Our Team
Tweedie Brown CBE
Chairman
Career Army Officer. Responsible for £250m budget. CBE in 2003 for services to Defence.
16 years in commercial defence, energy, property and technology sectors. Formerly CEO and Deputy Chairman of AIM-Listed plc.
Currently Chairman of Caridon Group, Guild of Letting and Management, Intent Group, Partner in Maven Executive and a Senior Advisor at MCF Corporate Finance.
Horacio Carvalho
Chief Executive Officer
50 years of experience in energy and infrastructure financing globally.
Founder of Carbon Capital Markets. Raised 3 carbon funds: Carbon Asset Fund (CAF) €35m & China Methane Recovery Fund €300m and REAF.
Led the first large scale wind project in Brazil (220 MW) with CER’s as well as biomass, rice husks, landfill methane recovery all generating CERs.
Up to present Horacio has raised more than US$15 billion in projects and concessions in the Renewables sector.
Wolfgang Menapace
Chief Technology Officer
27 years of experience in the power generation business at Siemens AG.
Successful sales of large-scale steam & gas turbines; project manager 600MW steam turboset in Japan.
Head of fuel-cell battery development. Business development in Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria (Industrial Islands)
MSc. (Dipl.-Ing.) Mechanical Engineering Germany.
Neel Mehta
Legal Counsel
Neel is a highly experienced lawyer of over 22 years who advises on complex construction and engineering, infrastructure, and energy and waste projects.
His skill base includes a broad spectrum of the construction and energy sectors and projects.
He has extensive sector expertise on all forms of renewable energy projects ranging from solar, biomass, hydrogen, wind and waste to energy.
Kevin Lok
Head of Hong Kong Office
Kevin is a Certified ESG Planner with 25 years of consulting experience in advising clients on ESG issues, particularly carbon management, green finance, and renewable energy strategies.
He has worked in North America, UK, Greater China Region, and SE Asia to originate, implement, and manage low carbon and sustainable infrastructure projects, some of which are funded by MDBs (e.g,. World Bank, IFC, ADB.)
Urvish Thakor
Financial Analyst
Urvish is a renewable energy professional specializing in project development, with expertise in financial modeling, risk assessment, and market analysis. He has led project acquisition and development modeling, focusing on improving model-solving efficiency and delivering accurate evaluations for energy investments. He also drives internal research efforts, providing strategic insights on energy markets, and industry trends.
His background includes finance and procurement roles across diverse industries.
Urvish holds a Master’s degree in Finance from EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht (Germany) and was an exchange student in Banking & Finance at S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (India). He earned his Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Mechanical Engineering from GSFC University.