Daniel Pérez holds a degree in Law and Politics by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, with an Erasmus at Cambridge University. Afterwards he took an LL.M in European Law at the College of Europe in Bruges.He worked for more than 4 years at a law firm specialised in Spanish Energy Law and then joined Holaluz, the second independent supplier in Spain, as Chief Legal Officer & PPA Lead.Moreover, Daniel has participated in numerous national and European conferences on the electricity sector and he frequently publishes articles on energy regulation at several Spanish publications.Daniel is also member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish PV Union (UNEF) and of the Advisory Board of the Renewables Fundation (Fundación Renovables).

Originally from Brazil, Lorena Nieuwenhoven completed a double major degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2019. She then deep-dived into the area of renewables and sustainability, helping expand the penetration of solar energy in the Iberian markets through her work as a Project Manager for Solarplaza. Apart from her work in the Spanish and Portuguese markets, Lorena has also spearheaded topical conferences related to Green Hydrogen and Hybrid Renewables.

With previous experience in London, but currently based in Madrid, Alfredo Fernández Agras is a Founding Partner at Everwood Capital since its inception on 2015. He focuses on private equity and the construction, operation and sale of merchant solar power plants in Spain. Everwood Capital is a leading investment fund management firm with over €600 million of renewable assets under management. Alfredo has a background in Law and Business and is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of NH Hotel Group.

Yann Dumont (1982) is an Industrial Engineer from ICAM in Lille (France). In addition, he has studied senior management at various international universities such as Georgetown University in Washington DC. He has dedicated his professional career to renewable energy, working on numerous wind, solar, biomass and wave energy projects. At the beginning of his professional career, he worked as head of CSP projects at Hidrocantábrico-EDP. From here, he went to the Solar Department at POWEO (the first French private energy company) as Director, with a special focus on promoting projects. Later, he started various businesses through the consulting firms Enya Renovables and Esyan Renovables, of which he was founder and partner. He worked for four years in photovoltaic and wind projects at Abengoa, mainly in engineering and construction, but also in the study and development of concession models (IPP). During this stage, he held various positions: vice president of the Abengoa T & I subsidiary and director of Abengoa Wind Concessions at an international level, among others. Afterwards, he was CEO of Wind and Solar at Forestalia, where he participated in the creation of a development portfolio of more than 5GW. During this period, the first financial closure with PPA of a wind project in Spain stands out, leading to the end of the development and investment decision of more than 2 GW. Currently, he is CEO and founder of Reolum Renewable Research, a consulting firm specializing in the comprehensive development of renewable energy projects. The company is founded and led by an experienced team, with a long history and recognition in the sector, whose objective is to join the concepts of profitability and sustainability in order to contribute to the energy transition in Spain. Finally, he promoted with other companies in the sector the creation of the Spanish Energy Storage Association (ASEALEN), which he presides since 2020. 

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Luis Villar is Country Manager and Representative in Spain of Global Capital Finance, an independent international investment banking and financial services firm, providing innovative advice to public and private sector clients worldwide. During the last two decades Luis has worked in the energy sector with a strategic focus on the renewable energy sector. Luis is an expert in energy economics and finance, markets and regulation of the electricity sector. In recent years he has participated as an advisor in several of the most relevant M&A transactions in the Iberian market and in numerous international projects. Luis is an economist from the Autonomous University of Madrid and and holds an MBA from ESCP Europe.

Fernando is Country Head for Spain and together with his team is driving the expansion of the company within the Spanish market. He joined the business development team at Lightsource bp in early 2012 and was the Head of Acquisitions until November 2018, when he began focusing on building our operations in Spain. Prior to joining Lightsource bp, Fernando was a Partner and Country Manager for Spain at Sonnedix, and he has also held the role of Country Manager for Spain at AES Solar. Fernando holds a B.Sc. Management Sciences degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MBA from IESE Business School.

Industrial Engineer with more than 16 years of experience in the field of renewable energies, green investments, sustainability, and climate change; specialized in the advice, development and execution of projects and new opportunities, both general and strategic. Two Master’s Degrees, in the fields of Renewable Energy, Business and Finance. Great expert in advising on each of the achievements of goals and objectives in all phases of an investment or project; from origination, feasibility, design, promotion, construction and operation and maintenance (O&M), including asset management. At the same time, it accompanies the main players in the sector that seek to expand their portfolios and invest in renewable assets, as well as establish themselves in a new market or country. Specialist in offering tailor-made work and generating opportunities to achieve the goals and objectives of its clients.

Christina is a Senior Associate responsible for Aurora’s Iberian subscription product. She has over five years of experience working within the Energy industry, with a particular focus on Project Financing and Financial Modelling. Prior to joining Aurora, Christina worked at Bank Sabadell as Head of Energy Research within the Project Finance team, where she led the financing of many large scale projects, working with major banks, law firms and major energy companies, both in Iberia and internationally. Christina graduated from the University of Southampton with a BSc in Mathematics with Spanish (Hons), and holds further qualifications in Big Data and Financial Modelling.

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Mr Kim Keats is a Director at EKON (www.ekonsc.com). Kim started his career in economic consulting at London Economics in 1995 and joined the new London office of ICF International in 2000. Joined IPA Energy + Water Economics in 2007 developing and leading the transaction team based in London until the end of 2014 when he relocated full time to Madrid. Set up the market advisory team at K4K (www.k4kadvisory.com) and linked up EKON as Director for modelling. His primary focus on the preparation of market studies to support and inform financing, refinancing, IPOs and M&A of power, fuel and water desalination projects in Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Asia and the Americas covering both conventional and renewable generation technologies on behalf of major international project developers, financiers and fuel suppliers. Over the past 17 years, Kim has supported the successful completion of 47GW and 471MIGD of capacity with a transaction value of more than USD32 billion. He has worked in Spain since 1998 advising on a variety of thermal and renewables projects and for different clients.

Lorenzo Font has more than twelve years of experience in the energy sector in various roles across the industry value chain, from engineering and consulting to project development and investment. He holds a BSc and MSc in Industrial Engineering from the Ramon Lull University, and postgraduate degrees in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Project Finance from Gent University and the Amsterdam Institute of Finance, respectively. Lorenzo started his career at Bilfinger Tebodin, a consulting and engineering firm, advising large corporations on energy management, energy efficiency, and on-site renewable generation programs across Europe, Mexico, and the US. After more than five years in consulting, he joined ib vogt, where he developed and acquired utility-scale solar projects in the Dutch market. At the end of 2019, Lorenzo teamed up with the founders of Sunrock, rooftop solar market leader in The Netherlands, to set up the self-consumption business line of Soto Solar, a developer and investor focusing on the Spanish market.

Laura Ojea is a journalist specialized in Energy and the Environment with a long professional career in press, radio and corporate communication. After working at Energynews and El Periódico de La Energía, she is now editor in energy and sustainability in El Español - Invertia. February 2019: Renewable Energies journalistic award at the XXIX Energy Awards, awarded by The Energy Club (Enerclub). December 2021: Accésit of the IV National Journalism Award granted by UNESID (Union of Iron and Steel Companies).

Miguel Marroquin is the founding partner and Managing Director or Our New Energy, an energy services and consulting company with extensive track record in the structuring, origination and negotiation of market-parity PPAs and over 2.5GW in transactions since 2017. Miguel brings to Solarplaza a breadth of experience in structuring complex transactions in most energy commodities and across the European geography.