Leadership team
Our CEO Jonathan Cole leads a world-class team of industrial, finance, development and asset management experts.
Find out more about our Senior Leadership and Board:
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Jonathan Cole
Chief Executive Officer
With over 20 years experience in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors, including 14 in offshore wind, Jonathan was previously responsible for the development, construction and operation of over 30 GW of projects in Europe, the Americas and Asia.
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Alejandro de Hoz
Deputy CEO
Alejandro has over 30 years of professional experience, with 17 in the renewable energy industry. His previous positions include President and CEO of Avangrid Renewables and Director Offshore Business Performance for Iberdrola Renewables.
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Richard Russell
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Russell has spent over 16 years in the renewable energy industry in a variety of finance and commercial roles, most recently as Group CFO of Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Group; an international developer, constructor and operator of grid connected infrastructure. -
Ole Bigum Nielsen
Head of Engineering & Construction
Ole has over 20 years experience in the renewable energy sector, with substantial expertise in development, construction, and project delivery. Ole has worked across a number of offshore wind projects including Sandbank, Horns Rev 3, Thanet, Ormonde, Kriegers Flak, and Dantysk.
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Guillermo Martinez-Navas
Head of Americas and New Markets & Head of Portfolio Strategy
Guillermo has over 15 years of experience in development, delivery, acquisition or financing of over 9 GW of renewable energy projects, the majority in offshore wind.
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Mark Giulianotti
Head of Europe
Mark has over 25 years experience financing and investing in the energy sector, focused on renewables since 2003 and offshore wind since 2012.
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Yi-Hua Lu
Head of APAC
Yi-Hua has over 15 years of experience in investment banking, energy, utilities, infrastructure and renewables investment and development.
He joined the Macquarie Group in 2014 and has played a key role in a number of their offshore wind projects.
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Woojin Choi
Head of South Korea
Woojin has over 14 years of experience in energy, infrastructure and project financing. He is the Vice Chairman of the Korea Wind Energy Industry Association, director of the South-North Korea Wind Development Association.
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Rachel Porto
Head of Health, Safety, Sustainability and Quality
Rachel has 23 years experience working in the energy sector, primarily in HSSQ, and 15 years experience in the onshore and offshore wind industry, having worked across Latin America, Europe and globally. She holds a master’s degree in QHSES.
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Anthony Wort
Head of Asset Management
Anthony has over 15 years of expertise in offshore wind projects. As a chartered engineer Anthony has spent most of his career working on the development, construction, operation and management of wind farms, primarily offshore.
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Benoit Lavinal
Head of Procurement
Executive commercial leader with 20+ years global experience in the energy industry. Benoit's previous roles include leading all procurement activities for Vattenfall's renewable energy activities globally.
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Jonathon Morton
General Counsel
Jonathan is one of the leading lawyers in global offshore wind with 15+ years of experience. He has experience supporting projects across the lifecycle, new market entries, subsidy and lease auctions, joint ventures and power purchase arrangements.
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Krishna Sidhpura
Head of Human Resources
Krishna has over 17 years experience in HR and organisational development across Australia, APAC and the UK. With extensive experience in setting up HR functions centred on organisational and employee engagement.
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David Muir
Head of Business Operations
David has 10+ years of experience in operations, strategy and project management with strong expertise in line management of support teams, managing intra-group relationships, development and delivery of global initiatives.
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Davide Colarusso
Head of Risk & Governance
With over 10 years of extensive experience within the infrastructure sector, Davide has led risk management and assurance for multi-billion pound strategic assets, portfolios and programmes in the UK and worldwide.
Our board
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Samuel Leupold
Independent Non-Executive Director, Chair
Samuel has over 25 years of experience in the energy sector, including as former CEO of Ørsted Wind Power. Samuel has deep expertise in development strategy and execution globally and holds independent Board Director positions at Enel and Schlumberger.
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Mark Dooley
Director
Mark is Global Head of the Green Investment Group. He has over 25 years of experience in structured finance and investment in energy and infrastructure, including 15 years with Macquarie.
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Shankar Krishnamoorthy
Independent Non-Executive Director
Shankar has over 35 years experience in the infrastructure and energy industry including in various senior executive roles in construction, project management and business development. Shankar’s most recent energy sector role was as CEO of Tractebel and EVP/ExCo member at Engie responsible for Business Development, Research & Technology, and Innovation.
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Sam Newman
Director
Sam has over 25 years of experience in infrastructure investment, financing and advisory, including 23 years with Macquarie. Sam is Co-Head for EMEA of Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investments and leads a team focused on managing their balance sheet investments in renewable energy.
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Jonathan Cole
Chief Executive Officer
With over 20 years experience in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors, including 14 in offshore wind, Jonathan was previously responsible for the development, construction and operation of over 30 GW of projects in Europe, the Americas and Asia.