Gilles J. Vaes Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, United Kingdom

As CEO of InfraCo Africa my achievements to date include:- Growing, internalizing and professionalizing InfraCo Africa's greenfield project development arm such that it is recognized today as one of the leading organizations in this field in Sub-Saharan Africa- Creating and growing the balance sheet of InfraCo Africa's Investment arm with a portfolio of profitable and impactful corporate investments approaching 100 MUSD - Co - developing with Helios Investment Partners the CLEAR Fund, Africa's first private equity climate fund, targeted to raise 500 MUSD- Co - developing with Cardano Developments the East Africa Credit Enhancement Facility (based in Nairobi), targeted to start operations in late 2023 and providing innovative local currency financing solutions to infrastructure developers and SMEs in the region

Casablanca

Leading ENGIE's business development in the power and gas industry in Morocco and neighboring countries

London, United Kingdom

Managing business development oversight at corporate level for North, Central and South America as well as the UK.

Bucharest, Romania

Responsible for business development. Based in Bucharest, Romania. Projects including wind, conventional thermal, and others.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Strategy, economic and risk analysis for power sector investments. My work involves economic valuation of companies/assets (across a wide range of power generation technologies), commodity price & supply-demand projections, market & regulatory analysis, strategy design, risk assessment and management. Intense project and operational perspective thanks to involvement in due-diligence and investment processes for a wide range of projects at pan-European level.Specialized in renewable generation economics (wind, hydro and biomass).

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Infrastructure DepartmentTrainee Investment Officer: small-hydro carbon finance project. Participated in due – diligence & appraisal mission. Prepared financial models and sections of Investment Memo. Assisted in technical review and deal processing. (internship during MBA)

Lima, Peru

Managed Projects & Engineering division of a start-up natural gas distribution utility, designing new networks, looking after tenders for contractors and materials suppliers, procurement and engineering, budgets, environmental impact assessments and permits for new network construction.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Participated in business development team and start-up of Camisea natural gas distribution project, first in offices of Tractebel Argentina in Buenos Aires and subsequently in Lima. My responsibilities included: conducting technical and market studies, developing operational model and conducting analysis of regulatory framework, negotiating with project EPC contractor. Key participant in tariff review process with local regulator. Project planning and initial administrative support for start-up.

Operational experience in one of the main privatized natural gas distribution utilities in Argentina, part of Suez Energy International (Tractebel). Activities included: Design of pipelines, distribution networks and related facilities for engineering department, Conducting and participating in preventive maintenance routines and planning, inspections, and “hot-tap” interventions for field operations.

Responsible for process, machinery and automation industrial projects for fibre-cement building products. Worked in China and India.

Msc, Civil Engineering

Did my thesis work on hydraulics at the Polytechnical University of Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)

Mba, Finance

Activities and Societies: Concentration in Finance / Project Management The George Washington University School of Business is an active.