Solarplaza Summit | Poland

Dorota Derlicka is a partner in the Energy & Utilities team, specialising in energy law with a focus on renewable energy and nuclear projects. She advises both public and private clients across all stages of energy investments, including planning, permitting, construction, and operational phases. Her expertise covers a broad range of renewable technologies such as onshore wind, photovoltaic installations, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and biogas projects, as well as representation in regulatory proceedings before the Energy Regulatory Office. She has extensive experience advising on complex infrastructure projects in the energy and industrial sectors, combining energy, environmental, and construction law to support multidisciplinary developments. Dorota regularly assists international investors and foreign developers entering the Polish market, helping them adapt global business models to local regulatory frameworks and industry practice. She has also contributed to Poland’s nuclear energy programme, serving as in-house counsel during the early development phase of the country’s first nuclear power plant, advising on regulatory, contractual, and project management matters.

Sophie Horak specialises in digital solutions for asset and performance management in the renewable energy sector, with more than 8 years of experience working across international solar and storage markets. She advises IPPs, asset managers, and O&M providers on the use of cloud‑based software to support both technical operations and commercial asset management throughout the operational phase of photovoltaic and battery energy storage projects. Her work focuses on the interaction between technical performance, availability, and financial outcomes, including KPI‑driven asset management, revenue transparency, and the use of operational data to support commercial decision‑making. Sophie actively contributes to discussions on how digitalisation can support investment performance, risk management, and long‑term value creation in renewable energy portfolios, and is deeply committed to advancing professional asset management practices across the energy transition.

Piotr is leading Aurora power market activities in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia since August 2025. Prior to joining Aurora, Piotr spent almost five years at McKinsey & Company where he was advising clients on their sustainability, decarbonization and power strategies in Europe, USA and Middle East. He also worked as a Strategy Manager at Viessmann – German heat-pump manufacturer, where he was responsible for district heating go-to-market strategy in Europe and residential heat pump products strategy. Most recently, Piotr was Associate Director in Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe – Polish developer of the nuclear power plant – where he led the team responsible for designing revenue and off-take mechanisms as well as financing activities aimed at securing debt financing of the plant.

Miłosz Gliński is an executive director with Erste Bank Polska, based in Warsaw. He is responsible for innovative ESG financing solutions for both corporate clients and financial investors, with a particular focus on renewables and emerging energy technologies. Miłosz recently concentrated on expanding the scope of ESG financing products available in Poland, including coordinating and executing the first ESG-linked syndicated loan in the CEE region, as well as helping establish Santander as a leading Project Finance lender in Poland in the renewable space. In addition, he leads Santander Poland’s efforts in emerging energy technologies, including energy storage and green hydrogen.

Torben Voss is a professional in the energy sector, currently at suena, focused on energy transition. He has 16 years of experience as a strategy consultant and business developer in energy, working to advance the international energy transition and identify efficient leverage points. He designed solar business models, developed decarbonization approaches for private clients, created green energy services with German utilities, and built a sustainable energy project portfolio in Sub-Saharan Africa. More recently, he focused on energy efficiency strategies and market development, as well as solar leasing and green corporate PPAs. At Como Consult, he also led change management projects.

Sebastian Iwaniec is the Head of Origination at Hekla Energy, where he is responsible for the company’s strategic growth in offtake solutions, including PPA and cPPA structures, and trading solutions for battery energy storage (BESS). He also oversees biomethane contracting and the expansion of the origination department. Sebastian brings a wealth of experience from the financial and investment sectors, where he built his professional foundation until 2018. Since then, he has established himself as a key figure in the renewable energy market. Between 2018 and 2021, he held leadership roles at Respect Energy as Head of Sales Development and Head of Origination. From 2021 to 2025, his professional focus expanded internationally, managing energy projects and operations across Poland, the Western Balkans, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Today, he leverages this diverse cross-regional expertise to drive the green transition and energy market innovation at Hekla Energy.

Agnieszka Kulińska has focused on renewable energy sources since 2006. She has a broad portfolio of multinational clients specialising in the development and acquisition of BESS, wind farms, photovoltaic projects, and other renewable energy sources in Poland and the CEE region at large. Her encompasses advising on investment agreements, development agreements, joint ventures, and share and asset purchase agreements for various types of renewable energy enterprises, including due diligence of projects in relation to M&A transactions and finaning banks. Agnieszka also has extensive legal advisory experience in regard to construction contracts, particularly EPC contracts for projects involving renewable energy sources in Poland and the CEE region. With a deep understanding of regulatory matters, including grid connection and energy trading, Agnieszka also provides legal advice on offtake contracts, with a particular focus on corporate PPAs.

Florian Strunck is COO and Co-Founder of Amperecloud, the Berlin-based "Operating System for Renewables" he co-founded in 2019 alongside Frederik Merz and Erik Nitschke. The platform now monitors and manages around 10 GWp of renewable assets across Europe. As COO, Florian leads operations, customer delivery, and international expansion. Before founding Amperecloud, he held senior procurement and management roles at Zalando, adidas, and Axel Springer. He studied at Universität Greifswald and the Berlin School of Economics and Law.

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Liuba Andreeva is an energy market expert with more than 20 years of experience across power systems, electricity markets, and energy asset management. She currently serves as Market Solutions Manager at Capalo AI, bringing expertise in energy trading, portfolio management, and product development. Throughout her career, Liuba has worked in both Polish and international energy companies as a certified power trader, portfolio manager, and Head of Portfolio Management. Her experience spans electricity market operations, ancillary services, and cross-border energy systems. Liuba brings hands-on experience from electrical power plant operations and extensive collaboration with transmission system operators across five countries. She holds a Master’s degree in Engineering, specializing in automated systems for power plants, and combines deep technical expertise with a strong data-driven approach.

Success Oriented Strategic Leader with 20 years of experience in the international renewable energy sector. Katarzyna specializes in rapidly building and scaling businesses in new markets while taking full profit and loss responsibility. She successfully delivers complex projects valued at hundreds of millions of euros. She has extensive experience working in executive positions in an international environment at companies such as R. Power Renewables, OX2 and Vestas. This includes a two year contract in Portugal. Katarzyna has introduced leading European companies to new regions by building teams and project portfolios from the ground up. Her leadership focuses on creating long term shareholder value through strategic partnerships, technological innovation and sustainable growth. Katarzyna has been recognized many times in the industry. She won the titles of Manager of the Year 2024 (EuroPower & OzePower) and Energy of the Future 2024 (Energia Kobiet). She is currently studying for an Executive MBA at Kozminski University and holds a master's degree in management economics from the West Pomeranian Business School. Katarzyna also holds bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at the University of Southern Denmark and the West Pomeranian University of Technology.

Mariusz Adamczewski is the founder of PAD RES Group. An early initiator of renewable energy development in Poland, specializing in the expansion of wind and solar power plants, as well as other alternative energy sources, with a total capacity exceeding 1 GW. He actively participated in the implementation of the first commercial and largest wind farm projects in Poland. Graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw.

Corentin graduated in engineering at an engineering school in Paris (Ponts et Chaussées) and studied his master in sustainable energies at the Imperial College in London. Corentin has joined Clean Horizon in 2016 and is now partner, he is heading market analysis activities. As such, he acts as project manager on key market analysis projects as well as price forecasts efforts of the company. Additionally, Corentin is the commercial director of Clean Horizon.

Adrian has nearly 20 years of professional local and international experience in private equity, corporate finance and structured debt, specializing in renewable energy and infrastructure projects. He joined the Greenvolt Group (KKR portfolio company) in 2022 as Director of Project Finance and M&A at Greenvolt Power, the business unit responsible for large scale onshore wind, solar and storage projects. Between 2011 and 2022, he worked as Associate Director at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where during the last five years he led origination and execution efforts in Poland and the Baltic States for direct equity investments, as well as renewable energy investments across other countries of operations. Prior to EBRD (2007–2011), he worked at Espírito Santo Investment Bank, leading and executing M&A and structured finance transactions from the bank’s offices in Warsaw, London and Lisbon.

Mirosław Siwiński is a Partner at Nexia Advicer. Tax advisor and legal counsel with extensive experience in handling proceedings and providing tax opinions. He has over 20 years of professional experience. He specializes in the area of tax on goods and services, excise duty, income taxes and tax analysis. Mirosław also has experience in issues related to the civil and tax law and proceedings before tax authorities, administrative courts, as well as the EU Court of Justice. He also participated in many projects connected with the preparation of opinions and procedural documents in the field of administrative law, with particular emphasis on the issue of educational subsidies and road transport. He also has extensive trial experience in matters of social, civil and labor law. He is regularly honored as recommended Tax Adviser in the category Excise Tax. He advises in Polish and English.

Slawomir Patejuk is a Partner at Nexia Advicero. He has been gaining professional experience since 2007 – in 2007-2012, he worked in an international tax consulting company, where he was responsible, among others, for servicing German-speaking customers and Polish enterprises with their interests. Sławomir specializes in servicing entities operating on the commercial real estate market and enterprises from the energy sector – in particular operating in the renewable energy sector. During his professional practice, he took part in servicing the restructuring processes of companies (mergers, transformations and liquidations of companies, share trading, share exchange transactions, creation of holding structures using foreign entities and partnerships) and transactions related to purchase, sale and restructuring of financing of commercial real estate (including transactions made on the Polish market by foreign investment funds). He was also involved in numerous projects related to the tax settlement of companies (Due Diligence and Tax Review), ongoing tax consultancy in the field of corporate taxation for entities operating on the Polish market (VAT and income taxes), analysis of taxation of cross-border transactions, consultancy for foreign entities operating in Poland in the form of branches and agencies, settlements of taxpayers of goods and services tax (VAT Compliance), optimization in the scope of taxation of real estate tax. Sławomir also has experience in proceedings before tax authorities and administrative courts. He is the author of tax publications in the national and foreign press as well as a lecturer at tax trainings and workshops. He provides tax advice in Polish, German and English.

Pawel is the Managing Director and Head of Solar & Wind Poland at Uniper Renewables Poland Sp. z o.o. He joined Uniper Renewables Poland in November 2023, where he leads the company's growth in Poland with the ambition to contribute to Uniper's goal of achieving 80% zero-carbon generation by 2030. Pawel has a wealth of experience and a passion for renewable energy, having worked in the renewables and environment industry since 2004. His expertise includes Onshore/Offshore Wind, PV, Negotiation, Renewable Energy, and Project Finance. Pawel is known for his strong communication and social services skills. Pawel holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Szczecin (PL) and Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). In his free time, he enjoys road cycling.

Filip Sypko is a dynamic and results-driven manager with 13 years of professional experience. Throughout his career, he has successfully led commercial, technical, and business development teams, both as an entrepreneur and in managerial roles. He has been active in the solar industry for seven years, playing a key role in the development of a unique solar-as-a-service product and the development of industrial scale projects in 6 markets with a total capacity of over 2 GW for a pan-European solar developer Green Genius and successful establishment of utility-scale projects business line for Menlo Electric, fastest growing solar distributor in EMEA. An expert in utility-scale and C&I solar projects, Filip possesses a comprehensive understanding of the industry, spanning greenfield development, M&A, construction, supply chain, O&M, and offtake strategies. Currently, he leads the international O&M division at Nomad Electric, one of Europe’s largest renewable energy EPC and O&M providers. Filip holds a degree from the Faculty of Energy and Fuels at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, as well as an MBA from Koźmiński Executive Business School in Warsaw and Technische Universität Clausthal in Germany.

Dariusz Perkowski is responsible for development and management of BESS, identifying new business models and markets for BESS. He is also in charge of providing ancillary services from wind, PV and BESS assets. Dariusz has over 10 years of experience in the energy sector gained in large energy groups and advisory where he held various roles in different areas, including strategy, consulting, M&A and project management. Prior to joining Energix he held a C-level position in a company providing PV and BESS for the C&I sector. Energix is an IPP present in Israel, the USA, and Poland with a total portfolio of 1 GW of wind and PV and 300 MWh of BESS in operations and 9 GW of wind and PV and 8 GWh of BESS in the development stage.

As Country Lead Poland at Entrix, Aleksandra Radwańska leads the company’s strategic growth and development of its energy storage and flexibility solutions in the Polish market. With deep expertise in renewable energy, ancillary services, and flexibility trading, she drives commercial expansion and regulatory engagement to support the energy transition in Poland. In addition to her role at Entrix, Aleksandra serves as Vice President of the Polish Chamber of Energy Storage and Electromobility, where she contributes to shaping the future of energy storage markets and policy. She combines strong technical and business acumen built over years of experience across energy innovation, market design, and stakeholder collaboration.

Jakub is a seasoned business development and renewable energy investment professional with over seven years of experience in European power markets. As Country Director & Head of Origination at CLARITAS Investments, he leads the company’s operations in Poland, overseeing the development and growth of BESS & renewable energy project pipeline. At a pan-European level, he heads commercial offtake and route-to-market origination for a diversified portfolio of generation and storage assets across CEE markets.

Olga Sypuła - Engineer, project manager, and urban planner with degrees from the Koszalin University of Technology and the Warsaw University of Technology. Since 2007, she has built extensive experience in the energy sector, spending 14 years at WKN/Sevivon. Since January 2021, she has served as the Vice President & Regional Manager of Central Europe at European Energy. In addition to her professional work, she is deeply committed to knowledge sharing, regularly engaging in public speaking and actively participating in industry panel discussions. She is the originator and organizer of the renowned Polish-Danish Energy Roundtable, chairwoman of the onshore wind energy working group at the Polish Wind Energy Association, a member of the RES Council, and an active contributor to several working groups at the Lewiatan Confederation. She is also the originator and a member of the Programme Council of the Power2Future Foundation - an interdisciplinary platform integrating business, science, policy, and civil society, focused on energy security and the green transition.

Czarek is a finance professional with over 20 years of experience in Structured Finance, LBOs, M&A, and Corporate Finance Advisory. He gained his expertise at Bank Pekao S.A. and BRE Corporate Finance (mBank / Commerzbank Group), where he advised on some of the most complex transactions in Poland and across Europe. His core focus is the origination and financing of bankable long-term renewable energy projects, including PV and wind farms operating under CfD, PPA, and merchant models. Czarek oversees in-house management teams and a broader pool of analysts, supervises credit processes and key transaction documentation, and monitors projects throughout construction and operational phases. He has led and executed numerous project finance transactions in renewables and energy infrastructure, including wind and PV portfolios for leading developers, energy-from-waste facilities, and gas-fired power plants. His experience also spans LBO and acquisition finance, real estate, infrastructure, commodity, and corporate financing across Poland, CEE, and Western Europe. In the LBO space, he has worked on landmark transactions with top-tier private equity funds. Czarek is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics. Outside work, his interests include squash, politics, and literature.

Anna has 15 years of finance and banking experience, including extensive expertise in structured finance.Currently Anna is responsible for EBRD activity in Central Europe with focus on Power, Energy & Utilities business segment. Her responsibilities involve structuring and execution of EBRD's financings including project finance structures, public-private partnerships and privatisations.Anna joined EBRD in 2006, and since then she has led numerous financing in different sectors (including also natural resources, transport, property) with an gradually increasing specialisation in energy and infrastructure. These transactions included wide range of complex debt, equity as well as syndicated deals. Prior to joining EBRD, Anna worked at Barclays Capital in London. Before that she gained experience at AIB in Dublin, HVB in Munich and National Bank of Poland.Anna holds PhD in Economics from the Warsaw School of Economics, MA in Finance from the Warsaw School of Economics, CEMS Masters in International Management.

Aldevinas Burokas is an accomplished executive with 15 years experience in renewable energy, energy trading, and business development. Aldevinas began his energy career at Alpiq and subsequently held executive positions at Ignitis, Axton Commodities, and Green Genius, further enhancing his expertise in the energy sector. As a CEO of GoldenPeaks Trading Switzerland AG, Aldevinas currently leads the commercial optimization of one of the quickest growing solar and storage portfolios across European markets.

Shannon O'Connell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stora Energy. Shannon brings nearly two decades of renewable energy, engineering, and construction management experience. Before founding Stora , she served as a director at NextEra Energy, the largest renewables company in the US, as well as a country manager at R.Power Renewables, a leading renewable energy firm in Poland. She has founded and led multiple new ventures in the energy space in both Europe and the US. She is a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School.

Maciej Rebajn is Head of Asset Optimization at Respect Energy, responsible for all battery storage–related activities within the company. He coordinates the commercial strategy, market entry assessments, and asset optimisation for the BESS portfolio, working closely with technology partners, investors, and grid operators to maximise project returns and system performance. Previously, Maciej served as Head of Strategy Execution and Business Development at Qemetica, where he oversaw strategic initiatives, international expansion, and M&A for one of the largest industrial businesses in Central Europe. Before that, he spent nine years at Bain & Company in Europe, Australia, and Asia, advising energy, infrastructure, and private equity clients on mergers and acquisitions, growth strategies, and performance improvement. Maciej holds a Master’s degree in Finance and Accounting from the Warsaw School of Economics and is passionate about innovation in the energy transition.

Nicola Kopij Zanin, CFA is an Independent Consultant at Solarplaza. He covers the role of M&A Director at PST, a Polish-based IPP & developer. Nicola holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business from LUISS University in Rome, a Master's degree in Finance & Investments from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and has obtained CFA charter.