European Power Investment Summit 2025

Emmanuel Mtika

Global Head of Power Generation

Zurich Resilience Solutions

Berit Azeri

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

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

Rishab Shrestha

Principal Analyst, Europe Power

Wood Mackenzie

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

Investment Director

Thrive Renewables

Alex DeSouza

General Counsel, EMEA & Global Head of Transactions

Lightsource bp

Eliana Mayall

Senior Regulation Manage

SSE Renewables

André Estermann

European TSO Market Coupling Chair

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

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

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.

Lisa McDermott

Managing Director, Project Finance

ABN AMRO Bank N.V

Lisa has over 25 years’ experience in structured finance and over a decade of experience within renewable energy. Since 2013, has been part of the Project Finance team of ABN AMRO, where she heads the bank’s renewable and energy transition project financing activities. During that time Lisa has spearheaded ABN AMRO’s growth in the wind, solar, geothermal and merchant renewables sectors in Europe and is actively engaged in the development and financing of emerging technologies to support the energy transition such as energy storage pathways, floating wind, green hydrogen, PtX and advanced biofuels. Lisa is also an experienced non-executive director/advisory board member for PE and infra-backed energy transition-focussed businesses Lisa started her career as a lawyer before going on to hold several senior origination, structuring and management roles within the financial industry. She holds a degree in Common and Civil Law with French from Queen’s University, Belfast and Sciences Politiques, Bordeaux and a postgraduate diploma in law from the Nottingham Trent University. Lisa is listed in the Tamarindo ''Energy Transition Power List'' which profiles the top 100 professionals leading the growth of renewable energy globally and also features amongst the 100 most influential women working globally in the wind industry in the Women’s Power List published by A Word About Wind.

Lizzie Blaxland

Head of Future Market Design

NESO

Cristian Carraretto

Head of Energy Transition

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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

Oliver McHugh

Senior EV Charging Research Analyst

Wood Mackenzie

Frederik Murillo‑Lohmann

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

European Energy

Ugo Iromantu

Director

Standard Chartered

Rosalind Smith-Maxwell

Senior Director

Quinbrook

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.

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

Founder & CEO

Megawatt X

Hilkka Komulainen

Global Head of Sustainability and Impact

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

Raphael van Veen

Director - Energy Sector Coverage - Renewables & Power

ING Group

Isabella Borshoff

Senior Strategy Manager

National Grid