Solarplaza Summit | Hungary

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Krisztina Vauver graduated from Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law in 2001 and continued her studies in an LL.M. program in 2008. As a freelancer attorney-at-law and legal representative of more investors on the field of renewable energy, had a 10-years of experience in assisting renewable energy law sector in all aspects. Krisztina participated in the first solar power project in Hungary, followed by many more. She has been providing legal assistance to domestic and foreign investors in the renewable energy market since early 2008.

Ernő Kiss, President of the Hungarian PV and Solar Collector Association, has done voluntary work for the past decade to promote and encourage the spread and social acceptance of PV and solar collectors in the Hungarian market. Today the Hungarian PV and Solar Collector Association has more than 300 member companies that are active in the Hungarian solar industry. As a business owner, Ernő has invested in solar energy for 20 years. He has organized and executed several domestic and cross-border renewable energy investments. Market share of the company is significant in household and commercial sized solar systems, while PV power plants are also being implemented is succession. Currently, a total of 70 MW capacity is under construction.

Evangelos Gazis is Aurora’s Market Lead for South Eastern Europe, covering Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. While at Aurora, Evangelos has gained extensive commercial due diligence experience in energy asset investments in the UK, Ireland and Australia. He managed Aurora’s multi-client study on hydrogen and has also advised major developers and infrastructure funds on the business case of battery, pumped-hydro and compressed-air storage technologies. Before joining Aurora in November 2017, Evangelos spent 4 years at Imperial College London as a Research Associate at the Centre for Environmental Policy and a consultant with Imperial Consultants. He also co-authored the book Energy innovation for the 21st century. Evangelos holds a PhD in Engineering (Energy Systems) and an MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Edinburgh, and an MEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Sándor Végh currently head of Structured Finance in Erste Bank Hungary Zrt. (EBH). Earlier he workedfor BayernLB Group (MKB Bank, Hungary) in different positions. Sándor has 20+ years experience in the banking sector, especially in the fields of project and structured finance as well as corporate finance. Sándor graduated in Finance at Corvinus University Budapest and holds a postgraduate degree in law (ELTE Budapest).

Istvan Pocs, Senior professional with more than 20 years of experience at various fields of management and 15+ year of experience in energy industry. During his career he managed energy projects between USD 50-500 million. Took leading part of developing Renewable Strategy of MOL Group, Hungarian Oil and Gas major, focusing to power generation projects, geothermal and biogas. From 2015 he founded leading Hungarian PV developer company, PANNON Green Power and managed over 35 PV projects in parallel across the country on an end-to-end basis. Member of various Hungarian think tanks, focusing to batteries, EVs and balancing market. He is recently joined to EDPR, strengthening wind and solar business development activities in CIS and Balkan region. Economist. Speaks on English, Russian, Hungarian.

Csaba Polgár is one of the founding partners of Pontes Budapest. He leads the energy, infrastructure and project finance and arbitration groups in the Budapest office. His main areas are renewable project developments, acquisitions, divestments and financings, with special emphasis on solar projects. He also has substantial experiences in loan restructurings, NPL acquisitions and insolvency matters. Before establishing Pontes Budapest, Csaba spent more than seven years with Allen & Overy’s Budapest and London Offices working on energy matters and cross border M&A deals

Tobias Knoblauch, Head of Global Account Management, has been shaping the European PV industry for 10 years. He graduated from the first specialized renewables course of studies in Germany and gained experience with a local EPC for residential and C&I projects. At meteocontrol, he started as a Sales Manager Technical Advisory Services and Solar Power Forecasts and continued as a Senior Sales Manager for Monitoring and Power Control Solutions. In his role as Head of Global Account Management, Tobias is responsible for the further development of professional international customer support and the establishment of scalable structures. With his profound knowledge and experience, he takes the success of meteocontrol partners to a new level.

Miloš Preisinger is Sales Manager at Stäubli, responsible for the Renewable Energy business in the Eastern-EU region. He has a background in electrical engineering and already has more than 20 years of working experience in this field. Miloš and his colleagues strengthen the leadership position of Stäubli's growing eBOS portfolio especially in Central and Southeast Europe. As the world's most installed PV connector, the Original MC4 continues to set new benchmarks in the industry thanks to Stäubli’s pursuit of excellence and innovation.

Studied at and graduated from Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Law in 2003, postgraduate studies at Eötvös Loránd University School of Law in tax law and at Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Business Administration (Corvinus) in economics. Joined the Budapest office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2004. Associate of Oppenheim since 2008 and a partner of the firm since 2015. Peter is the head of the firm’s Banking and Finance practice. Author of several publications in the banking and finance subject and frequent speaker at conferences.

Dr.Shen began the career in the renewable energy from 2010. Over the next eleven years, his roles varied from research scientist of solar cell to product manager for Utility Plant in Photovoltaic area. In 2010, Dr.Shen worked as the senior scientist for high efficiency solar cell including PERC, Bifacial and IBC. From 2015, Dr.Shen joined Huawei as the principal engineer of system solution and then took on the role as director of Product Management. In Oct 2022, Dr.Shen joined Longi as the senior product manager for European market.

Georg co-founded Photon Energy in 2008 and was the company’s CFO until 2011. Since then he has spearheaded the group’s expansion in Europe and overseas as CEO. Georg has extensive knowledge of the solar energy industry as well as in international finance. Before Photon Energy, Georg established a finance and strategy advisory boutique focused on the CEE region and previously held various positions in financial services in London, Zurich and Prague.

Andres is a Sales Expert for Utility-scale ESS projects at Sungrow responsible for Central, Eastern and Northern Europe markets and he is part of the #CleanPowerForAll Mission for nearly two years now. Thanks to his electrical engineering background and his experience in the PV industry for more than 6-years, he can fully understand the market requirements and technical applications of ESS Solutions.

Miklos is co-founder of SUNdroid, a company with strong focus on PV monitoring, DAS/SCADA and O&M. He graduated as an industrial automation and IT engineer has broad knowledge in various fields of PV industry and also invests and develops small scale PV projects (0,5-6MW) since 2016 in Hungary. Speaks German, English and Hungarian.

Nicola Kopij Zanin is a Project Manager for Solarplaza, part of Finance & Innovation team, contributing to the company's growth in markets worldwide. Prior to joining Solarplaza, he gained experience with EU development financing, having set up his own organisation. In the past, he held positions in different industries across Italy, Poland and the UAE. Nicola holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Business from LUISS University in Rome and a Master's degree in Finance & Investments from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.