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EVENT MANAGER
Guilherme Caneli
Director, Infrastructure
GRI Club
Guilherme
Guilherme Caneli
Director, InfrastructureGRI Club
Committee Members
GRI Global Hydrogen
Committee Members
Moderator
Andreas Eisfelder
Head de New Energy Business Latam
Siemens Energy Brasil
Special Guest
Jeffrey Beyer
Managing Director
Zest Associates
Agnes
M. da Costa
Head of the Regulatory Advisory Office
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Akhilesh
Srivastava
Ex - NHAI, Technology Leader, Infra Development Expert
Akhilesh Srivastava
Amar
Narula
Partner-Energy & Infrastructure
Trilegal
Amit
Jain
Senior Energy Specialist
The World Bank
Andre
Clark
General Manager
Siemens Energy Brasil
Andrés
García Novel
Energy Sector Lead - LAC
IFC
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
David
Benavent
Superintendente Neoenergia Comercializadora
Neoenergia
Eugenia
Grimalt
Transformation Owner
Distrocuyo
Fernando
Cubillos
Head Energy - Principal Investment Officer
IDB
Franck
Lebaron
Sr. VP - Business Development, Hydrogen Unit
Engie
Guilherme
Caixeta
Head, Infrastructure
GIC
Heloisa
Esteves
Diretora de Estudos de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis
EPE
José
María Zertuche
Managing Director, Infrastructure
BlackRock
Laura
Correa
Sustainability Director
Odinsa
Leisa
Souza
Head of Latin America
Climate Bonds Initiative
Luis
Viga
Head of Green Hydrogen Projects
Fortescue Metals - Brazil
Mauricio
Baez
Director of Business Development and M&A
Acciona Energía
Neha
Kumar
India Programme Manager
Climate Bonds Initiative
Pierre
Moussafir
Country Manager, Brazil
Total Eren
Tarun
Shankar
Sr. Infrastructure Investment Professional
IFC
Andreas Eisfelder
Head de New Energy Business LatamSiemens Energy Brasil
Brazil
Jeffrey Beyer
Managing DirectorZest Associates
UAE
Agnes M. da Costa
Head of the Regulatory Advisory OfficeMinistry of Mines and Energy
Brazil
Akhilesh Srivastava
Ex - NHAI, Technology Leader, Infra Development ExpertAkhilesh Srivastava
India
Akhilesh Srivastava is one of the most tech-savvy bureaucrat, who is globally known for his passion for innovative skills and Digital solutions. He is currently working as Chief General Manager (IT & Highway Operations) in NHAI.
He is the man behind the India’s most successful digital program – FASTag, the electronic toll collection system on national highways.
He has modernised the Indian highway sector in last 4 years. Introduced IOT devices and latest digital technologies in the project life cycle of highways. Completed geo-fencing the national highways and established state of art Command Control Centre.
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
General ManagerSiemens 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
Eugenia Grimalt
Transformation OwnerDistrocuyo
Argentina
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
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.
Laura Correa
Sustainability DirectorOdinsa
Colombia
Leisa Souza
Head of Latin AmericaClimate Bonds Initiative
Brazil
Luis Viga
Head of Green Hydrogen ProjectsFortescue Metals - Brazil
Brazil
Mauricio Baez
Director of Business Development and M&AAcciona Energía
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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Confirmed Participants
Agnes M. da Costa
Head of the Regulatory Advisory OfficeMinistry of Mines and Energy
Brazil
Akhilesh Srivastava
Ex - NHAI, Technology Leader, Infra Development ExpertAkhilesh Srivastava
India
Akhilesh Srivastava is one of the most tech-savvy bureaucrat, who is globally known for his passion for innovative skills and Digital solutions. He is currently working as Chief General Manager (IT & Highway Operations) in NHAI.
He is the man behind the India’s most successful digital program – FASTag, the electronic toll collection system on national highways.
He has modernised the Indian highway sector in last 4 years. Introduced IOT devices and latest digital technologies in the project life cycle of highways. Completed geo-fencing the national highways and established state of art Command Control Centre.
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
General ManagerSiemens 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.
Andreas Eisfelder
Head de New Energy Business LatamSiemens Energy Brasil
Brazil
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
Csilla Kohalmi-Monfils
Innovation DirectorEngie
France
25 years strategic, operational and managerial experience in both industry and consulting. Track record delivering results across borders and across industries in the areas of new business development, joint ventures & alliances, change management, post merger integration and strategy implementation. Fast adapter, successful at leveraging broad industry experience to formulate creative and innovative business strategies. Proven ability working with senior executives, government & non-government agencies, clients, contractors and staff.
Fluent in English, Spanish, French and Hungarian, conversant in German
Specialties: business development, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, project management, change management.
Danielle Valois
PartnerTrench Rossi Watanabe
Brazil
David Benavent
Superintendente Neoenergia ComercializadoraNeoenergia
Brazil
David Taff
CEOSiemens Participações Ltda.
Brazil
David Taff is the Senior Investment Manager of the Private Equity division of Siemens Financial Services, and CEO of the SFS Investment Company in Brazil. He is responsible for growing and managing a portfolio of private equity investments in the Americas on behalf of Siemens Financial Services. David started his career at Bear, Stearns & Co. as an investment analyst. In this role, he was ranked in the Institutional Investor annual selection of outstanding Latin American securities analysts. David was also the CFO of a Brazilian IPP (independent power producer). Prior to joining SIEMENS, David was the Director at GE responsible for structuring and underwriting investments in strategic transactions in Latin America.
Emilio Pellegrini Munita
Gerente GeneralD’E Capital
Chile
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