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United Kingdom

London, England, Gb

Having been one of their first customers - and a repeat one - whilst at Macquarie, and being a big believer in their mission and unique value-add as an 'owner's developer' who helps customers deliver powerplants, not just powerpoints, I've joined the Advisory Board of Ikigai to help support their delivery and growth.If you're looking for a passionate team who can not only help you determine what you want to do, but also to help you do it, I'd recommend reaching out via their website or directly.Ikigai's mission:"Ikigai supports infrastructure investors and operators to de-risk prospective ‘stranded assets’, to optimise their asset and improve their profitability while decarbonising their operations. We believe it is important to create the right financial conditions around the technologies supporting the energy transition and create bankable projects for institutional investors.We aim to create the cash flow today for the infrastructure of tomorrow."

Independent advisory and board work, focused on decarbonisation, digitalisation and business development. Clients include: private equity GPs and asset managers, manufacturers, energy companies, R&D and start-ups in the UK, Europe, USA and Africa. Providing strategic advice and support to both 'buy' and 'sell' side: business plan development and fundraising, investment (including due diligence), asset management and new business development. Additional work on developing alternative development and regulatory models to accelerate and de-risk clean-tech, particularly in developing markets.

Serve on the Industry Advisory Board of the HII, along with representatives from relevant industries across the UK economy (e.g. energy, manufacturing, transportation, etc.).https://hydrogeninnovation.co.uk/

Acquired via Macquarie's Korean investment funds. Joined the board after work on acquisition. Focused on decarbonisation, strategy and business growth.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Joined Macquarie Asset Management, the world's largest infrastructure asset manager, in order to found the 'T&I' team which tracks >120 different technologies - from areas such as energy and transport, to data and automation, to satellites and fibre, to industry and agriculture - in order to understand the potential impacts (positive and/or negative) to current and future investments. We develop in-house research pieces that help inform, if not form, our house view on these topics and develop tools covering data analytics, digital due diligence and cybersecurity. This work is then used in strategy and new product/fund development, deal origination and investment due diligence, as well as with our investors, regulators and other stakeholders. For asset management, we work directly with the c-suites of our >150 portfolio companies around the world and convene cross-company working groups focused on data / digitalisation and decarbonisation. Serve as a NED of Approtium in Korea and as a board advisor to others.Additionally the T&I team works with and supports various teams across the Macquarie Group, helping to drive decarbonisation across our various sectors.

Dhahran, Sa

As part of the Renewables leadership team, managed a division of engineers, research scientists and market analysts. The Technology team was responsible for assessment of clean technology (including testing and vendor selection), guiding R&D and providing techno-economic due diligence for corporate venture capital investment (renewables and storage). The Market Intelligence team provided analysis and forecasts to all of Saudi Aramco, its C-Suite, and national stakeholders As part of the leadership team, worked on organisational, strategic and commercial development and operation, as well as public relations, stakeholder engagement and local capacity building.

Dhahran, Sa

Joined Aramco's team to help develop and implement electricity strategy, specifically the planned build of renewables for KSAHead of the Commercial Development team covering renewables (wind and solar) and conventional generation (cogen, CCGT, gasification) and other power related investments. Other deliverables include power strategy, organisational change, KPI development, national energy strategy and talent development.

London, Gb

Irbaris is a specialist strategy consultancy focused on the commercial impacts of environmental sustainability. Serve as trusted advisers to senior executives and policy-makers to help them understand / manage exposure to environmental markets, understand threats / opportunities presented by various resource constraints, technological innovations and opportunities in clean-tech.Clients include financial services, utilities, oil & gas, auto OEMs, industrial manufacturers, mining, clean tech start-ups, governments, the UN and NGOs.

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

Saint Laurent In Montreal, Quebec, Ca

Secondment from Shell

London, England, Gb

New York, Ny, Us

Chandler, Arizona, Us

Executive Mba (Emba)

Post Grad Certificate, Project Finance - Energy

Msc, Finance / Financial Law

Ma, International Relations

Ba, History / French

Study Abroad, International Relations

Study Abroad, French, French History

Study Abroad, French

Study Abroad, French Cinema

Study Abroad, History, Politics, Literature