Solarplaza Summit | France

Former lawyer specialized in project financing, Alexia is now a renowned Futures Facilitator. Combining futures literacy, mindset coaching, and facilitation, she dedicates herself to supporting visionary decision-makers eager to develop a resilient and adaptable mindset capable of facing tomorrow's challenges. She creates collective intelligence spaces - expert panels and confidential mastermind groups - where impact, engagement, and integrity are at the heart of discussions. She also shares her knowledge at ESSEC (iMagination Center and Ignite your Creativity courses) and at the Integrity Center.

With a solid reputation in asset and project finance transactions acting for major Banks and Financial institutions, Sylvie assists many Financial Advisers and internationally based companies in organizing the most efficient debt structuring for various types of projects. She is recognized in the setting up of complex, innovative asset and project finance deals. Over her long experience, she has acted for various actors on both domestic and cross-border transactions as well as in the structuring of off-balance sheet transactions in relation to the leasing of assets and financing various investments, especially in the energy and transportation sectors. In 2017, she created La Plateforme Verte, a do-tank aimed at facilitating the dialogue between developers, funders and regulation actors in order to encourage the energy transition with capital and loans.

After graduating from ESSCA business school, Pierre Guerrier began his career in the sale of technical solutions for the building sector. He went on to become Marketing Manager, National Sales Director and General Manager, before moving into the emerging PV sector in 2009. He joined Sun’R as Head of Development, an innovative IPP pioneering agrivoltaics, and later became Director of Development at Sonnedix. Pierre then served as Director General at SOLVEO Énergies. He is since 2025 Business Development Director France at Amarenco. Pierre is also a board member of Enerplan (the French solar syndicate) and convenor of La Plateforme Verte work group dedicated to agrivoltaics.

Shirley Chojnacki is a Senior Investment Director and Head of the Energy sector within BRIDGE, the infrastructure debt platform at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management. She plays a key role in financing energy transition projects, particularly in solar, wind, biomass, and biogas. Strongly committed to ESG integration, she has contributed to initiatives such as the Avoided Emissions Framework (AEP), which aims to harmonize the evaluation of climate solutions’ impact. A graduate of the London School of Economics, Shirley is recognized for her expertise in structuring sustainable finance and her commitment to a low-carbon economy

Jessica Nguyen has been with ENGIE for 16 years, where she has held a variety of roles in project management, gas portfolio management, financial hedging and energy markets, as well as large-scale transformation projects working closely with executive teams. She is currently Green Power Originator & Structurer within ENGIE Supply & Energy Management, based in Paris. In this role, she develops the renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) market in France, working directly with renewable energy producers and collaborating with clients to structure solutions that integrate renewable energy into their supply portfolios.

Nicolas Giuliano is VP Business Development & Public Affairs for RES & BESS Europe at ENGIE, where he has spent the last 10 years years driving utility-scale renewable and energy storage projects. He also holds board roles within the Syndicat des Energie Renouvelables and the Energy Storage Europe Association, contributing to the development of regulatory and market frameworks for energy production and flexibility in Europe.