Florian Andreas Kolb Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Berkeley, California, US

Florian spearheads Intertrust's (https://www.intertrust.com) energy division and is responsible for delivering growth, business development, corporate development, and M&A. Intertrust, a Silicon Valley-based scale-up, is providing the energy sector with its AI-enabling data security, interoperability and efficiency solutions. The company is backed by a.

Berkeley, California, US

Florian was a member of the Board of Directors of Intertrust, representing the interests of RWE as a shareholder. Over time, RWE underwent a series of corporate changes, eventually becoming innogy SE and then E.ON. Florian continued to serve on the Board of Directors throughout these transitions.

San Mateo, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

Florian, while at RWE and innogy, started the creation of the Free Electrons Accelerator program (https://freeelectrons.org). Launched in 2017, this program has facilitated collaboration between over 40 energy and related sector startups with 10 leading utilities across the globe (US, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East) across three cohorts.

Menlo Park, CA, US

The Westly Group has established itself as a premier climate tech venture fund in North America, specializing in the sectors of energy, transportation, buildings, and industry. With over $800 million under management, 9 IPOs, over $1 billion of exit value and 30 major global LPs they have an outstanding track record in the climate tech sector. One of their.

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Florian served as CEO/Managing Director of RWE/innogy's company in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley (now part of the E.ON Group). In this role, he played a pivotal role in shaping the group's data-driven energy strategy. He led strategic venture investments ($50 million) and innovation initiatives in the United States, focusing on building and managing a.

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

In 2013, Florian was appointed by the Executive Board of RWE AG to lead a transformation program aimed at improving the group's overall performance by over $2.5 billion. He oversaw the program's execution, managing all major central and decentralized transformation and efficiency initiatives across the RWE Group. Reporting directly to the RWE AG Executive.

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Florian successfully led the restructuring and operational transformation of RWE's Benelux shared support and services company, a EUR 60 million business with 250 FTEs. As the sole responsible Managing Director, he oversaw all aspects of the company's operations.Key achievements included:- Substantial cost reduction: a 38% reduction in costs and a 47%.

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Florian successfully led the post-merger integration of Essent, a $7 billion+ acquisition by RWE AG. Essent is the Netherlands' largest utility company, employing approximately 6,000 people at the time of the acquisition. The acquisition involved integrating Essent's operations in electricity generation and retail in the Netherlands and Belgium with RWE's.

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Florian served as the responsible senior project lead for a range of transactions across the RWE Group's value chain, encompassing oil and gas upstream, electricity production/power plants, trading, distribution/grid, and electricity and gas retail.He collaborated closely with CEOs and CFOs of RWE AG and its group companies, coordinating with relevant.

London, GB

Florian served as a Director in Ernst & Young's M&A practice, specializing in originating and executing transactions with enterprise values ranging from €50 million to €500 million. He primarily focused on serving clients in the DACH region.Florian's responsibilities included:- Identifying and pursuing potential M&A opportunities for clients- Advising.

Florian initiated and played a key role in establishing Arthur Andersen's Munich corporate finance branch office. In this position, he focused on sourcing venture capital deals for startups and scaleups in the region. He successfully secured fundraising mandates and assembled a team of professionals to support deal execution.

Florian was part of a large-scale team move from Price Waterhouse to Arthur Andersen, involving over 70 FTEs. During his time at the Düsseldorf office, he focused on M&A deals within the internet and telecoms sectors.

GB

Florian worked as an Associate in the General M&A team at Price Waterhouse, focusing on large-scale transactions in the DACH region. His responsibilities included conducting comprehensive financial due diligence, valuations, and other critical aspects of the M&A process.

Florian worked as a consultant for the Schoeller Group, a family-owned industrial packaging company with over EUR 200 million in revenue. The Schoeller Group's in-house consulting team was spun off into a separate company called Barkawi, which became a leading provider of logistics consulting services over the years.

Master Of Political Economics, Volkswirtschaftslehre

Stanford Executive Program, Guest Lecturer 'The Quest For Sustainable Energy' Prof. Stefan Reichelstein

Executive Education In Strategy, Valuation, Lean Management

International Leadership Program