We believe in teamwork, excellence and honesty and incorporate this into our daily work.
Exus was founded on working together to develop our people and best serve our clients. We speak the truth and believe in providing full visibility when doing business.
At Exus we hold ourselves to the highest possible standards and continue to be the investor of choice for the renewable industry.
Prior to co-founding Exus Management Partners, Luis was a member of the Executive Committee of EDP Renewables (EDPR), the third largest wind developer in the world. While at EDPR, from 2004 to 2008, Luis was the Chief Financial Officer and from 2008 to 2012, as Chief Business Development Officer, he was responsible for expanding EDPR international business covering 11 different geographies.Previously Luis worked at McKinsey & Co., where he is currently also Senior External Advisor for Renewable Energies.
Luis received his M.B.A from INSEAD, his Master in Risk Management from NYU - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and has a degree in Economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
Prior to joining EXUS in 2020, Luis founded EIRA Capital, an investment platform that focuses on Energy and Infrastructure transactions in Mexico, and selected countries in Latin America. Also, Luis was previously part of Macquarie, where he spent more than seven years in the Macquarie Capital and Macquarie Funds divisions, working on fund capital raising, equity investments, and asset management activities, as well as third party advisory on energy and infrastructure transactions in Mexico and Latin America. During his years at Macquarie, he also held board positions in the several investments made by Macquarie which covered energy, PPPs, roads, and telecom companies.Luis' previous involvement at financial institutions include positions in the investment banking teams of Deutsche Bank's M&A group in New York, and Citibank's Banamex Accival M&A group in Mexico.
In addition, Luis currently participates as: (i) Independent Member of the Investment Committee of INFONAVIT's Investment Fund; (ii) independent board member of COX Energy Americas; (iii) independent board member of SIMPATI Mobile; and (iv) founder of Fundación Reversible, a new charitable foundation focused on global warming issues. Luis holds an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at NYU in New York, and a BA in Accounting and Finance from ITESM in Mexico.
Dhaval is a Partner at Exus and is responsible for the Operations team. He has 15 years of experience in the renewable energy industry and was previously the Director of Asset Optimization at EverPower Wind Holdings. He was also a Wind Turbine Performance and Diagnostics Engineer for General Electric Renewable Energy. Dhaval has an Aerospace Engineering degree from Penn State.
Prior to co-founding Exus Management Partners, António was Vice-Chairman of Iberwind, the second largest wind operator in Portugal with almost 700 MW of installed wind power capacity. Between 1996 and 2003, he founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Finerge, a company with more than 300 MW of wind and cogeneration plants built. António was also exclusive agent for Enercon in Portugal until 2008.
António owns a total of 48MW of operating wind resources in both Portugal and France, and is a member of the APREN board (Portuguese renewable energy promoter’s association).
António graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics from Richmond College of London.
Nicolás has worked in the finance sector of the renewable energy industry for 12 years.
He was previously an investment banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Canada and Nomura/Lehman Brothers with a focus on energy. Nicolás has deep knowledge of power & renewable energy markets with expertise in M&A, project finance and financial structuring.
He has a BA & MA in Business Administration and a BA & MA in Law from CUNEF (Spain).
Prior to co-founding Exus Management Partners, Nelson served as Business Development Director at Iberwind and Finerge groups, two of the largest renewable energy operators in Iberia. He has devoted all his career to the energy sector and has focused on renewable energy for the last 20 years, having been responsible for the development and construction of more than 700 MW of wind and solar projects in Portugal and other European countries.
Nelson is a Mechanical Engineer from the University of Coimbra and holds a MSc in Thermal Engineering from the University of Porto.
Before co-founding Exus Management Partners, between 2010 and 2014 Diogo was a director of Plenium Partners, an investment firm focused on renewable energy with 2B euro of assets under management. Between 2009 and 2010, Diogo worked at the European Investment Fund where he was involved in direct investments in private equity and venture capital funds in Spain and Portugal. Previously, he worked for Banco BPI in Portugal as part of the Project Finance Team. Diogo started his career on the Boston Consulting Group, Lisbon office, where he was a member of the Energy Practice Area team.
Diogo received his M.B.A. from IE Business School and graduated in Business Management from Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
Prior joining Exus, Nacho was Director of Investments in Banco Sabadell Capital, unit dedicated to invest in Private Equity and Growth Capital, leading the specific vehicle to invest, develop, construction and exploitation of renewable energy projects (wind farm, mini hydro, PVs plants, etc.).
Nacho has a deep knowledge in the energy sector in Spain and abroad, being responsible for the development and construction over 50 investment transactions in Renewable Energy projects totalling c.1,800 MW, representing more than 1,840 M€ of enterprise value and has invested more than 140 M€ in equity in the past 15 years.
He was also member of the Board of Directors for all the subsidiary companies involved into renewable energy owned by Banco Sabadell.Previously, he developed technical functions, in civil work management and special work in the construction sector.
Nacho holds a MsC in Industrial Management Engineering from ETSEIB and BSc in Mechanical Engineerig from EUETIB. He also holds a MBA from UPC (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya) and PDG (General Management Program) from IESE Barcelona (Universidad de Navarra).
Mike has worked in the renewables sector for 20 years and comes to Exus from the American Clean Power Association (formerly the American Wind Energy Association). He has deep experience in both project development public policy, including both national and local work. Mike was one of the first employees at EverPower Wind Holdings, where he worked for 13 years and was instrumental in growing the company.
Mike has done extensive environmental protection work including establishing the Wind and Wildlife Research Fund, to help protect wildlife near windfarms.
He has a masters degree from MIT and is responsible for the Development team at Exus North America.
Jim has thirty-five years of experience in the power industry managing the development and financing of energy projects in both developed and underdeveloped countries. He was the founder, president and CEO of Ever Power Wind Holdings, a national utility scale development and operating wind company, for 16 years. Currently Jim is the Managing Partner of Exus North America Management Partners.
Jim began his career as an attorney in the energy project finance group at Chadbourne & Parke LLP. He moved to Prudential Capital Corporation to work in the Utilities & Finance Group. He then spent more than a decade at Sithe Energies, Inc., including four years as President of Sithe Asia Holdings Limited; he was responsible for the business development and project finance activities throughout the Asia Pacific Region.
Jim received a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
With over 15 years of experience in the energy sector, Carlos served as Chief Operating Officer of Plenium Partners where he managed c.1.000 MW portfolio of wind, hydro, photovoltaic and concentrated solar power projects in several EU countries, before co-founding Exus Management Partners.Prior to Plenium he worked for Scottish Power Renewable (United Kingdom) and Iberdrola (Spain) where he focused on the management, development, operations and maintenance of energy projects.
Carlos graduated from University of KTH Stockholm (Sweden), EMN Nantes (France) and ETSII at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) with an MSc in Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy.
Aygen has 25 years of project finance and equity investment experience inemerging markets. His areas of expertise include public and private financing of power generation, transmission, and distribution projects, privatizations of energy and infrastructure assets, energy sector restructuring, transport and municipal infrastructure concessions, oil and gas downstream projects and renewable energy investments.
Aygen has previously spent more than ten years at EBRD’s headquarters in London, and three and a half years heading EBRD’s country offices in the Balkans and the Caucasus. Aygen then joined IFC’s Infrastructure Department, covering Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Turkey. Aygen was also the founder of the first private equity and asset management firm focused on renewable assets inthe region.
Aygen has a B.A. from Ankara University and an M.A. from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. He is a Fulbright scholar and is one of the founding members of EMPEA’s Energy and Infrastructure Council.
With a background and strong interest in process automation and data analysis, Avram collaboratively aids in data organization, report automation, and tool integration to foster more informed and better developed decisions. Avram has a B.S. degree in Business and Engineering from Drexel University and thereafter contributed to various industries including collaborative roles in autonomous vehicles, oil and gas, telecommunications, and a researching experience at Tohoku University, speaking to their adaptability and showcasing their readiness to embrace and utilize new technology.
Mafalda is originally from Portugal, but she has been living and working in Spain since 2014, where she is joining Exus. She holds a Degree in Business Administration and a Major Master’s in Finance both from the Católica – Lisbon School of Business & Economics.
Mafalda has over 11 years of professional experience in Finance in different business fields always in Controlling roles, and she will oversee the Portuguese Financial portfolio in her role in Exus.
Prior to joining Exus, Javier has worked in Acciona as a Production Manager in the Follo Line Project, gaining extensive experience in construction and development. Javier holds a Degree in Energy and Mining Engineering by the Universidad Politécnica in Madrid (Spain) and a master in renewable energy by Fundación Circe, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain).
Pablo joined Exus' M&A Team in 2020. Together with the rest of the team, he manages the deal sourcing and structuring of renewable energy assets across Europe and LatAm. In the last year, he has analysed opportunities for more than 6GW in different geographies.
Before joining Exus, he was a professional sportsman, competing in the Rio Olympics in 2016. Pablo studied Aerospace Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) and Università Politécnica di Milano (Italy). He holds a MSc in Mechanical Engineering at INSA Toulouse (France).
Paula has been working in administrative roles since 2016. She currently delivers administrative and accounting services for Exus aspart of the Finance department.
Paula is currently in her last year of a Bachelor´s Degree in Business Administration in Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid.
Peter is the Director of Construction for Exus. He has 18 years of construction experience and is a certified Project Management Professional. Before joining Exus, he managed large design, manufacturing, commercial building, electric utility infrastructure, and power generation projects in the US and overseas. Peter has a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University.
David provides Treasury, tax and accounting services to Exus. In his more than 8 years of experience working in a variety of sectors, including telecommunications, motor vehicle and energy in which he has acquired different skills and a deep knowledge of each sector. Before joining Exus, David has worked at Deloitte and BDO, as senior consultant of the Accounting and Tax department in Madrid. He graduated in Business Sciences and Business Administration and Management from the University of Valladolid, Spain.
Prior to co-founding Exus Management Partners, António was Vice-Chairman of Iberwind, the second largest wind operator in Portugal with almost 700 MW of installed wind power capacity. Between 1996 and 2003, he founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Finerge, a company with more than 300 MW of wind and cogeneration plants built. António was also exclusive agent for Enercon in Portugal until 2008.
António owns a total of 48MW of operating wind resources in both Portugal and France, and is a member of the APREN board (Portuguese renewable energy promoter’s association).
António graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics from Richmond College of London.
Antonio looks after the analysis and performance management of wind and solar portfolios. Besides, he is focused on innovation projects to optimize resources, assets improvement, and ensure the correct data acquisition. Before Exus, he worked in projects related to geothermal and concentrated solar plants models. Antonio graduated as an Energy Engineer and holds an MSc in Energy Systems from Cranfield University (UK) and an MSc in Mining and Energy Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica in Madrid (Spain).
Joseph Glinski is the Head of Financial Asset Management of Exus NA. He is an experienced Certified Public Accountant with over 12 years of experience in the energy industry. Joseph previously worked as the Corporate Controller and Manager of Financial Analysis and Strategic Planning with Montauk Energy and is the former Accounting Manager at Duquesne Light and Assurance Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has a BS degree in accounting from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Nieves has two years of experience in the Energy sector. She joined Exus in 2019 as part of the M&A department covering Europe and LatAm. During this time, she has analysed around 10.0 GW of renewable energy assets and has successfully been part of 1.5 GW transactions. Nieves has led the refinancing process of several wind portfolios for almost € 50m of total senior debt. Before joining Exus, she worked at EY in the Strategy and Transaction department focusing on the analysis and valuation of investment opportunities within different sectors. Nieves is Aerospace engineer from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - ETSIAE (Spain) and has an international MSc in Finance at Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles (Spain), The Wharton School (US) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong).
Kyle joined Exus in 2023 as the GIS Manager in the Development Department. He has seven years’ experience working with GIS and mapping software, and six years of work experience in the energy sector. Kyle has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Political Science from Allegheny College.
Steffen holds more than 15 years of asset managing and operation management related positions. Before joining Exus, Steffen worked as an Asset Manager in Trianel Onshore Windkraftwerke, the renewable arm Trianel Company, managing a c.350MW portfolio of wind and solar projects. Steffen has gained a deep knowledge of the renewable energy sector, having graduated as an associate engineer on Siemens Professional Education (SPE) in Berlin. He also holds a degree in Computer Science by Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences.
Khawar Hameed has a B.S. in civil engineering and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering with 20 years work experience in wind farm construction. Prior to joining Exus Partners, Khawar worked as a Senior Construction Manager with Ameren Energy St Louis Missouri (2018 – 2021) where he was involved in the construction of 400MW and oversaw the installation of 180 Vestas 2.2 turbines. Between 2017 and 2018, he worked as a Construction Manager with EverPower Wind Holdings. In this role he was responsible for development and construction activities, preparation of BOP cost estimations, construction management, reviewing engineering drawings, due diligence and constructability review of future projects. Prior to EverPower, he spent 15 years working with two different engineering companies involved in the design, construction management of the projects in the Renewable sector. He portfolio includes a total of about1.800 GW energy projects.
Xiang is the Controller for Exus North America. She is an experienced Certified Public Accountant and previously worked as a controller in an accounting firm in various industries. Xiang has a MS degree in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Mike Hoffman is an Asset Manager for Exus NA’s Wind Portfolio. He has over 8 years of experience in wind energy operations, and was previously an Operations Manager at a wind farm located in Pennsylvania. Mike also served various roles in operations at EverPower Wind Holdings and has in-depth knowledge of renewable energy infrastructure and daily site operations. Mike has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
Zak joined Exus in December 2022 as a Project Accountant, bringing two years of work experience in Public Accounting and two years in corporate accounting. He has developed many skills that relate to the finances of an organization and their operations. Zak holds a degree in Business Administration with a double major in Accounting and Finance from Slippery Rock University.
Javier holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from Universidad de Castilla La Mancha. Javier has more than 10 years of experience in Wind and PV sectors. Previously he worked at Ingeteam Services as Area Service Manager, managing the O&M service for around 400 MW of multiplatform wind turbines. Before joining Exus, Javier managed the Spanish Wind and PV operations of Kaiserwetter Energy.
Laurent holds more than 9 years of experience in the Energy sector, at Exus he coordinates the technical team and oversees tools and process development. Prior to joining Exus, Laurent worked at Iberdrola in developing business in new market (France, Italy and Germany), in the capacity of energy trading and origination manager, structuring energy product for conventional and renewable plants. Laurent is mechanical engineer and an international MSc in Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy from University of KTH Stockholm (Sweden), EMN Nantes (France) and ETSII at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)
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Günkut leads Egeres Enerji Turkey as founder partner and managing director since 2008. Egeres is a leading wind and solar developer in the country, with a wide spectrum of engineering capabilities, and developed more than 3,500MW of projects in Turkey.
Günkut has also carried his deep sector know-how and development expertise into international renewable projects since 2013 across various emerging markets. Most recently, Egeres has developed and successfully sold a 500 MW portfolio of wind and solar projects in Vietnam and Indonesia.
Günkut has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Boğaziçi University (1994) and thereafter worked in numerous infrastructure construction projects for more than 10 years, prior to establishing Egeres.
Richard Kalinyak is the Site Manager for the Patton WindFarm. He has worked in wind energy for 14+ years and has a background in powergeneration and building code enforcement. In his free time, he enjoys fishingand spending time with family and friends.
