Fernando Gonzalez Email & Phone Number

I am the President, Americas for ContourGlobal.Prior to this, I was the CEO of Grupo Cerro, a renewable energy platform, including the Cerro Dominador 210 MW complex, with concentrated solar and photovoltaic plants and over 110 MW of medium and small size hydros in operation and development in Chile. Grupo Cerro is also developing the 690 MW Likana CSP project and the 600 MW Pampa Union photovoltaic project in the Atacama Desert in Chile. I was also the President (and one of the founders) of the Association for CSP in Chile.I am Managing Director of FGC Consulting LLC, a boutique consulting firm providing advisory services to companies in the energy industry.I have over 25 years of executive experience in the energy industry having worked on Big Four Accounting Firms, Fortune 500 and Private Equity backed start-up companies. My senior executive expertise was built on complex transactions, financing and operations is focused in the global power sector, both in the traditional (gas, coal, hydro) as well as renewable energy (solar, wind, ocean thermal energy).Previously, I was the Chief Financial Officer at The Dorado Group, an internationally recognized leader in Independent Power, Project Finance and Private Infrastructure.I served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer for ContourGlobal, a power development company based in the US, with operations in over 13 countries in the Americas, Europe and Africa. ContourGlobal develops, acquires and operates electric power and district heating businesses around the globe with a focus upon high-growth, under-served markets and innovative niches within developed markets.Prior to ContourGlobal, at The AES Corporation, a Fortune 500 global power company with operations in 29 countries, I was Regional CFO for Europe, CIS and Africa and Director of the Restructuring Office and Office of the Integrated Utilities.Before joining AES, I worked for 6 years in Arthur Andersen’s office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the Audit and Advisory area. My main clients included power, insurance and waste management companies.

Listed skills include Project Finance, Mergers And Acquisitions, Private Equity, Business Strategy, and 46 others.