Sim van der Linde
Sim van der Linde is Project Director Renewable Energy at Royal DSM. He has been with the company since 1986 and had responsibilities for laboratory operations, commercial policies for natural gas, business intelligence, business development, secretary-general of a branch organization, purchasing improvements, diverse projects and sourcing of energy prior to assuming his present role.
Sim has worked on sustainable heat while his current focus is to significantly increase the use of renewable electricity and reduce the carbon footprint of DSM.
Andrea Grotzke
Andrea leads BayWa r.e.'s Energy Solutions unit, which focusses on tailor-made renewable energy solutions for corporates. Examples include off-site and on-site solar and wind generation, storage applications or e-mobility concepts, as well as operation and maintenance services. During her 16 years in the renewable energy business, Andrea's focus has been mainly on project finance and PPA structuring. Before joining BayWa r.e. in 2011 she held positions at Triodos Bank and at Solon Investments.
Frank Gordon
Frank has held a range of posts in central Government and the energy sector in the UK. He holds a Master’s degree in Climate Change and is currently Head of Policy at the REA as well as having a particular focus on energy storage, large scale power, and grid networks. Frank is a member of numerous energy storage Governmental panels and steering groups.
The REA represents renewable electricity, heat and transport, as well as recycling, Electric Vehicle companies and Energy Storage. Members encompass investors, generators, project developers, fuel and power suppliers, equipment producers and service providers. Members range in size from major multinationals to sole traders. There are around 550 corporate members of the REA, making it the largest renewable energy & clean tech trade body in the UK.
Laughlan Waterston
Laughlan Waterston is co-head of energy & natural resources finance at SMBC with responsibility for energy/natural resources financing in the EMEA region. Laughlan has 20 years experience in banking with more than 15 years experience of project and structured finance. He has experience on a wide variety of projects in the energy and infrastructure sector including conventional power, renewable energy, waste to energy, oil& gas, utilities, metals, mining and social infrastructure. His roles include MLA lending, LP investments, debt capital markets and financial advisory.
Domenico Tripodi
Domenico is an Investment Director and is responsible for sourcing and executing investments. Since Domenico joined AIP in 2017, he has assisted with the acquisition of Walney Extension offshore wind farm and has been responsible for the Blakliden and Faborberget onshore wind farms (“Blafa”) acquisition.
Prior to joining AIP, Domenico spent 2 years at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners as an investment manager in the transaction team where he played a key role in the investments into Veja Mate and Beatrice offshore wind farms. Before joining Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Domenico spent 3 years at DONG Energy Wind Power – initially as senior investment analyst in the investment analysis and valuation unit and hereafter as part of the management team of the EPC organizations responsible for constructing Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. Domenico started his career at Vestas, where he was part of the Graduate Programme before joining the EMEA Structured Finance team.
Domenico is a CFA chartholder and holds a M.Sc. in Finance and Strategic Management from Copenhagen Business School.
Domenico is on the Board of Directors for Walney Extension and Blafa wind farms.
Ian Berry
Ian Berry leads the Infrastructure equity business at Aviva Investors, the global asset management arm of Aviva plc.
Since joining Aviva Investors in 2009, Ian led the early-stage growth of the infrastructure team investing across both debt and equity. Ian now oversees the equity team providing a range of yield-driven investment solutions for clients through the acquisition and active managing of infrastructure assets. The team manages assets both in the UK and continental Europe, and has been particularly active in the low carbon infrastructure and social infrastructure sectors with specific experience in solar PV, wind, energy from waste, fibre/broadband networks, energy efficiency and PFI/PPP.
Ian also is the portfolio manager of a number of funds and segregated mandates, including the Aviva Investors Infrastructure Income Fund, focused on providing investors with long term cashflows from unleveraged infrastructure assets in the UK.
Ian has over 20 years’ experience in infrastructure finance as a fund manager, investor, debt provider and financial adviser, with previous roles at BlueCrest Capital, Ambac Assurance and Deutsche Bank.
Ian holds an MEng in Engineering, Economics and Management from St Peter’s College, Oxford.
Oliver Bardet
After 15 years in various trading roles, across various countries, Oliver joined Enel Green Power two years ago mainly as a support function in the PPA negotiation process, designing and pricing the revenue structure at Global Level. Most of the activity is concentrated in the USA, Mexico and Australia followed by South America and Europe.
Chris Webb
Andor Savelkouls
Andor Savelkouls is head of the energy sourcing group for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Air Products. He has responsibility for energy procurement and energy project development in this region.
Mr. Savelkouls joined Air Products in The Netherlands in 2000 as a participant in the company’s Career Development Program, for which he also relocated to the U.K. in 2001 as part of his final assignment. In 2002 he started as a project development engineer for the Generated Gases product supply team (PST). He then moved back to The Netherlands in 2004 to join the Energy & Materials organization as an energy analyst for the Corporate Energy group. From 2008-2013 he held a variety of positions as energy manager for countries within Europe before being appointed regional procurement manager for EMEA Procurement in 2014, responsible for managing the energy sourcing team and providing cost-effective energy supply schemes.
Mr. Savelkouls holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands.
