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GLOBAL
COMMITTEES
GRI Club's Global Committees set the professional standard for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing in order to identify new trends, capitalise on growth opportunities and aid deal flow discovery worldwide.
The GRI Hydrogen Committee is composed purely by members from the infrastructure and energy sector, spanning 80+ countries, across all asset classes, and is committed to support the hydrogen value chain globally through this Global Committee.
This global committee meets once every two months via video calling to share the current sentiment, investment appetite and debate where the market is going. The main goal is that the committee can inspire and foster best practices and projects, influence frameworks and bring to light crucial discussions involving any matters on production, storage, distribution, sustainability, investments and impacts of H2 beyond the sectors the members are in.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
Adrian Gras
Business Head | New Energy Argentina & Chile
Distrocuyo
http://www.distrocuyo.com/
+54-261-4910700
Guaymallén | Mendoza | Argentina
Argentine Company of Electric Power Transmission by Cuyo Trunk Distribution
Agnes M. da Costa
Director
ANEEL
http://www.aneel.gov.br/
+55 61 2192 8600
Brasilia | DF | Brazil
ANEEL, a special regime autarchy linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, was created to regulate the Brazilian electricity sector.
Akhilesh Srivastava
Member, NHEV Knowledge Group
Akhilesh Srivastava
Amar Narula
Partner-Energy & Infrastructure
Trilegal
http://www.trilegal.com/
+91 22 4079 1000
Mumbai | Maharashtra | India
Trilegal is one of the leading law firms in India, providing innovative and quality legal services across the spectrum of corporate law. With over 400 lawyers spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram and Mumbai, the Firm consistently advises many of the world’s leading corporations, financial institutions, and fund houses on their complex and first-to-market transactions. Trilegal has been recognised as the ‘Law Firm of the Decade’ at the RSG Grow India Awards.
Amit Jain
Senior Energy Specialist
The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
+91-11-41479301
New Delhi | Delhi | India
The World Bank Group (WBG) has 189 member countries, staff from over 170 countries, and more than 130 offices in the world.
Andre Clark
Senior Vice President for Latin America and Vice President Brazil
Siemens Energy Brasil
https://www.siemens-energy.com/global/en.html
+5531984731064
Jundiaí | SP | Brazil
With more than 100 years of experience in the country, the Siemens transforms its excellence in electrification, automation and digitization into solutions to break borders and bring ingenuity to Brazilians.
Andrés García Novel
Energy Sector Lead - LAC
IFC
http://www.ifc.org/
+52 55 3098-0130
Ciudad de México | CMX | Mexico
Although part of the Bank Group, IFC is a separate legal entity with separate Articles of Agreement, share capital, financial structure, management, and staff. Membership in IFC is open only to member countries of the World Bank.
Anurag Pandey
Team Lead - Hydrogen Economy
Reliance Industries Ltd
Asunción Borrás
Senior Vicepresident Business Development of BU Hydrogen
Engie
Danielle Valois
Partner
Trench Rossi Watanabe
http://www.trenchrossiewatanabe.com.br
+55 11 3048-6800
Sao Paulo | SP | Brazil
Baker McKenzie is recognized worldwide for its best-in-class client service, practices and for carrying out the most deals year-after-year through our unmatched global platform across 77 offices and 47 emerging and developed countries. Companies based in or with operations in Latin America, routinely rely on our leading cross-border and Latin America energy, mining & infrastructure attorneys for their most important transactional and disputes matters. As the largest law firm in Latin America with over 850 attorneys, we offer clients 60+ years of on-the-ground presence in the region, unique coverage in Latin America across our 15 offices and 7 countries*, and from major finance centers globally. *Through a cooperation agreement with Trench Rossi Watanabe, a Brazilian law firm
David Benavent
Superintendente Neoenergia Comercializadora
Neoenergia
http://www.neoenergia.com/
+55 21 3235-9800
Rio De Janeiro | RJ | Brazil
Neoenergia is the second largest company in the Brazilian electric sector in terms of number of consumers. It has assets in 18 states of the country and operates throughout the energy chain: generation, transmission, distribution and free energy market.
Fernando Cubillos
Head Energy - Principal Investment Officer
IDB
Franck Lebaron
Sr. VP - Business Development, Hydrogen Unit
Engie
https://www.engie.com/
+33 1 44 22 00 00
Paris La Defense | France
Our group is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. Our purpose is to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions, reconciling economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet. We rely on our key businesses (gas, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to our customers.
Guilherme Caixeta
Head, Infrastructure
GIC
http://www.gic.com.sg
+55 11 3514 1600
Sao Paulo | SP | Brazil
GIC is one of the world’s largest global investors, with well over US$100 billion of assets in more than 40 countries worldwide.
Heloisa Esteves
Diretora de Estudos de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis
EPE
http://www.epe.gov.br
+55 21 3512-3100
RIo de Janeiro | RJ | Brazil
The purpose of EPE is to provide services to MME in the area of studies and research aimed at subsidizing the planning of the energy sector, covering electric energy, oil and natural gas and their derivatives and biofuels.
Jean-Valery Patin
Co-Head of Energy, Resources & Infra for the Americas
BNP Paribas
http://www.bnpparibas.com
+1 212-841-3000
New York | NY | USA
Leading group in banking and financial services in Europe, is divided into three business areas: Asset Management, Corporate & Institutional Banking and Wealth Management.
José María Zertuche
Managing Director, Infrastructure
BlackRock
https://www.blackrock.com/mx/home
+52 55 5241 4300
Mexico City | CMX | Mexico
BlackRock is trusted to manage more money than any other investment firm. Our business is investing on behalf of our clients - from large institutions to parents and grandparents, teachers, nurses, doctors and people from all walks of life.
Kuljit Singh
Partner, Transaction Advisory Services
EY
https://www.ey.com/en_in
+ 91 22 61920000
Mumbai | India
EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.
Laura Correa
Sustainability Director
Odinsa
http://www.odinsa.com/es
+57 1 650 1919
Bogotá | Colombia
Odinsa, a Colombian company, a subsidiary of Grupo Argos, is an organization dedicated to the structuring, management and development of infrastructure projects for highway and airport concessions.
Leisa Souza
Head of Latin America
Natixis
Luis Viga
Country Manager - Diretor de Operações e Serviços
FMG Fortescue
Markus Lehmann
President
Navigatio Capital
https://www.navigatio360.net/
+1 587 727-1047
Strathmore | Alberta | Canada
Investments in New Energy & Agribusiness
Mauricio Baez
Gerente de Desarrollo de Negocios
Pátria Investimentos
https://www.patria.com/
+55 11 3039-9000
Sao Paulo | SP | Brazil
In business for over 29 years, Patria Investments is one of the largest alternative investments manager focused on LatAm assets, specially in Brazil. It is a pioneer in Private Equity in Brazil, gradually building up its portfolio with the creation of new businesses in Infrastructure, Real Estate, Credit, Agribusiness and PIPE. Since 2010, Patria established a partnership with Blackstone¹, the global leader in alternative investments, with its acquisition of an indirect 40% share of Patria. The companies association combines the expertise of two huge players in the alternative investment field, expanding the scope globally and the resources available to meet the needs of clients and investors and to create value through joint efforts in Brazil, LatAm and the rest of the world.
Pierre Moussafir
Country Manager, Brazil
Total Eren
http://eren-groupe.com/en/renewable-energy/our-approach/
+33 (0)1.40.69.05.00
Paris | France
Total Eren in Brazil is now strongly considering investment in wind and is focused on building an exclusive investment partnership with Petrobras dedicated to onshore wind & solar.
Tarun Shankar
Sr. Infrastructure Investment Professional
IFC
Mumbai | Maharashtra | India
IFC is a sister organization of the World Bank and member of the World Bank Group. It is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets.
Adrian Gras
Business Head | New Energy Argentina & ChileDistrocuyo
Argentina
Agnes M. da Costa
DirectorANEEL
Brazil
Akhilesh Srivastava
Member, NHEV Knowledge GroupAkhilesh Srivastava
India
Mr Akhilesh Srivastava is a globally known digital & innovative technology leader. He has successfully led many e-governance projects in India like FASTag (electronic toll collection system of India), e-Tendering platform, citizen-centric highway information Mobile Apps, Geo-Fencing of highways and AI-powered NHAI Data Lake.
Akhilesh Srivastava is currently leading the World Economic Forum’s initiative in India Road Safety 2.0, which is “Shaping the Future of Road Safety in India” with a tech-driven approach and creating a human-centric road ecosystem,
He is IT Advisor to the Government of Uttarakhand State and an External Senior Advisor to McKinsey.
Before this, he was Chief General Manager at NHAI, COO of IHMCL and CEO of NHAI InVIT.
Amar Narula
Partner-Energy & InfrastructureTrilegal
India
Amit Jain
Senior Energy SpecialistThe World Bank
India
Amit has a Ph.D. in solar, Fulbright Scholar at NREL, USA and Chevening Fellow at King’s College, London. He works with the World Bank and is leading a $2 billion renewable portfolio in India, Bangladesh and Maldives. It includes REWA and Charanka solar park, integrated by PM Shri Narendra Modi. The project has received the World Bank Group President Award for innovation and excellence and included in the Prime Minister's book 'A Book of Innovation: New Beginnings'.
His previous assignments include the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Clinton Foundation. Amit has authored two books on climate change policy & waste to energy and has several international peer-reviewed journal publications.
Andre Clark
Senior Vice President for Latin America and Vice President BrazilSiemens Energy Brasil
Brazil
André Clark began his career in the Pulp&Paper industry in 1995. He has 17 years of experience in Energy, Oil&Gas, Manufacturing, Logistics and Infrastructure areas. He was CEO of Acciona for Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. Now, Mr Clark is the President and CEO of Siemens Brazil, since November, 1st, 2017. He holds Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and MBA in Finance and Operations Management from New York University Stern School of Business.
Andrés García Novel
Energy Sector Lead - LACIFC
USA
Focused in origination, structuring and management of debt and equity investments since 2006, Andres is currently based in Mexico City, where he moved from Washington DC in November 2014 and from where he now leads IFC’s infrastructure business origination in Mexico and Central America. He has more than 12 years of emerging market investment experience, including 10 years in the energy sector with IFC globally. His responsibilities currently also include originating and structuring equity transactions comprising co- investment opportunities in Mexico for the US$1.2 billion China-Mexico Fund managed by IFC’s Asset Management Company. He received an MBA from the IESE Business School (Barcelona, Spain) in 2006.
Anurag Pandey
Team Lead - Hydrogen EconomyReliance Industries Ltd
India
Currently, I lead strategy and technology activities in Hydrogen Economy at RIL. Have close to two decades of S&T experience in various aspects of materials-and-process engineering, hydrogen-and-fuel cell technology, and alternate energy. For the last 9–10 years, I have been ardently working on clean energy solutions, particularly, fuel-cell technology and the hydrogen economy, and have explored various aspects of hydrogen economy for its techno-commercial viability. I enjoy analyzing technologies and their symbiotic relationship to draw important inferences to find a holistic and sustainable solution using sound first principles, an important aspect of the new energy world.
Asunción Borrás
Senior Vicepresident Business Development of BU HydrogenEngie
Chile
Danielle Valois
PartnerTrench Rossi Watanabe
Brazil
David Benavent
Superintendente Neoenergia ComercializadoraNeoenergia
Brazil
Fernando Cubillos
Head Energy - Principal Investment OfficerIDB
USA
Head of Energy at IDB Invest. Mr. Cubillos is a Chilean national, and an energy and climate finance expert, with 25 years of experience and deep knowledge in power and carbon markets. Prior to joining the IDB Invest, he was the founder and managing partner of Antuko, an energy advisory and development firm focused in risks solutions for power markets, first in Chile, and then in Mexico. In 2013, Antuko launched the first Price Stabilization Fund for renewable energy projects, a hedging structure to mitigate merchant and production volatility risk.
Mr. Cubillos holds an Industrial and Electric Engineering degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland, USA
Mr. Cubillos holds an Industrial and Electric Engineering degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland, USA
Franck Lebaron
Sr. VP - Business Development, Hydrogen UnitEngie
France
Guilherme Caixeta
Head, InfrastructureGIC
Brazil
Guilherme Caixeta is a Head of Infrastructure at GIC, responsible for coordinating infrastructure investments in Latin America. Previously, he worked at Pátria Infrastructure as an investment officer and as CEO / CFO of investment firms. Previously, he worked at Votorantim Novos Negócios and at Boston Consulting Group. He is a mechanical engineer graduated from ITA and has an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
Heloisa Esteves
Diretora de Estudos de Petróleo, Gás e BiocombustíveisEPE
Brazil
Jean-Valery Patin
Co-Head of Energy, Resources & Infra for the AmericasBNP Paribas
USA
Jean-Valery is Managing Director and Head of Power, Infrastructure & Project Finance Latin America, a team of 19 individuals in New York and Sao Paulo focused on debt/bid advisory, arranging and project bonds in the context of greenfield, brownfield, acquisition or refinancing of projects or holding companies / portfolio of projects. He holds a degree in finance & economics from HEC, France’s leading business school and a Master degree in management from the CEMS (Community of European Management Schools). He graduated in September 2007 with the academic honors from a part-time executive program in Finance at Columbia University, NY. Jean-Valery is fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French and German and has intermediate Italian level
José María Zertuche
Managing Director, InfrastructureBlackRock
Mexico
Mr. Zertuche has over 16 years of experience investing in Mexican real assets. He is former Vice-President of I2, the leading infrastructure investment manager in Mexico acquired by BlackRock in October, 2015. His prior experience is in investment banking, including M&A, debt and equity capital markets transactions, asset management, strategy and operations. Mr. Zertuche was a founder of Infraestructura Institucional ("I2") in 2010, and served as Chief Financial and Investment Officer since its inception in 2010. Prior to founding Infraestructura Institucional, Mr. Zertuche served as Chief Investment and Control Officer of Mexico Retail Properties ("MRP Group"), which he co-founded in October 2002.
Kuljit Singh
Partner, Transaction Advisory ServicesEY
India
Kuljit is a Partner & Head of EY India Infrastructure Investment Banking team
Kuljit joined Ernst & Young in 2001 and is based out of New Delhi Office in India.
Prior to joining EY, Kuljit had worked for around 7 years in SBI Capital Markets and was responsible for debt appraisals, debt and equity raises and advisory in infrastructure.
Educational Background includes B.Com (Honours), University of Delhi (1992) and Master Finance & Control, University of Delhi (1994). He attended two weeks training programme in Harvard University on International Privatisation Experience in Infrastructure Projects.
Laura Correa
Sustainability DirectorOdinsa
Colombia
Leisa Souza
Head of Latin AmericaNatixis
Brazil
Luis Viga
Country Manager - Diretor de Operações e ServiçosFMG Fortescue
Brazil
Markus Lehmann
PresidentNavigatio Capital
Canada
Mauricio Baez
Gerente de Desarrollo de NegociosPátria Investimentos
Colombia
Neha Kumar
India Programme ManagerClimate Bonds Initiative
India
Ms Neha Kumar works as the India Programme Manager for Climate Bonds Initiative and is based in Delhi. She drives policy, strategy and partner programmes in the country to scale up the green bonds market and green financial ecosystem. She has fifteen years of experience working on public policy and industry action in India on non financial risks, sustainability and responsible financing. In her stint at GIZ India (German Development Agency) prior to joining CBI, she steered projects that led to ESG disclosures regulation by the Indian market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India; and the development of financial sector led Responsible Financing Guidelines.
Pierre Moussafir
Country Manager, BrazilTotal Eren
Brazil
Graduated and specialized in market finance from Essec Business School in Paris, started to work on the fixed income structuring desk at Société General in London in 2007. Then moved to the energy sector by founding a first solar EPC company dedicated to distributed generation in France building around 30 small PV projects. In 2013 moved to Brazil to start a new solar venture that soon did partner with Eren. Pierre leads the activity for Total Eren in Brazil - 300MW of wind and solar plant under construction / operation.
Tarun Shankar
Sr. Infrastructure Investment ProfessionalIFC
India
Tarun is an infrastructure professional working with International Finance Corporation – The World Bank Group. He manages exposures for IFC across sectors. With an academic background in Economics and Management, he is a professional with experience spanning more than two decades. His previous employers have included IDBI, IL&FS, HSBC and IBRD (The World Bank Group).
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