Especialistas da indústria de carbono

Mark Woodall

Director de Investimento

Mark lidera todas as actividades de angariação de capital e investimento para a CQC. Como empresário, investidor, consultor e membro do conselho, Mark tem sido um líder no desenvolvimento e financiamento de energias renováveis, carbono, e tecnologias limpas há mais de 25 anos. Fundou e liderou duas empresas bancárias de investimento especializadas centradas na economia de baixo carbono: Impax Capital (1994) e Climate Change Capital (2002), onde angariou o maior fundo de carbono privado do mundo (mais de mil milhões de dólares) em 2005 e serviu como Presidente do Comité de Investimento. Ele tem sido o consultor, investidor, ou principal em c.100 operações de cleantech com capital total de mais de 5 mil milhões de dólares. Mark também actuou como membro não executivo da direcção de uma dúzia de empresas e foi membro de meia dúzia de comités de investimento em infra-estruturas de energia limpa e fundos tecnológicos.

Guy Mansfield

Responsável financeiro

Guy tem 25 anos de experiência como CFO e executivo financeiro na indústria da energia com uma vasta experiência de integração pós-aquisição, liderando equipas financeiras em diferentes países e culturas, incluindo a entrega de soluções organizacionais transversais em ambientes de alto risco, complexos e multidisciplinares. É consultor especializado tanto em conselhos de administração como em equipas de gestão e é actualmente o CFO de uma grande divisão comercial de uma empresa de energia, que tem c.600 empregados e um rendimento líquido de c.$1bn.

Chen Yang

Responsável Comercial

Chen supervisiona as actividades de vendas e marketing da CQC a jusante, bem como o desenvolvimento estratégico e comercial com parceiros e distribuidores. Chen tem uma década de experiência de trabalho em todos os sectores tecnológicos e agrícolas em estratégias, expansão internacional, e funções de desenvolvimento empresarial. Antes de se juntar à CQC, liderou as actividades do lado da procura da Indigo Carbon, um dos principais negócios de carbono no solo com sede nos EUA. Chen tem um BCom da Universidade de Melbourne e um MBA da Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Jules Kortenhorst

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director

Jules Kortenhorst serves as the CEO of C-Quest Capital. Prior to assuming this role, Jules was a partner at Vision Ridge Partners, a sustainable real assets investor capitalizing on the global transition to sustainability. Beginning his career as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co, Jules spent nearly a decade in various roles, including Managing Director for Royal Dutch/Shell/Shell Bulgaria. He also served as a member of the Dutch parliament for the Christian Democratic Party. Jules's credentials include leadership roles as CEO at several organizations dedicated to addressing climate change, including RMI (formerly Rocky Mountain Institute), a leading climate change NGO, the European Climate Foundation (which he founded), the largest philanthropic organization dedicated to climate change in Europe, and the International Operations of ClientLogic Corporation, a global leader in outsourced customer relationship management. Notably, Jules has chaired the WEF Global Future Councils for Energy and for Net Zero. He is a founding member of the global Energy Transitions Commission, chairman of ENSTALL Solar Group, and a board member of Circle Economy, an NGO supporting the circularity movement. Jules holds a master’s in economics from Erasmus University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Julian Parkin

Chief Transformation Officer

Julian started his career as a Chartered Accountant at PwC having a diverse career involving finance and risk consulting assignments. He then spent 17 years in financial services, transitioning from risk leadership positions to managing portfolios of regulatory and operational transformation and change. Most recently Julian has been guiding fast-growth organizations implementing transformation programs across operations, risk, data, and governance in multiple sectors. With a degree in Psychology from the University of Exeter and certifications in sustainability, program management and privacy, Julian is also actively involved as the Head of Finance at the InterClimate Network, a charity dedicated to inspiring the next generation of climate leaders.

Jolie Norris

General Counsel

Jolie joined C-Quest Capital in January 2024 and serves as the General Counsel for the company, responsible for the firm’s legal and compliance functions globally. She is an experienced commercial lawyer having operated in the global energy and commodities markets for many years. Jolie has covered a wide variety of legal matters relating to global commodity markets, including physical commodity trading; financial commodity derivatives; sustainability; compliance and regulatory matters; acquisitions and disposals of energy and commodity assets; energy and commodity finance; structured transactions; and supply, storage and offtake transactions. With over two decades of experience, Jolie has successfully established herself as a trusted advisor and a strategic partner to several business teams. She has spent more than 20 years at Goldman Sachs, including nearly 10 years as a Managing Director and Head of the Global Commodities legal team. Jolie holds a dual degree BEc/LLB (HONS) from the University of Western Australia.

Matt Siller

Director de Desenvolvimento de Negócios

A Matt é responsável pelo planeamento estratégico e iniciativas de desenvolvimento empresarial na C-Quest, e está actualmente a concentrar-se em actividades de expansão de empresas em África. A Matt tem 20 anos de experiência operacional, de gestão e de desenvolvimento empresarial em mercados emergentes. Tem gerido projectos nos sectores público e privado que proporcionam acesso à energia, construção e logística expedicionária, formação e capacitação, Estado de direito, manutenção da paz, segurança global, e desenvolvimento de infra-estruturas em todo o continente africano e América Latina. Matt recebeu um mestrado em Política Pública pela Harvard Kennedy School e um bacharelato em Administração de Empresas pela Universidade do Texas em Austin.

Brent Moser

Director de Operações, Região de África

Brent supervisiona as operações de campo e as relações de parceria para a África Subsaariana. Ele tem onze anos de experiência de trabalho tanto no sector da engenharia como no da energia. Serviu como Agente de Segurança Alimentar e Extensão Ambiental no Corpo da Paz da Zâmbia, concentrando-se na redução da desflorestação, insegurança alimentar, e na mitigação da vulnerabilidade às alterações climáticas. Brent tem um Bacharelato em Engenharia Civil da Universidade da Florida.

Margot Clarvis, PhD

Chefe das Soluções baseadas na Natureza

Margot Clarvis lidera o desenvolvimento e a gestão dos programas do CQC sobre soluções baseadas na natureza. Margot tem mais de 15 anos de experiência a trabalhar na investigação, desenvolvimento de parcerias e gestão de programas na intersecção da adaptação climática, resiliência, conservação da natureza, e finanças. Antes de se juntar à CQC, foi Directora de Programas na Earth Security, uma consultora boutique sobre bens naturais para investidores, empresas e governos, onde liderou compromissos de clientes e projectos de envolvimento do sector privado e desenvolvimento de parcerias sobre os SDGs e soluções baseadas na natureza no Corno de África, Índia, Indonésia e Filipinas. Também trabalhou com a UNEP - Iniciativa Financeira e ESG, fornecedor de informação Asset 4 (agora Refinitiv). Como consultora independente, trabalhou com ONGs e instituições financeiras para desenvolver programas e produtos para soluções baseadas na natureza e resistência climática, incluindo a Organização Internacional para as Migrações, a Clean Cooking Alliance, Conservation International, AXA Climate, WWF, e IUCN. É doutorada em Política Ambiental pela Universidade de Genebra, MSc em Tecnologia Ambiental pelo Imperial College London, e BA Hons em Clássicos pela Universidade de Cambridge.

Geoff Grimm

Chefe da Tecnologia da Informação

Geoffrey Grimm gere sistemas de TI para CQC incluindo sistemas de gestão de dados. Geoff é um profissional de TI com oito anos de experiência em sistemas de dados, análises, e infra-estruturas. Na Booz Allen Hamilton, liderou uma equipa de cientistas de dados, engenheiros e programadores numa plataforma de dados e análises do Departamento de Defesa de toda a empresa, ADVANA, fornecendo e mantendo soluções de aplicação para a liderança de DoD para rastrear informação em tempo real integrando mais de 20 sistemas de dados de DoD numa plataforma de nuvem segura. Geoffrey possui um mestrado da Universidade de Chicago onde estudou política pública e estatística e um bacharelato da Illinois Wesleyan University.

Alice Ferretti

Chefe do Povo e da Cultura

Alice lidera a estratégia e as operações de Recursos Humanos no CQC. Alice lidera uma equipa global de profissionais de RH que apoia as equipas de CQC no terreno e no escritório. Com formação em Psicologia Clínica e Mestrado em Gestão de Recursos Humanos, Alice desempenha um papel fundamental na promoção de um ambiente de trabalho saudável e envolvente que distingue o CQC de outros empregadores. Mudou-se de Itália para Washington DC para completar os seus estudos em Recursos Humanos na Universidade de Georgetown. Antes do CQC, Alice liderou operações de Recursos Humanos para organizações em fase de arranque e sem fins lucrativos na área DC.

Ryan Andre

Consultor Jurídico Geral Adjunto

Antes de se juntar ao CQC como Vice-Conselheiro Geral, Ryan foi advogado associado de um escritório de advocacia de Washington, D.C. especializado em mercados ambientais, energias renováveis, reciclagem avançada, e tecnologia limpa, onde aconselhou sobre aspectos regulamentares e comerciais do desenvolvimento de projectos internacionais e americanos. Recebeu um mestrado da Universidade de Cambridge em política ambiental e o seu J.D. magna cum laude da Faculdade de Direito de Vermont.

Letitia Adu-Ampoma

Head of Compliance

Letitia joined C-Quest Capital in February 2024 as Head of Compliance, and she is responsible for CQC’s Global Compliance Programme. She has over 12 years of experience in designing, implementing, managing, and monitoring ethics and compliance programmes for multinational company operations across Sub-Saharan Africa and other emerging markets in Asia. Additionally, she has developed and directed company market strategies in areas of integrity, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability while managing complex private and public sector relationships. Having worked across varied industries including fintech, financial services, mobile telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and technology, and with companies such as Millicom (Tigo), GSK, Sandoz/Novartis, and Meta, Letitia brings international best-practice approaches to ethics and compliance. Letitia is a graduate of Oxford University, UK (PPE, M.A.Hons). Additionally, she is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP – I), a Certified Lead Implementer of ISO 37001 (Anti-Bribery Management Systems), and a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).

Nidhi Maurya

Head of Carbon and Sustainability Team (CSAT)

Nidhi has over 16 years of experience in the consulting and development sectors, specializing in policy, reforms, regulatory oversight, program management, performance improvement, digitalization, modernization, RE integration, and energy transition. Her clients include governments, public and private utilities, unilateral and multilateral donor agencies, C&I consumers, etc., in India and the South Asian region. Formerly Vice President at Accenture in its Indian Practice, Nidhi led initiatives in the energy sector, focusing on strategy, consulting, renewable integration, decarbonization, DER mapping, visualization, DSM response measurement, smart metering, and promotion of digital interventions through policy and regulatory measures. Before Accenture, she headed the Energy Utilities practice at Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in India, managing large projects with a P&L exceeding USD 50 million. With 8 years at PwC India and 3 at TERI, Nidhi excelled in client and program management, business development, and revenue management. She played a key role in building and managing high-performing teams in the energy sector, overseeing training, capacity building, and growth of internal and external stakeholders. Nidhi, holds a master’s degree in business economics and a bachelor's in commerce from Delhi University, is also a published author with works like "Pricing of Urban Water Supply, Environment and Urbanization – Asia" for SAGE Journal & Publications.

Antonia Peart

Head of Investment

Antonia has a decade of experience working in project development focused on renewable energy and low carbon technology solutions. Before joining CQC, she was the Commercial and Legal Director for a large Australian renewable energy developer, focused on capital raising activities for renewable energy projects including utility scale solar and long duration storage projects. Antonia has extensive M&A and project finance transactional experience, starting her career as a lawyer in the Global Energy and Infrastructure team at Linklaters in London and Allens in Sydney, before moving into project development and investment. She has a BA from King's College, London and an LLB from the College of Law.

Daelus Lu

Head of Government Affairs/A6, Asia

With more than 11 years in account management and business development, Daelus leads CQC's engagements with governments around the world. He is also responsible for deepening relationships with corporates keen to invest in carbon projects or offtake carbon offsets. Before CQC, Daelus served as the Assistant Vice President for Singapore Economic Development Board, where he was instrumental in uncovering opportunities and securing foreign direct investments worth more than SGD$2.5B. He also spent four years based in Tokyo as the Regional Director engaging Fortune 500 Japanese companies in the Energy & Chemicals, Renewables, Agri-food, Equipment & Machinery industries. Finally, Daelus worked two years in Barclays Investment Bank following his graduation from the National University of Singapore. He holds a BBA (Honours), with specialization in Finance, and currently resides in Singapore.

Bhaskar Jyoti Nath

Head of Operations, Southeast Asia

With over 15 years of experience in program management and implementation within the fields of Clean Energy and Climate Change, Bhaskar expertly manages the implementation of CQC's community-based projects in Southeast Asia. Prior to joining CQC, Bhaskar served as an Associate Director at PwC India, where he led multiple energy and climate change mitigation related programs for a variety of bilateral and multilateral organizations, such as the EU, UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO, UNHABITAT, World Bank, and GiZ, among others, as well as government agencies in more than 18 countries. Bhaskar began his career in carbon financing, where he played a pivotal role in enabling over 50 private sector engagements to receive carbon finance. He holds an MBA degree from Management Development Institute, India, and an M.Tech from Tezpur University, India.

James Gillespie

Head of Marketing and Communications

James is a highly accomplished Marketing and Brand Strategy professional with 15 years of experience leading the strategic planning and execution of large-scale integrated marketing campaigns. James has made a significant impact on brands across diverse industry sectors, including global brands Apple and Samsung. Equipped with an MBA from the University of Sydney, with a specialised focus on social enterprise and leadership, James brings a unique blend of business acumen and a passion for creating positive social impact. This well-rounded background enables James to approach marketing and brand strategy with a strategic and purpose-driven mindset. As the driving force behind CQC's global brand and marketing programs, James plays a pivotal role in bringing the CQC brand and products to life. Through captivating storytelling and innovative marketing campaigns, James effectively engages audiences and ensures the CQC brand resonates deeply with CQC’s target audiences. Passionate about making a meaningful difference through marketing, James is dedicated to driving positive change and leveraging the power of storytelling to create lasting brand experiences.

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