Ignacio Ibarguren, Cfa Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Madrid, Comunidad De Madrid, Es

M&A and commercial transactions lead

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

■ Originate and lead acquisition of development and operating wind, solar, and energy storage assets■ Originate and lead negotiation of power purchase agreements for renewable energy and storage projects

Former titles include: Director Business Development, Director Power Origination, Director Asset Management, Asset Manager, Senior Treasury Analyst.■ Deal lead for cash equity and tax equity transactions ranging from $20M to $150M and transaction budgets of $1-2M. ■ In less than 2 years, originated $50-$150M deal sourcing for a new Latin American market with targets including Mexico, Chile and Peru as well as Brazil, Panama and Colombia. ■ Took a key role in a complex portfolio sale seeking to divest a minority stake in a 5-asset portfolio with different operating profiles and covering 4 markets.■ Unique understanding of all aspects of deal development led to rationalizing market intelligence and data services to save $200K in overlapping provider expenses.■ Astute negotiating skills often led to savings of 15-20% on advisor engagement pricing. ■ Stemmed potential losses in the 10s of Millions by ensuring contractual and market obligations were met during an unexpected OEM equipment failure that took 2 years to resolve. ■ Uniquely circumvents cultural and language barriers to build personal relationships for business development in Latin America, communicates value propositions to an American led subsidiary, and influences decision making in a Japanese parent company. ■ Developed a working partner relationship for a joint venture in $84M capex greenfield development in Mexico.■ Built the business case and gained buy-in for new short-term power hedges thereby transitioning a business model historically focused on long-term fixed price contracts to a new merchant reality; created $2M in incremental revenue in an initial pilot case.■ Stepped into a stalled deal and in 50% less time, gained new contract approval and a 116% lower price than originally discussed.

Chartered Financial Analyst, Finance

M.B.A., Finance

Licentiate, Economics