12th Edition Solar FInance & Investments 2025 - London | Informa | 3 February 2025 | Novotel London West, 1 Shortlands Hammersmith International Ctre, London W6 8DR, UK

The UK and mainland Europe is targeting Net Zero by 2050. Realising this target would require current annual investments in clean energy to triple each year resulting in over 1 TW of installed renewable capacity by 2030, of which, solar would represent 50%. This necessitates an unprecedented scale up of capital markets, finance innovation, European grid infrastructure, solar development platforms, equipment procurement, storage deployment and installer capacity.

The solar industry is in unchartered waters – allow us to be your guide. Solar’s pivotal role in Net Zero and decarbonisation ambitions, presents a near bottomless pool of opportunity available for investors, developers and European offtakers who are savvy enough to navigate current headwinds.

The summit will bring together the brightest minds representing funds, banks, developers, utilities, government and industry across Europe and the UK on a programme that is solutions-focused from top to tail. The event is designed to enable leaders at the forefront of solar investment and deployment in Europe to scale, learn and land themselves industry defining partnerships.

2025 Speakers

Anna Halpern-Lande
Founder & Co-CEO, Ortus Climate Mitigation

Joost Bergsma
Global Head of Energy, Nuveen Infrastructure

Susana Leith-Smith
Senior Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets – EMEA, Macquarie Asset Management (MAM)

Jakob Groot
Partner, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Hilkka Komulainen
Global Head of Sustainability and Impact, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

James Pinney
Country Head of Northern Europe, Cubico Sustainable Investments

Romain Py
Partner, Arjun Investments

Shami Nissan
Partner, Sustainability, Actis

Tom Van Rijsewijk
Managing Director, Macquarie Asset Management

Bartholomew White
Managing Director, European Head of Energy Structured Finance, Santander

Anthony Doherty
Chief Investment Officer, NTR plc

Mathilde Ketoff
Deputy Chief Investments and Head of Debt Investment, Rgreen Invest

Giovanni Terranova
Managing Partner, Bluefield Partners LLP

Lisa McDermott
Managing Director, Project Finance, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Luca Matrone
Global Head of Energy, Intesa Sanpaolo

Rosalind Smith-Maxwell
Senior Vice President, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

Nikolaj Holtet Hoff
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Nordic Solar

Adrien Pinsard
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Telis Energy Group

Emma Hellström
Chief Strategy Officer, Flower

Mark Augustenborg Ødum
Chief Financial Officer, Better Energy A/S

Fernando Casas Garcia
Head of Operations & Asset Management, New Energy, Gresham House

Gianluca Boccanera
Global Managing Director, Starlight, a NextEnergy Group Company

Richard Nicolin
Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Alight

Peter Kavanagh
Chief Executive Officer, Harmony Energy

Alex DeSouza
General Counsel, EMEA and Global Head of Transactions, Lightsource bp

Joern Hackbarth
Chief Technical Officer, AMPYR Solar Europe

Manraj Deooray
Global Managing Director of Investments, M&A & New Markets, EMEREN

Chris Smith
Vice Chair, City of Westminster Pension

Liam Smith
Director, Energy Infrastructure, Actis

Marion Jesberger
Head of Finance/Italy and Deputy General Director France, ib vogt

Jonathan Selwyn
Managing Director, Bluefield Renewable Developments

Mark Wakeford
Chairman, Evoenergy

Carlos Javier
Managing Director EAM, Elgin Energy

Ruth Lai
Vice President - Investments, InfraRed Capital Partners

Ita Kettleborough
Director, Energy Transitions Commission

Chris Hewett
CEO, Solar Energy UK

Ben Fawcett
Development & Commercial Director, Exagen

Peer Piske
Managing Partner, Alantra Solar

Roberto Castiglioni
Co-Founder and CEO, Ikigai Capital

Jannik Hoffman
Chief Financial Officer, Pacifico Energy Partners

M. Nicolas J. Firzli
Director-General, World Pensions Council

Guy Turner
Managing Director & Head of MSCI Carbon Markets, MSCI

Christoph Glanzer
Chief Financial Officer, PV-Invest

Steven Crane
Director, Natl. Association of UK Pension Trustees (AMNT)

Scott Burrows
Director & Co-Founder, Eden Sustainable Group

Helena Fagraeus Lundström
Chief Strategy Officer, Solkompaniet

Monika Paplaczyk
Investment Director, Thrive Renewables

Amadeu Anguela
Head of Institutional Capital, Enfinity Global

Marta Valien
Director - Head of Asset Management, Foresight Group

Niklas Will
Head of Operations Solar Central Europe, Encavis AG

Conall Bolger
CEO, Irish Solar Association

Andrew Eldred
Chief Operating Officer, Electrical Contractors Association (ECA)

Jeremy Wessel
AVP Securitised Products, Barclays

Paul Manning
Chief Executive Officer, NovoGrid

Tracey Elliot
Head of People, Eden Sustainable Group

Elizabeth Baxter
Non-Executive Director, POWERful Women

Andrea Bodenhagen
Global Branding Director, Thornova Solar

Ewout Eijkelenboom
International Sales Manager, KYOS

Jan-Phillip Kock
Investment Strategy, Encavis AG

Michiel Adriaanse
Managing Director, Claritas Investments

Alessandro Cohen
Founding Managing Partner, Armon Capital Advisory

Declan O’Halloran
Managing Director, Quintas Energy

David Kemp
Chief Executive Officer, Exagen Group Limited

Radu Eremciuc
Chief Executive Officer, SolarPlants

Ramona Volciuc-Ionescu
Partner and Head of Energy Practice, Volciuc-Ionescu

Jonathan London
Head of Markets, Akereos Capital

Kari Tikkanen
Head of Revenue, AUKERA Energy

Karthik Panicker
Project Finance Associate Director, Metlen Group

Alona Armstrong
Director of Energy, Lancaster University

Anastasios Papazachariou
Senior PPA Manager, Cero Generation

Ross Driver
Managing Director, Fund Management, Foresight Group

Chris Bryan
Head of M&A, Apricum

Meggie Eloy
Senior Technical Analyst, Climate Bonds Initiative

Oliver Marquordt
Infrastructure Equity, Hansa Invest Real Assets

Anastasios Christakis
Chief Operation Officer, Queequeg Renewables

Lara Hayim
Head of Solar Research, BloombergNEF

Kevni Iljazovski
General Counsel, St. Jørgen

Vassilis Zorbas
Founder & Managing Director, Entricty

Alejandra Perez-Pla
Regional Manager - Mediterranean, Global Capital Finance

Anna Chmielewska
Associate Director, Senior Banker, EBRD

Alberto Paturzo
Partner, Bluefield Partners LLP

Catalin Breaban
Co-CEO, AUKERA Energy

Sonia Dunlop
Chief Executive Officer, Global Solar Council

Vladimir Tabutov
Founder and CEO, HEC Solar Ltd.

Cristina Torres-Quevedo
Financial and Regulatory Director, UNEF

Dr. Robin Hirschl
Chief Executive Officer, PV-Invest

Kostas Nikolopoulos
Founder & CEO, Akereos Capital

Hassen Bali
Co-Founder, ION Ventures

Jadon Guthrie
Head of Content - Finance Series, Solar Media Ltd

Jean-Philippe Fau
Regional Head of Growth, Northern Europe, Sonnedix

Francisco González Palomo
Global Head of Project Finance, Zelestra

Arda Kristaporyan
Head of Sales Central Europe, Jinko Solar

Charles Lesser
Partner, Alexa Capital

Aldevinas Burokas
Chief Executive Officer, GoldenPeaks Capital Trading

Justin DeAngelis
Partner, Global Head of Sustainable Infrastructure, Denham Capital

Ricardo Folgado
Managing Partner - UK, TagEnergy

James Samworth
Partner, Schroders Greencoat

Simon Wannop
Director, REG Power Management

Pietro Radoia
Senior Analyst, Bloomberg NEF

Lauren Pamma
Head of Energy & Infrastructure, Aldermore Bank

Constantinos Peonides
Chief Executive Officer, Meggit Energy

Elena Pravettoni
Head of Analysis, Energy Transition Commission

Isabel Rodriguez de Rivera
Managing Director, Clean Energy Equity Investments, Nuveen Infrastructure

Alastair Mounsey
Regional Sales Director, JA Solar

2025 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Solar Jinko

SILVER SPONSORS:
• JA Solar
• EDF Renewables

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• Thornova

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Kyos Energy Analytics
• NovoGrid