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Mr. Clifford J.Aron,
Principal, GreenMax Capital Advisors
Cliff, one of the founders of GreenMax, is an energy finance expert who has had a diverse career as a business entrepreneur and energy and environmental sector specialist encompassing all aspects of management, marketing, project finance, policy and regulatory affairs.
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Cliff is an advisor to international financial institutions in the design, establishment and operation of energy sector finance and technical assistance programs and serves as advisor to commercial banks and investment funds on energy efficiency and renewable energy transactions. He has developed innovative energy efficiency related financial products for IFC, the World Bank, Erste, OTP, SEB Bank, the Dutch International Guarantees on Housing and assisted in closing transactions for the financing of ESCOs, wind farms, biomass and solar projects in more than 20 countries of Europe and Africa. Cliff has led the development of products throughout the CEE region for the financing of energy efficiency in residential blockhouses that have resulted in more than Euro 100 million in housing renovation investments.
Prior to his involvement in international energy projects, Cliff was a leader in restructuring of the power sector in New York. Earlier, he spent thirteen years leading BEI Energy Corp., a successful New York-based ESCo he founded in 1982. As one of the pioneers of the US energy services industry and the founding President of the New York Energy Efficiency Council, Cliff helped develop the statutory framework authorizing implementation of performance contracts by public facilities in New York State.
Cliff also was actively involved in gaining regulatory approval for the implementation of Demand Side Management programs and the competitive acquisition of DSM Resources by electric and gas utilities in New York State. In 1989, his firm delivered 3.5MW of reduced power consumption or “negawatts” to Con Edison. Cliff’s company also operated a variety of DSM programs for area utilities and government agencies on a contract basis and installed, financed and operated 22 small gas-fired co-generation units.
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Mr. Christian Grutte,
Managing Partner,
Leonardo Venablers S.L.
Christian Grütte is founding partner of Leonardo Venablers. Prior founding Leonardo Venablers he was a Principal Consultant at Emerging Energy Research and Senior Associate at Arkwright Management Consultants. During his professional experience within the renewable energy sector he has supported world-leading corporate investors in their international expansion towards wind and bioenergy markets.
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He published many scientific and expert papers from the fields of automatization and rationalization of industrial processes, energetic efficiency and renewable energy sources. He performs a distinguished function in the Serbian society for development and use of biofuels.
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Mr. Wojciech Gawin,
Carbon Capital Markets
Mr. Gawin is a director with Carbon Capital Markets Sales & Trading Dept., responsible for Polish carbon emissions trading market. He performed the first EUA spot transaction in Poland (July 2006), since when the company stays in the leading group of trading services providers in Poland. CCM is an international expert in carbon trading and in management of funds investing in greenhouse gas emission reduction and clean energy projects. The company is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
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Mr. Mihai Coman
Relationship Manager
UniCredit Leasing Corporation
Mihai Coman Graduated from the Bucharest National School of Political and Administrative Studies with a major in ‘Communication and Public Relations’. He is currently working as ‘Relationship Manager’ for UniCredit Leasing Corporation. Mr Coman has accrued nearly ten years of experience in the CEE marketplace, especially within Bucharest, where to date, he has developed and maintained the inter corporate-relations of several global firms, including British American Tobacco and Eurial Invest.
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Michele Appendino
Solar Ventures
Founder and President of Solar Ventures International, Michele Appendino graduated from the Polytechnic of Turin in Italy with an Electronics Engineering degree. He attended INSEAD business school (Fontainebleau, France) were he obtained an MBA. He worked with Andersen Consulting in Spain and with FMC in California (US). Michele was a Senior Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company, in the Milan office (92-96).
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During this period he was part of the media, retail and fashion practice. Michele also co-founded Net Partners Ventures in 1997. Net Partners Ventures was the first venture capital company in Europe focusing exclusively on internet companies (start-up/early stage). In 2005, he founded A.M.E. Ventures which is active in seed investments and in control investments in growth stage companies. It has 8 portfolio companies in Europe and India and is now very active in renewable energy, including a control stake in Solar Ventures International an independent solar energy power producer, active in Italy and the Mediterranean area. Solar Ventures has recently been included in the CNBC Top 50 Global Low Carbon Pioneers
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Dr. Andreas Wiese
Director
Lahmeyer International GmbH
Dr. Andreas Wiese is Director Business Development of the Energy Division of Lahmeyer International GmbH. Lahmeyer is the largest German Consultancy Engineering company and is a leader in renewable energy technical consultancy world wide. Dr. Wiese studied mechanical engineering and performed his thesis in wind and solar integration for conventional power plant systems.
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He joint Lahmeyer International in 1995 and took over the newly founded Renewable Energy Department in 2000 as Head of Department. Since 2006 he is responsible for the entire sales activities of the Energy Division, responsible for around 270 engineers with a turnover of more than 40 Mio Euro annually.
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Mr. Cosmin Stavaru
Senior Associate,
Bulboaca & Asociatii SCA.
Cosmin Stavaru is a Senior Associate at Bulboaca & Asociatii SCA.
Cosmin advised a broad range of clients such as major international energy companies, investments funds and banks in both private and public M&A transactions, energy & natural resources as well as corporate & commercial. His corporate expertise include structuring share/asset deals and renewable energy projects, advising on corporate restructuring matters, joint ventures, drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
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Mr Martin M. Mayr
Product Manager Real Estate and Renewable
UniCredit Global
Martin Markus is currently employed as 'Product Manager: Real Estate and Renewable' for Global leasing in Milan. He has further experience in the emerging market sectors, where he worked for the Federal Promotional Bank of Austria within the 'Innovation Protection Programme'. Previous to this Mr Markus worked as both a key account manager for Volksbank leasing and as legal assistant for Freshfields in Shanghai. Mr Marjus also speaks Chinese, Polish, Czech, English and has a Masters in Social and Economic studies from Vienna University of Economics and Business.
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Mr. David Levin
Partner,
Eversheds International
David is highly experienced in cross border M&A deals and the full range of corporate finance work, as well as advising financial institutions on flotations, takeovers and outsourcing arrangements.
He recently joined Eversheds from Chadbourne & Parke LLP in London, where he was the senior UK corporate and corporate finance lawyer. Prior to that, he was a partner at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP's London office.
At Eversheds he will help to expand the firm's City and international corporate practice. His work will be of particular value for US and European companies looking to invest overseas.
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Mr. Christian Oberleitner
Österreichische Energieagentur,
Austrian Energy Agency
Christian Oberleitner is expert in the field of energy management and sustainable energy systems. He is responsible within the Austrian Energy Agency for the energy partnership with Romania. In his previous positions he worked in the fields of waste management, quality- and environmental management and renewable energy technologies. Recently he is also contact for the Austrian Energy partnership with Bulgaria and he is working on different European research programs about biomass, mobility and energy efficiency.
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Dr. Eng. Radu Polizu
Vice president,
Romanian Geoxchange Society
In 1968 graduates the Polytechnic Institute – Bucharest (specialization Thermal Sciences) and in 1984 becomes Ph.D. with the work “Thermal gas dynamic processes”. Between 1973 and 1998 he has important realizations in different types of renewable energy sources: wind, solar, biomass.
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Since 1998 his main domain of activity is GSHP HVAC systems. He coordinated the most important applications with ground source realized in Romania: office buildings, banks, factories, shops, houses and villas, hotels, showrooms for car dealers.
He is co-author of an improvement of the geothermal systems with open loop and co-owner of the license OSIM no.119422 registered in Romania.
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Eng. Doina Cucueteanu
Executive Manager,
Romanian Geoxchange Society
In 1975 graduates the Polytechnic Institute – Bucharest (specialization Computers, Measurement & Control Equipment).
Between 1975 – 1990 she works in software design (CAD, CAM and software qality assurance ISO9000) including for Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant.
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Since 1988 is specialized in QA, TQM, QMS and since 2003 is quality and management third party auditor for HVAC systems with geothermal heat pumps.
In April 2007, her project “Romania – a clean country in a clean Europe” was awarded with “ENERGY GLOBE – The World Award for Sustainability” at the European Parliament in Bruxelles and with IGSHPA “Industry Leadership Award” at the 20th IGSHPA Conference.
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Dr Magdalena Momirlan
SPERIN, Society for Promotion of Renewable, Inexhaustible and New Energies
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Miss Hanna-Mari Ahonen
Senior Investment Manager
NEFCO
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