Alena Antonava is Investment Manager at Railpen responsible for origination and execution of investment opportunities in infrastructure and energy transition. Since joining Railpen, Alena originated and led to completion several investments in various sectors including wind, solar, geothermal, and energy storage. Alena is also responsible for the ongoing asset management and serves as a Board member for various investee companies. Prior to Railpen, Alena worked at Arcus Infrastructure Partners LLP where she was part of the telecoms investment team. She has more than 10 years of experience in financial services.

Alena is a Chartered Accountant, holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Belarusian State Economic University and an MBA from Anglia Ruskin University.

Railpen

Railpen is one of the UK’s largest and longest established pension funds. Railpen is responsible for the safekeeping and investment of circa £35 billion on behalf of the scheme’s 350,000 members who are connected to the railway industry. Railpen has an in-house investment team with expertise in the infrastructure debt and equity markets and has invested over £1.9bn in infrastructure to date. Railpen is increasingly focussed on energy infrastructure investments and has invested c. £500m in energy transition to date. Railpen’s most recent investments include Tralorg Wind Farm, Carraig Gheal Wind Farm, Sleaford and Margam Biomass Plants, Bracks Solar Park and Constantine Energy Storage.

Jemima Atkins is an investment professional at Pioneer Point Partners, based in London, where she makes investments in European infrastructure assets in the energy transition and environment sectors. Pioneer only invests in sustainable infrastructure and targets investments that contribute to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and circular economy.

Jemima joined Pioneer in 2022, and has particular focus on the energy efficiency, renewables and carbon removal sub-sectors. She has previously held investment roles at Allianz Capital Partners in the infrastructure equity team and Allianz Global Investors in the infrastructure debt investment team. At Allianz, Jemima worked across private markets asset classes to promote sustainability improvements and the transition of infrastructure assets to net-zero. Prior to Allianz Global Investors, Jemima worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She holds a BSc Natural Sciences from Durham University where she specialised in biodiversity and conservation biology.

Pioneer Point Partners

Pioneer Point Partners is a lower-mid market, value-added infrastructure private equity investor. We are sector specialists, focussed on investing in the energy transition and environment sectors across Europe. Our strategy is aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and we target investments that contribute to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and circular economy. We have committed over €1.4 billion equity investments since 2010 and in 2022 reached Final Close of €575 million on our maiden institutional fund, which is categorised as meeting the provisions set out in Article 9 of SFDR for products that have a sustainable investment objective.

Aditi is the Unit Head, Private Sector and Climate Finance, at the European Representative Office of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where she leads origination of sustainable infrastructure investments in emerging Asia. She has over 15 years of experience, closing over USD 900 million in direct investments in renewable energy, digital infrastructure, and utilities. Previously, she worked with the International Finance Corporation in PPP structuring and advisory, successfully closing some of India’s first PPPs in energy-efficient street lighting and universal healthcare.

Asian Development Bank

The ADB is a multilateral development financing institution focused on sustainable infrastructure and poverty eradication in developing Asia and the Pacific. As the region’s climate bank, the ADB has announced its ambition to provide $100 billion in cumulative climate finance from its own resources by 2030.

Michael founded NextEnergy Group in 2007.

NextEnergy is now the leading investment manager (NextEnergy Capital), operating asset manager (WiseEnergy) and developer (Starlight) in the solar infrastructure sector, with some 320 professionals across multiple offices.

NextEnergy Capital’s AuM amounts to c.$4.0Bn, has acquired over 400 utility-scale solar projects to date and is currently constructing some 35 solar and storage projects for c.800MW across OECD countries. NextEnergy Capital’s funds have c.1.5GWp in operation.

WiseEnergy manages and monitors c.2.0GWp spread among 535 plants for NextEnergy Capital’s funds and other third-party clients. Its operations span Europe and the Americas. WiseEnergy also specialises in assisting third-party clients in the management of solar construction projects.

Starlight is currently developing some 9GWp in solar and related projects across the globe, and continues to grow its portfolio in new geographies.

NextEnergy Group

NextEnergy Capital (“NEC”), which is part of the NextEnergy Group, was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in the international solar sector. Since its inception, it has been active in the development, construction and ownership of solar assets and currently has assets under management of c.$3.9bn across five investment vehicles. To date NEC has invested into over 400 solar plants for a capacity in excess of 3GW across its institutional funds, located in the US, UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, India, Chile and Greece. Through its sister company, WiseEnergy, it asset manages over 1.6GW of solar globally.

Carlos is a Senior Advisor of Guggenheim Securities International Ltd, the international investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners. He joined Guggenheim Securities in September 2019, to support coverage of the European and Latin American markets, leveraging his more than 20 years’ experience in investment banking, private equity as an entrepreneur, as well as his wide network across Europe and LatAm.

Prior to joining Guggenheim Securities, Carlos was part of the team that founded Nexxus Iberia Private Equity Fund in Spain, a €200m private equity fund focusing on Spanish SMEs investments, which he still advises.

Carlos started his career in investment banking in UBS, based in London, and then Hong Kong, New York and Madrid. He left UBS to set up a Real Estate investment vehicle in Uruguay. Carlos further founded the largest well-being retail company in Iberia, while acting as advisor to Family Offices in Mexico and the Middle East on acquisitions in Iberia (mainly renewable energy and real estate) and consulting for large utilities on residential energy efficiency and energy transition.

Carlos holds a masters degree in business administration by CUNEF (Madrid) and a bachelor degree in Law by UNED. He also holds a PhD in Economics by Bircham University, is a frequent lecturer on Corporate Finance and Valuation at Master MENFI, and is the Author of A Practical Approach to Valuation published by Editorial Ramon Areces.

He is based in Guggenheim's London office and actively contributes to focused coverage of the Iberian market. Notable transactions led by Carlos include:

 Repsol’s $768mm acquisition of ConnectGen – Sole Advisor to Repsol
 Hecate Energy’s 40% equity sale to Repsol – Sole Advisor to Hecate Energy
 ACEA's €934m IPO - advisor to City of Rome; joint global coordinator and bookrunner
 Clondalkin's €415m Management Buy Out - Sole Advisor to Candover and Management
 General Mills' €10bn acquisiton of Pillsbury - Advisor to Diageo PLC
 Vodafone's €250bn acquisition of Mannesmann - Advisor to Vodafone
 PCCW €40bn acquisition of Hong Kong Telecom - Advisor to PCCW
 MTRC €1,4bn IPO - Advisor to MTRC
 Rite Aid's €4bn LBO - Advisor to Leonard Green
 €500m Privatisation of Naturcorp - Advisor to Naturcorp

Guggenheim Securities

Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners, a global investment and advisory firm.
Guggenheim Securities offers services that fall into four broad categories: Advisory, Financing, Sales and Trading, and Research. Guggenheim Securities is headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, London, Menlo Park, and San Francisco. For more information, please visit GuggenheimSecurities.com, follow us on LinkedIn or contact us at GSinfo@GuggenheimPartners.com or 212.518.9200.

Mr. Castro is Senior Vice President M&A at CEPSA.
Before joining CEPSA, he worked for eleven years at Iberdrola where he held the positions of Director of M&A Execution and Director of M&A Origination within its Corporate Development Department.
Previously he worked for ten years in the Investment Banking Division of J.P. Morgan in London executing energy-related advisory mandates as well as equity and debt offerings.
Mr. Castro studied Law and Business Administration at Universidad Pontificia Comillas – ICADE.

CEPSA

CEPSA is a diversified business Group which operates in the energy sector in Spain and abroad, and engages in business activities related to the exploration and extraction of crude oil and natural gas, the production distribution and marketing of petrochemical and energy products, asphalts and lubricants, gas distribution and electricity generation, as well as trading activities.

Olivia Eijking has 27 years of experience in the energy markets, working in New York, Paris, Hamburg and London, across trading, investment management, private equity and project development. She has held leadership positions with alternative investment managers and industrial groups, including as partner & COO for Global Advisors, one of the first energy & metals focused hedge funds, CFO for Massena Capital Partners Private Equity during its substantial expansion, and co-founder & co-managing director of Ferrostaal Capital, the renewable energy venture of the German industrial services group.
As an entrepreneur, Olivia notably launched Kreen, the wind, solar and storage focused renewable energy consultancy that advises manufacturers, project developers and sponsors in the financing and development of renewables projects. She combines substantial operational and financial experience across both developed and emerging markets globally, encompassing structuring, financing, project development, construction, and asset management.
Over the course of her career, Olivia has been directly involved in 5.5 GW’s worth of renewable energy projects as well as the oversight of over USD 1.2 b in energy asset investments.
Mrs. Eijking received an MSc in Management, majoring in Corporate Finance, from EM Lyon business school. She is fluent in English, French and Spanish, and is learning Dutch, German and Italian.

Kreen

Kreen is a bespoke renewable energy investment partner. We advise manufacturers, project developers and sponsors in the financing and development of renewable energy projects, especially in more difficult emerging and frontier markets.
Since 2019, we have supported over 1GW of solar and wind projects in Romania, France, overseas French territories, Latin America, Southern and Central Europe. Our involvement is over the long term, and includes PPA negotiations, debt arrangement, equity structuring and full M&A leadership.

Ionna Trofimova Elliot, Director, Borderless Renewables. Along with considerable experience in the renewable energy industry, she currently works on aligning strategic management scholarship with practical realities of an electrified world.

Borderless Renewables

Environmental imperatives, including the need to combat global warming, require that majority of nations contribute substantially to the transition from fossil fuel reliant energy sources to renewables. These motives will be achieved best in the cooperative manner.

We have therefore established Borderless Renewables both to foster public-private investment with this aim and to promote cross-border collaboration on projects and ventures supporting an energy transition agenda.

Hans Forssman has spent more than 30 years in the financial industry, within a wide variety of assets and strategies. Before joining the Skandia PEI team (Private Equity & Infrastructure) to head management of the infrastructure portfolio, he was responsible for procuring alternative investment mandates, creating and managing Skandia’s Thule Real Estate Fund as well as managing multi-assets funds within Skandia Investment Management.

Hans has also been responsible for setting up and managing hedge fund portfolios and private credit mandates for Skandia. Prior to joining Skandia, he was a senior Nordic equity research sales at Credit Agricole Cheuvreux Nordic serving Swedish and European institutional investors. Before this he spent around ten years in different roles in private banking with local Swedish banks.

During his career he has been based in Stockholm, but he has always had an international focus and a global network to gain experience and knowledge regarding international financial markets. Mr. Forssman has a BSc in Economics from the University of Lund, Sweden.

Anne is a Non-Executive Director, Managing Director and Senior Executive, providing over 20 years’ investment and advisory experience specialising in the energy transition. Anne has advised over $80 billion in global transactions and strategy across data centres, industrials, transport, property, mining, minerals, water and natural capital. She has advised governments and companies including Google, Shell, BHP, and Rio Tinto and others. She has studied at MIT in Digital Technologies, holds a Master of Applied Finance and Bachelor of Science and has been an adviser and contributor to various innovation initiatives including the P2X Leadership Council, UK, United Nations 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact, TedX, EnergyLab, Oxford SKOLL, CERES/Harvard Business, Imperial College, Kings College, and the Australian Clean Energy Council.

Quinbrook

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners is a ‘value add’ investment manager with a specialist focus on the energy transformation, across low carbon and renewable energy supply, storage, grid stability, data centre, industrial and supply chain decarbonisation and related assets and businesses.

Ivor is Managing Partner and CIO, Asia Pacific, responsible for leadership of the firm and overseeing the investments in his region. He is a member of the Board of Directors and the Investment Committee.

Ivor has extensive experience in the renewable energy sector, including setting up and serving as the inaugural CEO of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) with €2 billion funding, and holding various high-profile board and advisory roles in the clean energy sector since. Previously, Ivor led cleantech investing at Starfish Ventures, which was Australia’s largest venture firm.

Ivor has also been a senior California-based executive, including CEO, in wind, hydrogen, and fuel cell companies, as well as a clean energy investor. Ivor commenced his career in management consulting with Bain & Company, providing strategy services to large energy and telecommunications utilities.

Ivor holds degrees in Economics (honors) and Law from the University of Sydney and an MBA from Stanford University.

Sosteneo

Sosteneo is an investment manager that specialises in greenfield infrastructure projects related to the energy transition with the aim of providing an attractive long term commercial return to clients whilst making an active contribution to the decarbonisation of the global energy system. Sosteneo invests in a wide range of energy transition technologies, spanning clean energy production (such as solar PV and wind), clean energy enablers (such as battery storage and networks), as well as industry and transport decarbonisation. The Sosteneo team brings together a wealth of investment management expertise, complemented by a practical, hands-on background in the energy sector. The team’s collective experience dates back to the inception of renewable energy infrastructure as an institutional-grade asset class over 20 years ago. Sosteneo is headquartered in Milan, Italy and is part of the Generali Investments ecosystem of asset management firms.

Aurelio is the Global Head of Business Development at Repsol Renovables, where he is responsible for the origination, analysis and execution of investments and manages the asset rotation program, upon which Repsol Renovables partners with long term investors for our assets. He is also a member of the executive team at Repsol Renovables and the President of Prejeance Industrial, a company focused on distributed energy in France.
Aurelio has more than 12 years of experience driving global M&A transactions in renewables, covering onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, batteries, and concentrated solar power. Prior to Repsol Renovables, Aurelio has held similar positions in utilities and fund-backed renewable investors.
Aurelio holds an MBA in Finance, Strategy & Leadership from the Indian School of Business, an MSc. in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Oviedo and has completed the CFA Program.

Repsol Renovables

Headquartered in Madrid, Spain, with a market capitalization of c. €17bn and with more than 20,000 employees in 29 countries, Repsol is a multi-energy listed company committed to a sustainable world with a forward-looking vision based on innovation, efficiency, respect, and value creation to drive progress in society. We have an integrated business model that ranges from oil and gas exploration and production to the commercialization of energy solutions for the home and mobility. We develop our activity through four main business lines: Upstream, Industrial, Client and Low Carbon Generation (Repsol Renovables)
Repsol Renovables is one of the pillars of our strategy to become a net zero emissions company by 2050. With an operating capacity of c. 3 GW of wind, solar and hydro assets, we are present in Spain, the US, Chile, Italy, Portugal and France. We plan to continue our international expansion to become a global operator with a generation capacity of 6 GW by 2025 and 20 GW by 2030.

James Heath is the Chief Executive of the National Infrastructure Commission. The NIC advises the UK Government on long-term strategy and policy for economic infrastructure, covering digital, transport, energy, water and wastewater, waste and flood risk management. Previously, James was Director, Digital Infrastructure at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), responsible for advising Ministers on broadband, mobile and telecoms security policy, and overseeing the UK’s £200m million 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme. Prior to joining the UK Government, James was Director, Policy at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), responsible for public policy, government relations and regulation.

National Infrastructure Commission

The UK’s National Infrastructure Commission is the body responsible for providing independent analysis and advice to the UK government to help the country meet its long term infrastructure needs. Its objectives are to support sustainable economic growth across all regions of the UK, boost competitiveness, improve quality of life, and support climate resilience and the transition to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Commission publishes a National Infrastructure Assessment every five years setting out its assessment of long term infrastructure needs, with recommendations to the government. The second Assessment was published in October 2023, presenting a costed programme of strategic infrastructure renewal in line with the Commission’s objectives.

Nicolai Herrmann works as a renewables and power market expert for enervis energy advisors GmbH in the role of a partner. He has 15+ years expertise in European power markets, especially investment appraisal for energy generation and storage assets and renewable energy tenders. He is a renowned expert in Power Purchase Agreements and a frequent speaker at energy conferences and gives lectures at universities. Nicolai holds a PhD in energy economics.

enervis energy advisory GmbH
Founded 2001 in Berlin, enervis is a specialized consultancy company for the European energy industry with a strong focus on power markets. For our clients we develop and operate computer-based models that are used to analyze and forecast energy markets and prices. We provide support for complex investment decisions in energy generation and storage assets. enervis works for a wide range of clients in Germany and all over Europe and helps to evaluate a wide range of renewable energy and storage assets, PPAs, gas and heat networks, hydrogen and GoOs.

Charlie Jardine is the founder and CEO of EO Charging (EO). Having previously worked in the EV charging industry, Charlie had identified huge opportunities for improvement and founded EO in 2014 with the pledge to “make charging simple and reliable”.

In the years since that first charger was born, Charlie has led the company through a period of significant growth and evolved EO to become a full solutions provider. EO’s technology is now used by a number of the world’s largest businesses and fleet operators including Amazon, DHL, Go-Ahead, Uber and Tesco.

Charlie is an innovative and forward-thinking entrepreneur who has been recognised in the Forbes 30-under-30; named a ‘Rising Star’ at the edie Sustainability Leaders Awards; listed as “one to watch” in the LDC / The Times’ Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders; and regularly features in Green Fleet’s 100 most influential figures.

Charlie has also led EO to be ranked twice in a row on the Financial Times’ FT1000 list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies, listing 27th in 2021 and 45th in 2022.

EO
EO Charging (EO) is a global leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging, specializing in full fleet electrification solutions for car, van, bus, and truck fleets. EO is on a mission to power a greener future and accelerate the global transition to electric fleets - removing the need for big oil for good.

At EO, we understand that powering electric vehicles can feel complicated at times which is why we have created a full turnkey solution supported by our team of experts. EO designs market leading smart charging software and hardware for fleets. Our EV infrastructure solutions for commercial fleets, offers depot design, electrical installation, grid upgrades, and ongoing operations and maintenance for car, van, truck, and bus fleets.

EO’s technology is already used by many of the world’s largest and complex fleet operators including Amazon, DHL, UPS, Tesco, Ocado, and distributes its hardware to over 35 countries in major global markets. The combination of our hardware and software solutions and ongoing maintenance and support services ensures business critical fleets are always up and running - in fact we have unrivalled uptime in the market of >99% across our customer base.

EO has deployed more than 85,000 charging stations across 35 countries globally and will continue to innovate its solutions to make the transition to EVs simple, reliable, and accessible to fleets globally.

Patricia is an experienced Board Non-Executive Director and Committee Chair, a purposeful leader with over two decades institutional investment and governance experience across real assets, energy transition and private equity, structuring $10Bn+ transactions including at Macquarie and Townsend.

Well-known as an accomplished networker and in demand trusted thought partner, she has a breadth of leadership and sustainability experience, including as co-founder of UK Government’s Green Investment Bank.

Patricia currently serves on the Boards of Legal and General Assurance Society Ltd and Aquila European Renewables PLC. In addition, she is an Independent Investment Committee Member at UK pension plans’ infrastructure investing platform GLIL and Old Mutual’s African Infrastructure Investment Fund 4.

Patricia is the co-founder of InfraNEDs (leading women NEDs in infrastructure and real assets Boards), a Fellow of Chapter Zero UK, 2023 “NED to watch” finalist, Leading Women of Influence in Private Markets and mentor to Nordic VC Katapult Ocean CEOs (deep clean tech).

Patricia began her career in Corporate Finance at Morgan Stanley. She holds an Engineering Ph.D. from Cambridge University.

Daniel Kemp is the APAC Editor for PEI Group’s award-winning Infrastructure Investor, overseeing coverage of the Asia-Pacific region for the title. Based in Sydney, he joined PEI in February 2018 and has more than 10 years’ experience of writing about infrastructure and the built environment. Daniel is also the APAC Editor for Agri Investor, PEI’s agriculture-focused publication, and his previous roles include a stint as Features Editor with Construction News in London.

Jan-Phillip is part of Encavis AG’s investment team and based in Hamburg, Germany. Since joining the German IPP in 2020 he has lead PV transactions in Germany, The Netherlands and Spain where he was responsible for contract negotiations (SPA, EPC, Project Financing, etc.), due diligence process and financial valuation. Jan-Phillip is particularly interested in creating client-driven, subsidy-free business cases for renewables.

Encavis AG
Encavis AG (Prime Standard; ISIN: DE0006095003; ticker symbol: ECV) is a producer of electricity from Renewable Energies listed on the MDAX of Deutsche Börse AG. As one of the leading independent power producers (IPP), ENCAVIS acquires and operates (onshore) wind farms and solar parks in twelve European countries. The plants for sustainable energy production generate stable yields through guaranteed feed-in tariffs (FIT) or long-term power purchase agreements (PPA). The Encavis Group's total generation capacity currently adds up to more than 3.5 gigawatts (GW), of which more than 2.1 GW belongs to the Encavis AG, which corresponds to a total saving of around 0.8 million tonnes of CO2 per year stand-alone for the Encavis AG.
Within the Encavis Group, Encavis Asset Management AG offers fund services to institutional investors. Another Group member company is Stern Energy S.p.A., based in Parma, Italy, a specialist provider of technical services for the installation, operation, maintenance, revamping and repowering of photovoltaic systems across Europe.

Encavis is a signatory of the UN Global Compact as well as of the UN PRI network. Encavis AG's environmental, social and governance performance has been awarded by two of the world's leading ESG rating agencies. MSCI ESG Ratings awarded the corporate ESG performance with their “A” level and ISS ESG with their “Prime” label.

Luba Kotzeva is a Managing Director with 25 years of experience covering power, renewables, infrastructure and energy transition. Luba established the London based sector team when she joined Lazard in 2021 after over 22 years at Rothschild & Co.
Luba provides advice to corporate boards, executives, and governments on M&A and on funding models for clean energy and de-carbonization projects.
Luba has advised on over $60bn of completed transactions relating to over 60GW of power capacity, of which more than 75% was clean power generation, in addition to regulated utilities and network deals. Experience across solar, onshore and offshore wind, batteries, gas, biomass, nuclear, networks, water, retail, carbon capture, hydrogen and e-mobility.

Lazard
Founded in 1848, Lazard is one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Lazard provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and capital solutions, restructuring and liability management, geopolitics, and other strategic matters, as well as asset management and investment solutions to institutions, corporations, governments, partnerships, family offices, and high net worth individuals. For more information, please visit www.lazard.com.

Raphaël joined Mirova in 2009 as Managing Director of the renewable energy funds. Since this date he has successfully led he team and launched several funds (EF2, MEF3, MEF4, MET5) allowing Mirova to become a leader with €3.8B AUM in the energy transition space. He has also been in charge of the energy emerging market team following the acquisition of Sunfunder in 2022. He is a member of Mirova executive committee.

Raphaël started his career at Crédit Lyonnais in the Project and Asset Finance division before joining General Electric where he worked for 12 years. Raphael held several finance and M&A management positions in GE healthcare, GE Oil & Gas and GE Energy Financial Services. Raphael holds a master’s degree and a DESS in Finance from Paris IX Dauphine and the International Executive Program at INSEAD and has spent 10 years abroad throughout his career.

Mirova

Mirova is a management company dedicated to sustainable investment and an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers. Through conviction management, Mirova's goal is to combine long-term value creation and sustainable development. Pioneers in many areas of sustainable finance, Mirova's talents aim to continue innovating in order to offer their clients solutions with high environmental and social impact.

Mirova has been active in the energy transition infrastructure sector for 22 years and has financed more than 1000 projects for a total of over 7.3 GW of potential generation capacity across Europe and Asia. Reaffirming its position as a major European player in renewable energy, storage and low-carbon mobility, the company has recently completed the raising of €1.6 billion for its fifth energy transition infrastructure equity fund and is now raising a sixth fund of €2.5 billion.

Mirova and its affiliates manage €29.7 billion and €3.8 billion for energy transition infrastructure investments as of December 31, 2023. Mirova is mission-driven company, labeled B Corp*.

*The reference to a ranking or a label does not prejudge the future performance of the funds or its managers.

Serving as CIO and member of the Management Board at Q ENERGY Solutions SE – a direct affiliate of Hanwha Solutions Corporation – Terry is responsible for all project and corporate M&A transactions. Terry brings in 21 years of experience in global infrastructure and corporate finance to Q ENERGY’s rapid growth as developer and operator as well as an investor into green energy infrastructure.
Terry joined Hanwha Solutions in January 2021 as Head of the Investment & Finance Office at Q ENERGY’s sister company Qcells where he led the acquisition of Q ENERGY France (formerly RES-France).
Holding a master’s degree in Supply Chain Management from MIT and a BSc degree in engineering from Seoul National University, Terry began his career as a naval architect at Hyundai Heavy Industry, followed by positions as investment banker at Macquarie Capital USA and Citi Group, global infrastructure credit analyst at Moody’s New York office, private equity investor at Mirae Asset Global Investments as well as a PV/ESS/offshore wind project developer and investor at Macquarie Capital Korea.

Q ENERGY

Q ENERGY is a European developer and operator of green energy infrastructure, as well as an investor in renewable energy assets. The company is a direct affiliate of the top tier Korean enterprise Hanwha Solutions – a flagship company of the Global Fortune 500 member Hanwha Group.
Headquartered in Berlin and with subsidiaries in Germany and France, Q ENERGY brings along more than 20 years of experience through its sister company and solar pioneer Qcells. Q ENERGY is growing fast across its European core markets and is actively developing a project pipeline of more than 15 GW across Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and the UK. Its current technologies include PV, onshore and offshore wind, and large-scale battery storage (ESS). Q ENERGY operates along the entire value chain of green energy projects – from greenfield development to EPC and O&M all the way to acting as an independent power producer (IPP).

Henrik is the Chief Investment Officer at IMAS Foundation, responsible for a EUR 12 billion multi-asset portfolio, spread across listed and non-listed assets with a strong sustainability focus. IMAS Foundation is a sister foundation to the INGKA Foundation – the owner of Ingka Group, who owns and operates the majority of the IKEA stores globally .

Prior to IMAS, Henrik served nine years as Chief Investment Strategist at the Nordic bank Nordea and was part of the management group for the bank’s savings and wealth offering business. His previous jobs include analyst and economist positions within Nordea as well as business correspondent, covering the Nordics for AFX News/AFP/Financial Times. Alongside his current role at IMAS, Henrik is a board member of the Swedish fintech company Lysa Fonder.

Henrik has a degree in economics from Stockholm University, an MBA from INSEAD and is a CEFA holder from Stockholm School of Economics

IMAS Foundation

IMAS Foundation is a sister foundation to the INGKA Foundation—the owner of INGKA Group, who owns and operates the majority of IKEA stores globally. The foundation was set up in 1998 by Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, and specialises in creating long-term returns on financial assets.

IMAS Foundation has a charitable purpose to create a better everyday life for the many people in need. This charitable purpose is achieved by managing its assets and by financially supporting INGKA Foundation.

Carlo Maddalena is a Senior Director and Europe Transport lead in the APG Infrastructure team, being responsible for the origination and execution of new investments across the infrastructure sector. In addition to investing activities, Carlo is/was a board member of portfolio companies such as DRIVECO, Stockholm Exergi, Brisa, 2i Rete Gas, Exolum, Brussels Airport, Alpha Trains and Smart City Infrastructure Fund.

Prior to joining APG in 2016, Carlo worked at Patrizia, Marguerite Fund and Antin Infrastructure Partners. He holds a Master of Science in International Management (CEMS-MIM) from Bocconi University.

APG Asset Management

As the largest pension provider in the Netherlands APG looks after the pensions of 4.8 million participants. APG provides executive consultancy, asset management, pension administration, pension communication and employer services. We work for pension funds and employers in the sectors of education, government, construction, cleaning, housing associations, sheltered employment organizations, medical specialists, and architects. APG manages approximately €567 billion (December 2023) in pension assets. With approximately 3,000 employees we work from Heerlen, Amsterdam, Brussels, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Beijing.

APG has been an active infrastructure investor since 2004, with a portfolio of approximately €32 billion (December 2024) and managing more than 60 direct stakes in portfolio companies. APG’s investments include assets within energy and utilities, telecommunications, social and transport infrastructure.

Jennifer McGregor is a communications and engagement specialist who has worked in the UK energy industry for over 25 years. She began her career with Scottish Hydro Electric (now SSE), initially working on the deregulation of gas markets.

Having always enjoyed writing, Jennifer jumped at an opportunity to take charge of SSE’s staff magazine, and found her calling in communications. Her passion is engaging with consumers, communities, industry, politicians and investors as the UK works towards achieving a net zero electricity system.

Having led on stakeholder engagement for SSE’s networks business for several years, Jennifer moved to Ofgem in 2021. She currently leads on stakeholder engagement for Ofgem’s Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) team, working to attract new investor interest in OFTO Tender Rounds which will see as much as £10bn of offshore assets come to market in the next few years.

Ofgem

Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator.

Ofgem works to protect energy consumers, especially vulnerable people, by ensuring they are treated fairly and benefit from a cleaner, greener environment.

Ofgem is responsible for:

• working with government, industry and consumer groups to deliver a net-zero economy, at the lowest cost to consumers
• stamping out sharp and bad practice, ensuring fair treatment for all consumers, especially the vulnerable
enabling competition and innovation, which drives down prices and results in new products and services for consumers.

Business undergraduate by ESADE and University of Michigan and MBA by Columbia Business School
Balanced experience between Management Consulting (Boston Consulting Group), Investment Banking (JPMorgan and Mediobanca) and corporate experience (Naturgy Energy Group)
Since 2015 Head of M&A of Naturgy Energy Group and member of the Board in the major subsidiaries with co-investors to enhance the relationship with them and maximize value of Naturgy’ s stake
Experienced profile in executing acquisition and divestments through different private and market-based structures with strong technical knowledge regarding M&A and the different capital markets (ECM and DCM), private financing and derivatives products required both from the supplier and client perspective gained both in my banking and corporate background
Origination capabilities based on a strong network of financial and strategic investors build in 20+ years of experience
Experienced asset manager in portfolio companies with relevant board experiences and deciding and implementing the strategy to create value both with growth and profitability strategies

Naturgy Energy Group

Naturgy Energy Group S.A., is a Spanish multinational Utility company, which operates among other countries in Spain, USA, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Panama and Chile.
The corporation's main interests are: Power and Gas distribution, power generation (including renewables and CCGTs) and commercialisation of gas and electricity and the management of natural gas infrastructure and shipping transport.
Has approximately 10 million energy clients worldwide, around 6,700 employees, of which approximately 50% work within Spain

Isabel O’Brien is the Americas Reporter at Infrastructure Investor based in New York. Isabel joined Infrastructure Investor in 2021 after freelancing with outlets such as Freakonomics Radio and the Granite State News Collective. Her expertise of the global infrastructure market spans all sectors – from transportation, to energy, to data and digitisation. Isabel has two bachelor’s degrees: one in Politics and Government from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris), and another in Economics from Columbia University.

Itamar Orlandi is a Senior Advisory Manager at Pexapark, the leading provider of tools and data to buy, sell and manage renewable energy. He advises investors, IPPs and other market participants on developing new strategies, upgrading energy risk management capabilities and closing energy hedging transactions.
Itamar has over a dozen years experience in the energy transition sector, with the past 5 focused on building and managing lean asset managers dedicated to sustainable infrastructure. Previously, Itamar held investment, consulting and commodity market roles at Smartenergy Group, the Asian Development Bank and BloombergNEF.
Itamar is a CFA charterholder and holds an Executive MBA from IE Business School, a MSc Environmental Regulation from London School of Economics (with distinction), and a BA degree in Economics from the University of Haifa.

Pexapark AG

Pexapark is an award-winning market intelligence, software and advisory company, specialised in renewable energy. With more than 32,000 MW of renewable PPA transactions supported, Pexapark is the reference for buying, selling and managing renewable energy. Pexapark’s PPA reference prices increase transparency across 19 markets. Our advisory team and software suite enable leading companies to close successful PPA transactions, manage their market risk and monetise their renewable energy investments.

Pexapark was founded in 2017 with the purpose of accelerating the energy transition towardsnet zero by creating an efficient market for renewable energy. For more information, please visit www.pexapark.com or get in touch with us at hello@pexapark.com.

Anne-Louise Petersen is part of Infrastructure Investor’s editorial team and is based in London. She covers private infrastructure investments across EMEA with a particular focus on the energy transition. Anne-Louise has an MA in Financial Journalism from City, University of London and a five-year degree in Materials Science from University of Aarhus, Denmark.

Maria is CEO of Nephila’s Climate strategy, which provides risk transfer solutions aiming to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable economy. Maria has built her career at the intersection of financial and insurance markets and, with this experience, brings a passion for building the risk transfer market for the climate and sustainability industry. Maria joined Nephila in 2015 to work across the business’ catastrophe and climate strategies, with a focus on raising and retaining capital from global institutional investors, as well as other strategic projects for the Firm. After successfully leading capital raising efforts and identifying a strategy for expansion, she was asked to lead Nephila’s Climate strategy to broaden the mandate of the business beyond parametric weather products. She began her career in finance at Swiss Re Capital Markets, working in New York and London on structuring and trading catastrophe bond portfolios. Immediately prior to joining Nephila, she was at SCOR Investment Partners in Paris as a portfolio manager of insurance-linked investments. Maria has a BBA in International Business/Information Systems from The George Washington University. She serves as a Board member for the Kentucky YMCA Youth Association.

Nephila Capital

The Nephila group, founded in 1998 by Frank Majors and Greg Hagood, is founded in the US as a boutique asset manager that has been deploying investor capital into non-correlated exposures in the catastrophe and climate risk transfer markets for over 20 years. Nephila was the first to focus on the convergence of catastrophe reinsurance and weather risk transfer markets with capital markets. Today, we have an exceptional team of dedicated individuals with diverse talents and backgrounds. In November 2018, Markel Group Inc. (NYSE-MKL) a global specialty insurer and investment company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, acquired 100% of the equity of Nephila Holdings Ltd. Today, our robust platform includes: one of the largest catastrophe insurance-linked securities managers in the world, the first climate risk strategy, the first Lloyd’s syndicate to be wholly backed by ILS capital, and capacity rights to the only direct insurance origination entity Velocity Risk Underwriters. Nephila Advisors (UK) Limited is a UK based subsidiary services providing investment advice and sourcing institutional investors for the group’s strategies.

Gerard Reid is a Co-founder and Partner at Alexa Capital. He is focused on assisting people and organizations in the energy and mobility areas who are struggling to understand and come to terms with the unpredictable and rapid change going on around them. Gerard has developed a strong reputation as a leading global expert in the energy and mobility space. He is an avid blogger and author with a following of more than 150k across several platforms and he is the co-host to “REDEFINING ENERGY” podcast. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum Future Energy Council.

Massimo is a partner at Zouk Capital, a London based private equity firm focussing in renewable energy, clean infrastructure and the energy transition.
At Zouk, Massimo has been involved in transactions in the solar photovoltaic, waste to energy, storage and EV charging infrastructure sectors. In particular Massimo led Zouk investments in ZSOL Italian FIT PV project portfolio; in the JV with Solar Ventures, a developer platform of ground-mounted subsidy-free PV projects; in Green Hedge, a UK developer of utility-scale battery storage projects; in BE Power, the largest independent EV charge point operator in Italy, recently sold to ENI; in Liberty Charge, a joint venture with Liberty Global focussing on residential EV charging infrastructure in the UK and in Zest, a UK charge point operator focussing on destination charging. Massimo also co-lead the investment in InstaVolt, one of the largest charge point operators in the UK, recently sold to EQT.
Previously, Massimo worked at Citi in the Infrastructure and Energy finance team, whereby he advised on the financing of a number of multi-billion infrastructure projects in the oil and gas, power and transportation sectors in EMEA. He also worked at Bain & Company, whereby he advised clients primarily in the utility, automotive, luxury goods and consumer goods sectors. Prior to that Massimo was an officer in the Engineer corps of the Italian Army.
Massimo holds a MS in engineering from Politecnico of Milan and an MBA from Columbia Business School of NY.

Zouk Capital

Zouk Capital is a private markets manager focused on sustainability investing across two strategies, Sustainable Infrastructure and Climate Technology.

Our Infrastructure track focuses on investing in, building, and scaling platforms and companies in various subsectors of Sustainable Infrastructure. With decarbonisation and energy transition at the core of the strategy since its inception in 2008, the strategy is focused on growth looking to invest in what is coming next in Sustainable Infrastructure. We do this via entering nascent markets ahead of others, identifying untapped market niches in more mature markets, and / or investing earlier in the value chain of more established sub sectors. Focus areas have included electric vehicle charging infrastructure, waste-to-energy, energy efficiency, and distributed small-scale energy, primarily in Europe and the UK.

The firm is based in London and currently has c. €800 million in AUM

Katya is an experienced investment professional who has been successfully originating, leading and managing equity investments across various infrastructure sectors for over 19 years. She is currently a Portfolio Manager at Aware Super, the third largest superannuation fund in Australia. Based in London, she is helping develop and grow Aware Super’s infrastructure investment platform in the UK and Europe. Prior to joining Aware Super, she served as an Investment Director at one of the UK’s Local Government Pension Schemes, LPPI, overseeing its £3.0 billion portfolio of infrastructure fund, co-investments and direct investments. She was responsible for the origination, execution and management of the infrastructure portfolio and is tasked with leading deal teams through all stages of the investment process.

Prior to joining LPPI, Katya spent over 10 years working for Balfour Beatty Investments, the international infrastructure development and investment company. She has also worked at Bank of America Investment Bank in London and a boutique infrastructure advisory firm in the US.

Aware Super

Aware Super is one of Australia’s top-performing and largest industry super funds with a core objective of delivering the strongest risk-adjusted returns for the 1.1 million members of our Fund. Our Australian and London-based investment teams currently manage A$160 billion AUM on behalf of our members with a projected growth target of A$250 billion AUM.

As one of the top 50 institutional investors globally, we typically take an active management approach across alternative assets, including infrastructure, real estate and private equity, and additionally allocate to liquid markets.

Returns for our A$17.5 billion infrastructure portfolio are driven by a globally-diversified program which captures global trends in demography, sustainability and technology. It also has an execution focus on direct investments and ongoing active asset management.

Salvatore is Global Head of Renewables, Infrastructure & Transition for DNB’s investment banking division. He joined DNB in 2010 and has more than 25 years of Investment Banking experience within the renewables and infrastructure sectors. Salvatore leads a global team of ca 30 professionals covering the sector from the investment banking offices in London, NY, Oslo, Singapore and Stockholm.

DNB Bank – Global Operations in Renewables, Infrastructure, and Sustainability

DNB Bank is Norway’s largest financial institution and a leading global provider of financial services in the renewable energy, infrastructure, and sustainability sectors. With a strong international presence, DNB serves corporate and institutional clients across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, offering expertise in investment banking, capital markets, and advisory services.
As a key financial partner in the energy transition, DNB supports clients in developing sustainable solutions across wind, solar, hydropower, and emerging technologies such as battery storage and hydrogen. The bank plays a critical role in financing large-scale infrastructure projects, enabling the shift towards a low-carbon economy.
DNB integrates sustainability at the core of its strategy, aligning with global climate targets and ESG principles to drive responsible investments. With deep industry knowledge and innovative financing solutions, DNB is committed to accelerating the transition to a sustainable future.

Matt Saverin serves as Director of Real Return for UTIMCO, where he is responsible for real asset investments across real estate, natural resources, and infrastructure on a global basis. Matt also serves as the Program Manager and Head of External Partnerships for UTIMCO Scholars, a program focused on providing access, education, and opportunity across the investment management industry for Pell Grant eligible and/or first-generation college students across the UT and A＆M systems. Prior to joining UTIMCO, he was an early employee at a private Family Office where he invested across real estate,  infrastructure, and private equity. Matt began his career at Goldman Sachs as an energy research analyst.  He received an MBA and Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Real Estate from the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado Boulder.

UTIMCO

Created in March 1996, The University of Texas/Texas A＆M Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) is the first external investment corporation formed by a public university system and oversees investments for The University of Texas (UT) and Texas A＆M (A＆M) systems. UTIMCO manages the largest public endowment fund in the nation. UTIMCO's mission is to generate superior long-term investment returns to support the UT and A＆M systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for the people of Texas and beyond. UTIMCO's vision is to strive to be the world's leading endowment fund, making a lasting positive impact on the future of Texas and beyond. The UT and A＆M systems are amongst the largest employers in the State of Texas, jointly comprised of over 350,000 students, 80,000 health care professionals, and 46,000 faculty.

Reza co-founded EVN in 2017 and has been the CEO since formation. Reza has 25 years’ experience in managing public & private technology companies in the semiconductor and solar photovoltaic industry. Reza has a global industry, financial and political network.

The EV Network

Founded in 2017, The EV Network (EVN) is a leading independent EV charging infrastructure development & investment company. EVN’s mission is to address the challenges faced by both charge point operators (CPOs) and landlords in rolling out a network of rapid and ultra-fast EV charging stations in the UK.
Over the past five years EVN has carefully selected and secured the very best sites in the UK, seizing first- mover advantage in what has become an increasingly competitive UK market.
• Our model is based on ‘Infrastructure as a service’ (IaaS). A turn-key EV charging site delivery solution. Consolidating multiple interfaces on behalf of the client and decreasing cost. EVN’s unique and simple model uses its investment and asset company to fully fund the entire capital costs of site development, allowing CPOs, Operators and Landlords the ability to introduce charging infrastructure to the UK consumer whilst managing their own capital
• We have raised £300m to develop and build a network of high-powered public chargers, and a further £100m to buy suitable freehold sites
• Our funding solution covers the entire CAPEX of the project including new grid connection and any retail operation
• With our funding model CPOs can increase their network without increasing their investment
• Landlords benefit from market-competitive long-term leases with a strong counterparty
Highly experienced management team
The founders and management team bring a unique combination of a strong and successful global track record in greenfield development in conjunction with financial investment expertise in green mobility, expertise on the EV industry, renewables and the wider energy infrastructure space.

Chris Shears is an Operating Director in I Squared Capital’s Energy Transition team. He brings 25+ years of clean energy infrastructure and platform growth expertise across a range of technologies and jurisdictions. Prior to joining ISQ, Chris was Chief Development Officer at Conrad Energy for 6 years, where he was responsible for developing a 2000MW pipeline of battery storage, solar, and dispatchable flexgen.

He previously spent 8 years in the U.S. as CDO at the wind IPP, Everpower Wind Holdings, where he delivered a number of large wind projects including the 150MW Twin Ridges project in Pennsylvania.

Chris is a clean energy pioneer having developed some of the earliest wind projects in Europe. He was the Chairman of the British Wind Energy Association in the early 2000’s where he oversaw coordination of the wind industries’ input to the UK government’s offshore wind programme.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management from Wye College, University of London.

I Squared Capital

I Squared Capital is an independent global infrastructure manager with over $38 billion in assets under management focused on investing in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Headquartered in Miami, the firm has more than 250 professionals across its offices in Singapore, London, Sao Paulo, New Delhi, Taipei, and Sydney. I Squared Capital has invested in a diverse portfolio of 82 companies with over 66,000 employees in 71 countries across the utilities, energy, digital infrastructure, transport, environmental infrastructure, and social infrastructure sectors providing essential services to millions of people around the world.

Arash leads QIC’s North American investment and origination activities in infrastructure equities, based in New York. During his 10 years with QIC, Arash has been involved in energy, digital, waste, water and transport transactions primarily across North America and Asia Pacific. Arash is a Director and Audit Committee Chair at CenTrio Energy, a Director and Investment Committee Chair at Renewa and Board Observer at Generate Capital. Arash has over 14 years of experience in investment management and financial advisory, primarily focused on the infrastructure sector. Prior to joining QIC, Arash worked in M&A advisory focusing on the Australasian infrastructure sector.

QIC

QIC is a leading long-term specialist manager in alternatives offering infrastructure, real estate, private capital, liquid strategies and multi-asset investments. It is one of the largest institutional investment managers in Australia, with A$79 billion (US$54 billion) in funds under management1. QIC has over 900 employees and serves more than 120 clients. Headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, QIC also has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Los Angeles, Cleveland, San Francisco, London and Copenhagen. As at 30 June 2020

Shane Swords, Managing Director, NextEnergy Capital and Global Head of Investor Relations has over 20 years experience in infrastructure and renewable energy, where he has closed numerous fundraisings, M&A deals and debt transactions globally. Shane joined NextEnergy Capital in 2019 to establish the Investor Relations team, and has been responsible for the fundraising in Fund 3, Fund 4 and Fund 5. Before, Shane worked at Lightsource BP where he structured and raised a £1 billion solar platform with Blackrock.

NextEnergy Group

NextEnergy Capital (“NEC”), which is part of the NextEnergy Group, was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in the international solar sector. Since its inception, it has been active in the development, construction and ownership of solar assets and currently has assets under management of c.$3.9bn across five investment vehicles. To date NEC has invested into over 400 solar plants for a capacity in excess of 3GW across its institutional funds, located in the US, UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, India, Chile and Greece. Through its sister company, WiseEnergy, it asset manages over 1.6GW of solar globally.

Henrik Tordrup, Managing Partner of Glentra, has more than 16 years of energy transition experience and is considered to be one of the pioneers investing into, and developing offshore wind in Europe and in the U.S. Henrik’s extensive knowledge across the energy industry includes successful transactions across gas-fired power plants, storage and transmission, as well as distribution networks and geothermal, wind (onshore and offshore) and solar facilities combined with a focus on different power storage solutions and PtX. Prior to co-founding Glentra in 2022, Henrik was a Partner at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). Henrik was part of CIP since the inception in 2013, and until 2022 during which time he executed their first investment, led the firm’s entry into North America and was responsible for global investments within their flagship fund series. Henrik has also held roles at A.P. Møller - Maersk and DONG Energy (today Ørsted).

Glentra Capital

Glentra Capital was founded in 2022 by senior executives from the renewable energy and fund management industries with the vision to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns while accelerating the global energy transition for a clean and sustainable future. Glentra will contribute to this vision by investing in and growing exceptional companies that deliver the energy infrastructure of tomorrow via investments in development platforms ranging from offshore wind to solar and sustainable fuels and in their supply chain companies as well as in energy optimisation and integration businesses. The mix of industry and investment experience among Glentra’s partners and team of employees secures a unique platform for growth and value creation for portfolio companies and investors. Glentra has offices in Copenhagen and London. Visit the website for more information: www.glentra.com.

Irina has 25 years of international investment and asset management experience for institutional and retail investors across public and private asset classes. She joined the Portfolio Management Team at B Capital Partners in 2021 working both, on new transactions as well as in asset management. ESG risk / impact assessment process development as well as portfolio valuation are among her focus areas. Prior to that, Irina was part of the investment management team at Energy Infrastructure Partners in Zurich.

Irina holds a Master of Science in Engineering Economic Systems and Operations Research from Stanford University as well as a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rome.

B Capital partners

B Capital Partners AG is a partner-owned investment house, established in 2003 and Zurich-based. We exclusively focus on core sustainable infrastructure. Since 2010, we have invested and advised capital in excess of EUR 2.6bn across Europe. Our goal is to select superior infrastructure assets for our clients, while adhering to the highest corporate ethic as well as to state-of-the-art ESG standards. We are a signatory to UN PRI as well as to WEPs (Women Empowerment Principles) and a member of GRESB.

Albena is an Executive Director at the Infrastructure Investment Team of IFM Investors. At IFM, Albena is responsible for the sourcing, execution and management of infrastructure investments across Europe, as well as the development of key industrial relationships. Albena is actively involved in the Energy Transition initiatives of IFM, including the recent launch of the NetZero Infrastructure Fund (NZIF) and developing sector coverage strategies for then funds investment pillars including renewables, sustainable fuels and CCUS. So far Albena has been involved in the acquisitions of Naturgy and SQ Renewables, as well as the Boards of Anglian Water and Veolia Poland.

Before joining IFM, Albena led the M&A Advisory team for Energy at ABN AMRO Bank, covering the Energy, Maritime, Commodities and Chemicals value chains.

Prior to that, Albena was a Managing Director at Advent International, one of the largest global private equity funds, and Senior Investment Manager with ABN AMRO Capital, focusing on investments in Telecommunication, Media and Technologies.

IFM Investors

Owned by pension funds. Inspired by their members. We’re an asset manager driven to make a positive difference. Our purpose is to invest, protect and grow the long-term retirement savings of working people. Established more than 25 years ago by a group of Australian pension funds, IFM Investors has €134 billion under management as at 31 December 2023. We prioritise the interests of 686 like-minded investors worldwide who aim to build a real and lasting impact by focusing on assets that combine excellent long-term risk/reward characteristics with broad economic, environmental and social benefits to the community. As a responsible long-term investor IFM actively engages with the companies in which we invest on issues we care about, with the aim of improving their net performance while minimising investment risk. Operating globally from offices in Melbourne, Sydney, London, Berlin, Zurich, Amsterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo and Milan, IFM manages investments across infrastructure, debt, listed equities and private equity assets. For more information, visit ifminvestors.com.

Louisa is a Founding Partner of Astrid Advisors, a leading independent advisor and placement agent specialising in infrastructure, the energy transition, and the path towards decarbonisation. Louisa has worked in capital raising and investment management for over two decades and prior to setting up Astrid Advisors, was co-Head of European Distribution for AMP Capital raising a series of fund vintages for their private infrastructure equity and debt platforms. Louisa began her career in hedge funds and spent many years fundraising across a range of strategies for Moore Capital and GLG Partners. In 2019, Louisa was named in the Infrastructure Investors’ inaugural Rainmaker Top 20 list. She has a Bachelor of Science (1st Class) in Psychology from University College London.

Michael, a pioneering co-founder of Pexapark in 2017, is dedicated to advancing transparency and accelerating the energy transition.

With a career spanning over two decades in the energy sector, Michael's profound expertise encompasses trading, origination, and the strategic management of energy portfolios. He has been instrumental in structuring and negotiating PPAs for renewable projects, contributing to over 3,000 MW across
Europe, while adeptly managing long-term pricing risks.

During his tenure at Axpo Trading, Michael served on the Management Board, where he played a crucial role in pioneering the companyʼs PPA business, contributing to its strategic expansion in the renewable energy market. His experience also extends to consulting the banking and private equity sectors with McKinsey & Company.
Michael holds a Master of Science in Engineering from the renowned Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.

Pexapark AG

Pexapark is an award-winning market intelligence, software and advisory company, specialised in renewable energy. With more than 32,000 MW of renewable PPA transactions supported, Pexapark is the reference for buying, selling and managing renewable energy. Pexapark’s PPA reference prices increase transparency across 19 markets. Our advisory team and software suite enable leading companies to close successful PPA transactions, manage their market risk and monetise their renewable energy investments.

Pexapark was founded in 2017 with the purpose of accelerating the energy transition towardsnet zero by creating an efficient market for renewable energy. For more information, please visit www.pexapark.com or get in touch with us at hello@pexapark.com.