CUBICO SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Country Head of Italy and Greece
Alessandro Asperti is Country Head of Italy and Greece at Cubico, with responsibility for the origination, M&A structuring and execution of transactions in these countries.
Previously, Alessandro was Head of Santander's Asset & Capital Structuring team in Italy and was responsible for the bank's equity investments in energy and infrastructure. Prior to this, Alessandro worked as head of finance at Enfinity and had extensive experience in the project finance department of GE Capital and Intesa San Paolo with a focus on the energy sector.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Representative
- Shareholder
Chris Ireland is responsible for leading the Greenfield and Renewables investment mandate for Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's (Ontario Teachers') Infrastructure team. Chris led Ontario Teachers' investments into Anbaric Development Partners and STEM, Inc., and other innovative ways to invest in and support the transition to low carbon energy. He has served as a board member on a number of infrastructure companies. Prior to joining Ontario Teachers', Chris was an investment banker, a project developer for fossil and renewable power projects, and an engineer for a large EPC company.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Country Head of Australia
David Smith is Country Head of Australia at Cubico, with responsibility for origination and execution of new investments and whole of life asset management.
David has had extensive experience in renewable energy, from development to construction, origination, execution and asset management. David was previously Head of Iberia at Cubico, leading the growth of the business from 2 water assets to a team of 15 asset management specialists managing 8 assets in wind, water, PV and concentrating solar thermal generation. Prior to moving to Cubico, David was Head of Santander's Asset & Capital Structuring team in Australia, following broad M&A experience as a director in investment banking at ABN AMRO and at an independent power producer where he managed development and M&A.
David has a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management at UNSW.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Executive Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
David is Chief Executive Officer of Cubico and has ultimate responsibility for the execution of the company's strategy and day-to-day management. With more than 30 years in infrastructure and structured finance, David has worked on transactions around the globe, across a variety of asset classes and project lifecycle stages. He has expertise in equity and debt financing and brings a wealth of cross-border experience to the company.
David is Chief Executive Officer of Cubico and has ultimate responsibility for the execution of the company's strategy and day-to-day management. Previously, he was responsible for managing Cubico's business in the EMEA region and has been with Cubico since its formation in 2015.
With more than 30 years in infrastructure and structured finance across the globe, David brings a broad experience of the debt and equity markets to the company. The earlier part of his career was spent advising multinational corporations and governments in structuring complex financing transactions.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Country Head of Brazil and Rest of Latam
Francisco provides considerable experience in both project finance and equity investment across Europe and America. He has experience in originating, structuring and executing renewable and infrastructure transactions, including PV, wind, hydro and transport infrastructure. Previously, Francisco worked in Santander's Asset & Capital Structuring team and was responsible for the origination and execution activity in Peru and Colombia.
Francisco graduated from Polytechnic University of Madrid and holds a BSc Civil Engineer (MSc in Structures and Foundation), MBA from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid and Capital Markets Executive Education from IEB in Madrid.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Representative
- Shareholder
- Director on the Infrastructure & Natural Resources Team
James Hanson is a Director on the Infrastructure & Natural Resources team at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers'), based in London. As a member of the Greenfield & Renewables group he focuses on energy transition related investment opportunities across Europe. James joined Ontario Teachers' in 2015 in Toronto and over his tenure has worked on a variety of infrastructure asset classes in geographies across the globe. He has been involved in a number of direct investments into platforms such as Equis Development, Mahindra Susten and ACES Delta. James has also held asset management responsibilities across these platforms. Prior to joining Ontario Teachers', James was with Macquarie Capital based out of Calgary.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business and is a CFA charterholder.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Country Head of Northern Europe
James became Country Head of Northern Europe after more than 6 years at Cubico, most recently as Head of Investment Oversight where he worked closely with all regional teams, the Executive Committee and the company's shareholders on the evaluation, approval and execution of transactions. This encompassed deals across 15 countries in a variety of technologies including solar, wind, CSP and transmission.
Prior to joining Cubico, James worked in EY's Energy Corporate Finance team, focused on buy and sell-side renewable energy M&A.
James graduated from Bristol University and is a CFA charterholder.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Head of Origination and Development
Javier is Head of Origination and Development at Cubico, based in London. He is responsible for driving growth through both acquisitions and development activities globally. Javier has a 20-year track record managing the whole value chain of renewable energy assets including origination, acquisitions, development, financing, construction, operation and disposals.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Member of the Board
- Leadership Experience Based from Various Executive
Jens-Peter Saul has broad international management and leadership experience based from various executive positions within the engineering & consulting as well as energy industries. He has held several international management positions within Siemens Energy including the position as President and CEO of Siemens Wind Power. Jens-Peter joined Ramboll as Group President and CEO in 2012. Since then, Jens-Peter has transformed the company into a global player in the Engineering and Consulting Industry. An achievement for which he was awarded European CEO of the year by the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE) in 2017.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Country Head of Iberia
José has wide experience in management of renewable energy assets from origination and construction to operational management, across Europe, and America. Previously, José was head of Poland and Romania at EDP Renewables.
José holds a Law degree from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and a Master in Finance and Renewable Energy from the Carlos III University in Madrid.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Representative
- Shareholder
- Chairman of the Remuneration and HSE Committees
- Member of the Infrastructure 's Value Creation & Analytics
Maria Morsillo is a member of the Infrastructure's Value Creation & Analytics team in Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers'), which has a broad mandate to assist in value creation activities across the Infrastructure & Natural Resources Portfolio. In the past, she has held numerous board positions such as at Birmingham Airport, GCT Global Container Terminals, Saesa and Express Pipeline. Prior to joining Ontario Teachers' in 2006, Maria was a Corporate Development Manager at Canadian National Railway and worked at CH2M Hill, a large environmental engineering consulting firm.
Maria is also the Chairman of the Remuneration and HSE committees for Cubico.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
As Chief Financial Officer, Matt Donaldson has responsibility for Cubico's finance, treasury, tax, investment oversight, insurance, internal control and global risk management functions.
Matt has over 15 years of international experience in the energy infrastructure and renewables sectors, during which time he has been part of several successful and diverse management teams and boards. His areas of expertise include financial accounting and analysis, business development, treasury, corporate financing and energy markets risk management.
Prior to joining Cubico, Matt held various senior positions within the ENGIE Group across Australia, France and the UK, including Chief of Staff to the ENGIE Group CFO and CFO for ENGIE's Australian joint venture operations with Mitsui.
Matt holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Job Titles:
- General Counsel
- Head of Corporate Affairs
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Secretary of the Board of Directors
Olga is General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs at Cubico, based in London. She is responsible for strategically guiding board governance and all legal and compliance activities and for overseeing the human resources and communications functions. She is also Group Company Secretary and Chair of the ESG Committee. With more than 25 years of international experience in the financial and infrastructure sectors, she is an expert in corporate governance, ESG matters, mergers and acquisitions, project finance and managing legal risk in a global environment.
Olga is Secretary of all Board committees.
Olga is General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs at Cubico, based in London. She is responsible for strategically guiding board governance and all legal and compliance activities, as well as overseeing the human resources and communications functions. She is also Group Company Secretary and Chair of the ESG Committee.
With more than 25 years of international experience in the financial and infrastructure sectors, Olga has advised on investments in diverse regions of the world (Europe, Latin America, the USA and Australia) and across various sectors and asset classes. She is an expert in corporate governance and managing legal risk in a global environment.
Previously, Olga was Head of Legal for Credit & Global Transactional banking at Santander, based both in London and Madrid. She had all legal aspects of acquisition, structured and project finance, asset and capital structuring as well as the global structured trade finance businesses in the Global Banking & Markets division under her supervision.
Olga holds an English law degree from the College of Law, an M.A. Spanish law degree from the UAM, Madrid, and a certificate in Sustainable Leadership from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Country Head of Mexico
Previously, Osvaldo was managing director of the Balam Fund I (funded by institutional investors including the IDB and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation), whose mandate is investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency exclusively in Mexico. Prior to that, Osvaldo was Head of Santander's Asset & Capital Structuring team in Mexico, deploying equity in investments in renewable energy in excess of US$ 250 million.
Osvaldo holds a BS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM), and an MBA from New York University's (NYU) Leonard Stern School of Business.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Representative
- Shareholder
- Senior Director in the Infrastructure Investments Group at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board
Patrick Gut is a Senior Director in the Infrastructure Investments group at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). Patrick has over 10 years of experience in the investment industry having previously worked in the investment banking division at a leading Canadian bank covering power and utilities among other sectors. Since joining PSP Investments in 2017, Patrick has been focused on capital deployment and investment management mainly in the energy sector and is currently also on the Board of FirstLight Power, a wholly-owned platform that owns and operates clean energy infrastructure in North America.
During his 35-year career in the power industry, Paul has served as CEO and director of a number of power-related organisations across the globe, including AES Corporation, American Capital Energy & Infrastructure, Globeleq and Hygo Energy Transitions.
He currently serves as a director on the boards of several energy and infrastructure companies, including Excelerate Energy, BMR Energy, Globeleq, Iv3 Aqua and the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund of Africa 50.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Independent Director
- Member of the Board
Priscilla Davies has over 25 years of experience in financial services across a range of sectors including asset management, infrastructure, renewables and alternative investments. During her executive career Priscilla held various senior positions at Janus Henderson and was Managing Director of the Private Equity business. She is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of UBS Asset Management UK Ltd and Sterling ISA Managers Ltd. Priscilla is Chartered Accountant and a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Priscilla is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee for Cubico.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Country Head of United States
Stacey Kusters is Country Head of United States at Cubico, leading investments in new transactions, as well as supervising all aspects relating to the operations and asset management of the business.
Previously, Stacey was Senior Vice President at Berkshire Hathaway Energy Investment and was responsible for underwriting and executing close to $4 billion (USD) in tax equity transactions. Prior to this, Stacey held several senior management positions within the Berkshire Hathaway Energy companies responsible for the acquisitions of wind and solar assets, and structuring and pricing complex transactions across the United States.
She graduated from Simon Fraser University and holds an Executive Management degree from University of British Columbia.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Engineer
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Global Head of Operations
As Global Head of Operations, Steve Drapper oversees the company's operations, technical, health and safety and IT functions.
Steve is a chartered engineer with over 30 years' experience in the electricity industry. He has held several senior roles in the UK and Australia with responsibilities for asset-backed trading, portfolio management and commercial operations for generation and retail assets, risk control and business development oversight.
Steve has also held positions in power station operations and maintenance and has broad experience of power generation technologies including renewable. He has participated in business development activities, including both working in development teams and leading in dependent reviews of projects.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Representative
- Shareholder
Tony Poulter is one of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) nominees to the Cubico Board. He is also on the Boards of the UK Department for Transport and the UK Green Infrastructure Platform. He was previously the Senior Independent Director at the Green Investment Bank and Chairman of the Pension Infrastructure Platform. He was a partner in PwC for many years and led its businesses in Project Finance, then Asia-Pacific Advisory and finally Global Consulting.