another way, green energy does not result in pollution (such as greenhouse gases). Not all renewable energy is green energy. For example, hydroelectric power, solar energy, and wind power are some common renewable energies that are also green. On the other hand, power generated from burning organic materials from forests (a renewable source) is an example of renewable energy that is not inherently green, since it releases CO2 into the atmosphere.