European Power Investment Summit 2025

Emmanuel Mtika

Global Head of Power Generation

Zurich Resilience Solutions

Berit Azeri

Senior Investment Manager

Invest in Denmark

Tom van Rijsewijk

Senior Managing Director

Macquarie Asset Management

Zlati Christov

Chief Investment Officer

Jera Nex bp

Zlati Christov is the Chief Investment Officer at JERA Nex bp. In his role, Zlati is responsible for investment and portfolio strategy, energy portfolio, M&A and partnerships. Previously, Zlati was Chief Investment Officer at JERA Nex, bringing 20 years’ experience in corporate finance, investment banking, M&A and private equity to JERA Nex’s leadership team. Zlati joined JERA Nex in September 2024 and was responsible for overseeing JERA Nex’ investment strategy for its growing asset portfolio across geographies and technologies as well as leading its M&A and partnerships execution team. Prior to joining JERA Nex, he was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley where he led the renewable energy and energy transition investment banking client coverage in EMEA. Over the course of his career Zlati has worked closely with many of the leading European and international utilities, renewable energy and clean technology companies, including advising JERA on the acquisition of Parkwind in 2023. Zlati has an MBA degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and BA degrees in Economics and Business Administration from the American University in Bulgaria.

Søren Juel Hansen

Director, Energy Storage

Nordic Solar A/S

Helge Barlen

VP, Head of Transaction Support EMEA Power

Wood Mackenzie

Helge Barlen currently serves as VP and Head of Transaction Support EMEA at Wood Mackenzie, a role initiated in March 2025, where responsibility includes leading the establishment of the Transaction Support Group to assist transaction and finance professionals. Prior experience includes a position as Senior Principal at AFRY Management Consulting from October 2019 to December 2024, focusing on market analysis and complex asset transactions. An independent consultancy practice was maintained from February 2008 to September 2019, providing management and innovation coaching. Earlier roles include Principal at Pöyry Management Consulting in the energy sector and Director of Business Development for China and Korea at Commerzbank AG, enhancing the bank's real estate presence in the Asia-Pacific region. Helge Barlen holds a Master of Public Economics from Kiel University and a Bachelor of Public Economics and Administration from Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry.

Lisa Woolhouse

Head of Energy Transition

SSEN Transmission

Lisa is Head of Energy Transition at SSEN-Transmission. She graduated from the LSE and went on to complete a PhD in energy economics. She has extensive experience of energy markets, regulation and network development, including cost benefit analysis, financial and economic evaluation, strategic market advice and policy development. Lisa has worked with regulators, developers, OFTOs and supported SSEN-T through a variety of network developments. Lisa is heading development of SSEN-T’s energy transition strategy

Chris Seiple

Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables

Wood Mackenzie

Chris is the Vice Chairman of Wood Mackenzie’s Power & Renewables group. He is responsible for ensuring thought leadership, advising on the strategic direction of the business, and senior stakeholder engagement and relationship management. Chris brings 30 years of global power industry experience to this role. His career has spanned strategy consulting work for power companies and banks at Cambridge Energy Research Associates (now part of IHS/S&P), debt and equity financing of power-related investments at GE Energy Financial Service and managing a portfolio of power plants owned by EFS. He also led the power organisation at Genscape, where he expanded its real-time power markets monitoring business into analytics and software service businesses through both organic growth and acquisitions. Chris came to Wood Mackenzie through its acquisition of Genscape and now works with our 250 researchers across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Rishab Shrestha

Principal Analyst, Europe Power

Wood Mackenzie

Rishab is a principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie, focusing on European power and renewables markets. He is currently involved in power dispatch modelling of key European markets. He regularly contributes insights for the European Power & Renewable service and helps clients navigate the energy transition. Rishab has spent the over five years looking into power and renewable market dynamics across the world. He led power modelling efforts and forecasting project economics of various generation technologies. He previously guided solar market research for across the globe for producing databases, reports and insights. Before joining Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, Rishab worked as a solar market analyst at GTM Research & MAKE Consulting. At MAKE, he helped the company kick start its solar research product offerings. He also has experience working with cleantech start-ups in the UK and India. He earned his master’s degree in the Sustainable Energy Futures program at Imperial College London, UK. He is based out of Aarhus, Denmark Office.

Peer Piske

Managing Director

Alantra Solar

Casey Dwyer

Managing Partner

Lattis

Annemarie Triller

Director Renewable Energy

BayernLB

Dan Eager

Research Director, Europe Power & Renewables

Wood Mackenzie

Dan is a specialist in power market investment and dispatch modelling, and a regular contributor to our European market insight reports. He has more than seven years of experience in consulting, covering policy, regulation, market modelling and provision of advisory services to public and private sector participants in the power sector. Dan joined Wood Mackenzie in 2018 from Energy Markets and Regulatory Consultants (EMRC) where he was a managing consultant. Earlier in his career he was senior modeller on a wholesale electricity least-cost dispatch model delivered to the Scottish Government. He has also provided modelling of correlated fuel commodity prices for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (now BEIS).

Monika Paplaczyk

Chief Investment Officer

Thrive Renewables

Alex Cipolla

Senior Research Analyst, Energy Storage

Wood Mackenzie

Alex is a senior analyst on the Wood Mackenzie global energy storage team, focused on the European storage markets. He joined Wood Mackenzie in 2025, bringing more than seven years of experience in the battery field. Earlier in his career, Alex gained experience working in battery startups and founded his own, focused on battery data analytics and modeling. He also served as program director at Volta Foundation, fostering networking and knowledge share in the battery industry.

Alex DeSouza

General Counsel, EMEA & Global Head of Transactions

Lightsource bp

Eliana Mayall

Senior Regulation Manager

SSE Renewables

André Estermann

European TSO Market Coupling Chair

50 Hertz Transmission GmbH

Dr. André Estermann is the European TSO Market Coupling Chair responsible for all Transmission System Operator (TSO) matters in Single Day-Ahead Coupling (SDAC) and Single Intra-Day Coupling (SIDC). He holds a PhD in Economics as well as an MBA. At the German TSO 50Hertz, he leads the international activities in System Operations with more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector.

Anna Darmani

Principal Analyst, Energy Storage EMEA

Wood Mackenzie

Anna is a principal analyst on our global energy storage team, focused on the European, Middle East and African storage markets. She joined Wood Mackenzie in 2021, bringing more than seven years of energy industry experience. Earlier in her career, Anna worked at EIT InnoEnergy, developing innovation and technology roadmaps and contributing to several EU research and advisory projects. She was one of the founding members of the European Battery Alliance.

Neil O'Donovan

President & COO

Blue Star Energy Capital

Savannah Altvater

Head of Distribution & Market Facilitation

Eurelectric

Peter Osbaldstone

Research Director, Europe Power

Wood Mackenzie

Peter is a research director with more than a decade’s experience in European power and renewables markets. Peter joined Wood Mackenzie in 2007 as a senior power markets analyst, before moving into a role as product manager for our European Gas & Power Service. He took up the role of research director in 2015. Before joining the business, Peter was at National Grid in the UK, leading the production of long-term power generation and energy demand analysis. He has also held market forecasting, transmission network planning and commercial roles in the UK gas industry.

Alexander Labrom

Head of Corporate Development

Field

Alex is Head of Corporate Development at Field where he oversees all financing and M&A activities. Prior to joining Field, Alex spent over a decade at Morgan Stanley in energy investment banking, where he advised energy, transition and infrastructure clients on a wide range of M&A and capital raising transactions. Alex holds an M.A. in Modern Languages (French & Russian) from Oxford University.

Adam Berman

Director of Policy and Advocacy

Energy UK

Adam joined Energy UK in March 2022. He leads the organisation’s policy and advocacy work which focusses on accelerating the UK’s journey to Net Zero by enabling a clean energy future. From wind turbines to heat pumps, and hydrogen to EVs, Energy UK’s advocacy programme spans the breadth of low carbon technology. Adam has a background in climate and energy policy in both the UK and EU. Prior to Energy UK, Adam was Policy Director at IETA, an organisation which advocates for robust carbon pricing. He has previous advised Governments through fora such as the UK Government’s Carbon Capture and Storage Council, the Climate Change Committee’s Electricity Design Expert Group, and the European Commission’s Expert Group on Climate Change, and is the trustee of Hope for the Future.

Cristian Carraretto

Head of Energy Transition

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Tim Welton

Head of Power & Renewables Research

Wood Mackenzie

Tim joined the Power and Renewables Research team in 2019, leading the team responsible for Wood Mackenzie’s wind, solar, energy storage and power market research offerings in EMEARC, as part of Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Transition Practice. Tim joined Wood Mackenzie in 2007 as an analyst in the LNG research team, Tim subsequently led the European Gas & Power research team and was responsible for the delivery of regional market analysis feeding into Wood Mackenzie’s suite of gas, power and energy market offerings. Tim has extensive experience in developing new research offerings including LNG corporate analysis and European gas & power markets. From 2016 to 2019, Tim worked in Wood Mackenzie’s consulting team as Regional Consulting Group Manager for EMEARC – with a focus on resourcing, recruitment and driving the development of the regional consulting practice in line with its commercial and strategic goals Prior to joining Woodmac, Tim spent over 4 years at National Grid in a variety of regulatory, commercial and project delivery roles across its gas and electricity transmission businesses. Tim has a first class degree in Economics from the University of Birmingham.

Rory Mccarthy

Vice President, Head of Power & Renewables Consulting EMEA

Wood Mackenzie

Rory leads Wood Mackenzie’s Power & Renewables Consulting team for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. With over 15 years’ experience as an analyst and consultant focused on clean power technologies, Rory is a recognised expert in power system flexibility and energy storage. His career includes roles at Ofgem, the UK energy regulator, and in commercial asset portfolio development at a growth-stage power technology company. Rory advises clients on growth strategy, transactions, commercial due diligence, and market entry. Recent projects include: Portfolio due diligence & valuation – Iberian wind, solar, storage, hydro assets valued at ~$700M Capital raise due diligence – for a BESS integrator’s global expansion including full entity valuation and market assessment. CCGT buy-side due diligence – on assets exceeding $2B in value for both utility and fund investors. Strategic acquisition due diligence – advising a major energy company on the purchase of a global IPP with >15 GW operational capacity and a significant pipeline including networks and renewables manufacturing. BESS revenue optimisation & valuation – customised model build-out to support commercial due diligence across global markets. Emerging market investment fund strategy development – assisting various funds understand and target low carbon opportunities to support Africa’s energy transition. Equity Traded Fund development and management – working with a leading ETF provider to build out a basket of power, renewables, storage and energy transition metals focused funds leading to AUM of ~$450M Corporate strategy development – for a major European renewable IPP, covering opportunity prioritisation, capability mapping, peer review, and recommendations subsequently adopted into core strategy. Rory holds an MSc in Environmental Technology & Energy Policy from Imperial College London and a BSc in Computation from the University of Manchester. He is based in Wood Mackenzie’s Edinburgh office.

Duncan Dale

Vice President, Origination UK & Ireland

Statkraft

Willem De Vries

Founder

Charged Islands

Xizhou Zhou

Executive Vice President, Head of Power and Renewables

Wood Mackenzie

Xizhou Zhou is the Global Head of Power and Renewables at Wood Mackenzie, responsible for the strategic vision, commercial growth, and operational excellence of the Power & Renewables business segment. His leadership is underpinned by two decades of deep industry knowledge, spanning electric power and clean energy markets, with expertise in research and forecasting, asset valuation, market design, policy analysis, and business strategy. By leveraging Wood Mackenzie’s comprehensive power and renewables capabilities, combined with interconnected data and research across the broader energy and natural resources sector, Xizhou and his team provide world-class, integrated solutions to help customers with strategic planning, capital allocation, power trading and energy management, as well as supply chain optimization and procurement. Before joining Wood Mackenzie in 2024, Xizhou was Vice President at S&P Global Commodity Insights, where he successfully led the integration of the power and renewables practices following the IHS Markit merger. Before the merger, he spearheaded the strategic expansion of IHS Markit's research and consulting presence in Asia, establishing new teams in Beijing, Brisbane, Delhi, Penang, Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo, driving significant growth of the firm’s gas, power, and renewables business in the region. Xizhou's career also includes positions at Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), Industrial Economics, Inc., and the World Resources Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Environmental Management, both from Yale University. He is based in Washington, D.C.

Oliver McHugh

Senior EV Charging Research Analyst

Wood Mackenzie

Oliver leads coverage of the EV charging infrastructure eco-system for global markets. He brings a rigorous approach to research with a focus on clean mobility, modelling and analytics. He is responsible for conducting analyses on the electric vehicle charging market globally, with a focus on North America. He supports research on the competitive market landscape and business models while maintaining relationships with EV charging infrastructure developers, aggregators, utilities, the public sector and other e-mobility stakeholders. Oliver is passionate about providing insights on the E-mobility market through critical assessment of business models and data scrutiny.

Frederik Murillo‑Lohmann

Head of Power Market Analysis, CCO Area – PPA & Energy Trading

European Energy

Ugo Iromantu

Director

Standard Chartered

Asif Rehmanwala

CEO

Ecotricity

Asif is a highly experienced C-Level Executive in the energy market. Asif has been CEO of Ecotricity for over 5 years. Asif has previously worked for Ofgem, UK’s energy regulator, where he spent 3 years. He then spent 10 years at Powergen/E.ON, the World’s largest investor-owned utility (at the time). Ecotricity has been in the UK market for 30 years, supplying 100% green electricity for its B2C and B2B customers and reinvests profits to build and generate renewable energy. Ecotricity is also expanding into the areas of Smart Grids - homes and businesses being hubs for energy. As well as being CEO of Ecotricity Asif was also appointed as CEO of Green Britain Group. The focus of the GBG is at the forefront of the global green industrial revolution. Forward-thinking, innovative, low-carbon – our businesses are pioneers in the new green economy. In addition to Ecotricity, companies in GBG include: Skydiamond, Ecotalk, Britwind, Devils Kitchen and Forest Green Rovers (the Worlds greenest football club where Asif is Vice-Chairman). The companies in the group are fighting the climate crisis by offering consumers and businesses another way of doing things in the industries that create the most atmospheric carbon – energy, transport and food.

Vicky O'Connor

Project Development Director

Skyborn Renewables

Vicky has worked in wind energy project development and advisory for over 14 years across approximately 17GW of offshore and 12GW of onshore projects. Skyborn Renewables Offshore Solutions is the flagship offshore wind platform of New York based infrastructure fund, Global Infrastructure Partners. At Skyborn Vicky is leading strategic market entry into two European markets through partnership. From a broad experience base, Vicky’s key strength is in understanding the technical and commercial aspects of risk and opportunity from multiple perspectives – acting as a bridge or translator between technical and commercial parties, to facilitate engagement, address challenges and develop strategy. Vicky holds a BSc (Hons) in Physics, BEng (Hons) in Sustainable Energy Engineering and Executive Diploma in Strategy and Innovation from Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.

Lucy Shaw

Founder and Managing Director

Gordon Management

Lucy Shaw has spent over a decade supporting governments and investors to deliver investments in energy and infrastructure projects. She is currently the Founder and Managing Director of Gordon Management, an investment advisory firm focused on energy and infrastructure projects in the US, Europe, and Africa. She is also a writer, focusing on the energy transition, and her work has been published in the Economist, the Financial Times, and Infrastructure Investor. Lucy previously worked as an infrastructure investor at Blackstone, Actis and the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank. She also worked in international development at the United Nations in Ethiopia and CrossBoundary in Kenya. She started her career in business at the Boston Consulting Group in Australia, following a subsurface engineering role at ExxonMobil. She studied a Master in Business Administration on a Fulbright scholarship at Harvard Business School, where she graduated as a Baker Scholar in the top 5% of the class. She also studied a Master in Public Administration majoring in International Development at Harvard Kennedy School, and holds a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Honours) from the University of Melbourne.

Gordon Hutcheson

Deputy Director - Low Carbon RAB

Ofgem

Adrien Pinsard

Founder & CEO

Telis Energy Group

“Adrien Pinsard: Telis Energy Group - founder and CEO Adrien Pinsard has a 19-year track record of renewable energy investment and development. Prior to founding Telis, Adrien was Interim CEO of the Macquarie Group European solar energy developer, Cero Generation Adrien was a partner at Platina Energy Partners where he deployed €1bn in renewables.”

Alexander Elliott

Associate, Investment Analysis & Strategy

Cubico Sustainable Investments

Carol Kort

Executive Director Project Finance

RaboBank

Laurent Segalen

Co-founder

North Atlantic Transmission One Link

Stefan Allwang

Head of European Marketing Group

Hithium

Hilkka Komulainen

Global Head of Sustainability and Impact

Quinbrook

Raphael van Veen

Director - Energy Sector Coverage - Renewables & Power

ING Bank

Anthony Belcher

Investment Strategy Manager

NESO

Isabella Borshoff

Senior Strategy Manager

National Grid