Andreas Höllinger is an Industry Partner at Green Ambition, where he brings more than 25 years of experience across the energy transition infrastructure sector. Mr. Höllinger has led organizations through project development, construction, and operations of wind, solar and battery projects globally.

Andreas is currently CEO of Hydrogen Ambition, where he leads the international development of projects to generate hydrogen based on renewable energies. This includes concept & project development, securing offtake agreements, project financing and EPC-strategy.

Prior to Hydrogen Ambition, Mr. Höllinger was CEO of ABO Wind. Andreas had a 22 year-career at ABO Wind where he started as a project manager of the then budding renewable developer and rose to lead the company to a global project developer operating in 16 countries, delivering over 5 GW (through investments of over EUR 5.0 billion in the sector). In addition, Mr. Höllinger was founding MD of ABO Invest (now Clearwise) – a listed company investing in renewable energy assets.

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Andrew Schembri is a co-Founding Partner of Green Ambition and brings over 16 years of experience across private equity and investment banking covering energy and infrastructure in both North America and Europe.

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Prior to founding Green Ambition, Andrew was a Partner at OMP Capital (a HitecVision affiliate) where he supported the development and execution of new investment strategies targeting renewable energy, infrastructure, and energy transition. Prior to OMP Capital, Andrew was an Investment Director at HitecVision, a $7 billion AUM private equity firm targeting energy and infrastructure investments. Mr. Schembri also held positions at AGI Partners, DNB Markets and Wachovia Securities. Andrew received his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.Sc. with honors in Finance and Accountancy from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Daniil Perets is part of the founding team of Green Ambition and is currently a Vice President. Daniil brings over 5 years of experience across development and financial structuring of renewable infrastructure.

Prior to founding Green Ambition, Mr. Perets was a Project Manager at Green Enesys where he was involved in the development of multiple green infrastructure projects as well as the M&A transactions of large-scale PV farms in Europe. In addition, Daniil lead the investment processes targeting new corporate development initiatives and financial products. Daniil holds a B.Sc in Mathematics & Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich and a M.Sc with honors in Financial Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Dr. Jose Luis Moran is an Industry Partner at Green Ambition, where he brings over 30 years of experience in renewable energy and infrastructure. Dr. Moran has held various management positions leading renewable energy companies and departments through the development, design and construction of power plants and storage facilities.

Dr. Moran is currently the Director of Integrated Energy Solutions at Green Enesys and Viridi, where he oversees energy storage development. Prior to Green Enesys, Dr. Moran was the Director of the Solar Business Unit in Siemens Spain, where he was responsible for the overall business development, engineering, and manufacturing. Jose Luis is also an Adjunct professor for Thermal Engineering and Thermodynamics as well as general coordinator of the master’s degree on Marine Renewable Energies Harnessing (Offshore Wind) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Dr. Moran received his Ph.D. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Josef Barr is a co-Founding Partner of Green Ambition. Mr. Barr brings over 30 years of experience investing in real estate, renewable energy, and green infrastructure where he has been involved in all phases from concept development through construction and operation.

Prior to founding Green Ambition, Josef Barr founded Green Enesys, a renewable energy developer with a track record of ~500 MWp of Solar Photovoltaic projects in Europe and Latin America. Josef also led the expansion of Green Enesys beyond renewable power generation and into green infrastructure including battery, hydrogen, and thermal storage. Prior to founding Green Enesys, Mr. Barr founded Premium Investments, a Switzerland based investment company acquiring and owning real estate and renewable energy infrastructure. Josef also founded Annex Real Estate, a German based real estate developer which constructed multiple commercial and residential buildings.

Oystein Kvarme is a co-Founding Partner and CEO of Green Ambition. Mr. Kvarme brings an extensive industrial energy executive background across a broad range of clean energy technologies within the sector, having executed transactions with leading infrastructure and life pension funds targeting EU assets.

Prior to Green Ambition, Mr. Kvarme was Managing Director and Head of OMP Capital’s Renewable team targeting energy transition infrastructure investments across the capital structure. Previously Mr. Kvarme was Head of Advisory Board in Scandinavia for Encavis Asset Management, a leading Independent Power Producer in Germany. Oystein was also CEO & Board Member at TergoPower, a biomass and biogas developer of combined heat and power plants in Europe, a Founding Partner at EAM Solar and Director of Solar for Statkraft. Oystein received an M.B.A. from Chicago Booth and a Bachelors from BI/Nantes Audencia (France).

Dr. Patrick Metzger is a co-Founding Partner of Green Ambition as well as CEO of Viridi RE, one of the green infrastructure developers supporting Green Ambition. Dr. Metzger brings over 25 years of experience within the renewable energy sector including power generation, storage and transportation.

Dr. Metzger is the CEO of Viridi RE, a global renewable energy developer which has constructed over 100 projects, producing over 300 MWp and has over 7 GW of pipeline. Prior to Viridi, Patrick was the CEO of Ralos New Energy (a merger of Ralos and the Photovoltaic Power Plant division of German Würth Solar). Prior to Ralos, Patrick was Global Head of the Power Plant Division for Würth Solar and was responsible for delivering turn-key construction, purchase and sale of solar parks globally. Dr. Metzger received his PhD from the Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics at University of Stuttgart.

Dr. Urban Rid is an Industry Partner at Green Ambition, where he brings over 35 years of experience within environmental and economic policy. Dr. Rid has worked at the Federal Environment Protection Agency in Berlin, at the Ministry of Environment in the province of Baden-Württemberg, being the personal assistant of the minister and at the Federal Ministry of Environment in Bonn.

From 1994 to 2006, Dr. Rid worked in the Chancellor’s office as head of the division for Transport, Environment, Agriculture, and the Development of East Germany. From there he moved to the Federal Ministry of Environment and became Director General for the department of Climate Change and Renewables, focusing on policies for climate change on a national, European and international level, as well as the development of the support scheme for renewables. In 2014, Urban Rid moved to the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and became responsible for the department of Energy Policy.