A strong team
combining
entrepreneurs
and sector experts.

Our team

Acting on our shared belief that renewable energy is key for a sustainable future.

Our rapidly growing international team in Munich works with enthusiasm and energy industry expertise to acting on our shared belief that renewable energy is key for a sustainable future. With our knowledge, intelligent solutions, and committed teamwork we develop and run renewable plants profitably, and thus prove their competitiveness in the energy market.

The Pacifico team relies on many years of experience in project development and planning, asset acquisition, financing, as well as in the construction and operation of renewable energy plants in Europe. Comprehensive knowledge of the European electricity markets and current industry trends round off our competence profile. Thanks to our flat hierarchies and collaborative approach, we remain flexible and can react quickly to arising opportunities in the market.

52

Team Members

13

Nationalities

28 /24

Men / Women Ratio

Values

Our culture combines the creativity of entrepreneurs with the rigorous discipline of a professional investor.

Contribution to Sustainability

We contribute to the renewable energy transition. We consider the environment in everything we do.

Driven Entrepreneurs

We build a successful company that sets new standards. We act entrepreneurially-dynamic, courageous and flexible.

Professional Investors

We are thorough and reliable, and keep our promises. We handle investors’ funds as if they were our own.

Personal Integrity

We expect fairness and honesty. We treat everyone with respect – inside and outside the company.

One Team

We communicate openly. We value and require everyone’s opinion.

Personal Growth

We give space and support for professional growth, and share expertise generously. We take individual ownership and are willing to learn.

  • Former McKinsey Engagement Manager, leading energy and corporate finance projects.
  • Ulf has led and defined the overall strategy of Pacifico over the past 8 years. He has led over 40 transactions, has successfully developed numerous projects and is responsible for our project sourcing and development strategy in Germany, Poland and Spain.

Ulf Oesterlin
CEO & Founder

  • Former Energy & Digitalization Consultant at Boston Consulting Group and Manager at E.ON.
  • Thomas is responsible for our service business incl. our asset management portfolio of 200+ MW, our fund management and transactions activities. Over the past 5 years, he set the foundation for Pacifico’s growth in terms of team, structures, and processes and he also led the listing process of TION Renewables in 2019.

Thomas Lorenz
Chief Operating Officer

  • Former Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs covering energy & infrastructure sponsors.
  • Jannik is responsible for the financial strategy at Pacifico. In this function, he has successfully negotiated numerous financing and joint development contracts. He also leads our development in Italy and controls all corporate finance and tax activities at Pacifico.

Jannik Hoffmann
Chief Financial Officer

  • Responsible for tax matters
  • Former Tax Manager at EY with focus on real estate transactions
  • Certified tax advisor (Steuerberaterin) and LLM. oec. from the University of Salzburg

Janina Bachmaier
Team Lead - Tax & Corporate

  • Business Development functions with focus on energy storage products
  • Working in the new energy space since 2019 in both research (Germany) and commercial roles (Netherlands)
  • MSc Sustainable Energy Technology from the Technical University of Delft (Netherlands) and BSc Energy Engineering from University of Bologna (Italy) 

Francesco Benetti
Senior Associate - Business Development & Strategic Projects

  • Responsible for project management of solar development projects as well as supporting Pacifico’s joint venture entities in Germany
  • M.Sc. & B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering with specialisation in Energy Technologies from RWTH Aachen University, international exchanges at EPFL (École polytechnique de Lausanne, Switzerland) & YNU (Yokohama National University, Japan)
  • Former intern at Porsche AG & Porsche Consulting GmbH and working student at the IAEW (Institute of High Voltage and Grids, Digitalization and Energy Economics)

Malick Bezanger
Associate - Project Development

  • Project Developer of PV and battery plants in Italy
  • Working in the new energy framework since 2021, previously involved in the hydrogen market development
  • M.Sc Resource Economics and Sustainable Development and B.Sc in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs

Denise Brasini
Associate - Project Development

  • Responsible for operations and payments in Italy, with duties including office management, event organization, and travel arrangements
  • Graduated in economics from Università Statale di Milano with a Master’s degree in International Economics from the University of Milano-Bicocca

Matteo Carretta
Senior Associate - Operations & Accounting

  • Supporting the Green Hydrogen Team
  • Former working student in Product Management at SFC Energy AG
  • Currently completing my master’s degree (M.Eng.) in Industrial Engineering at Hochschule München, B.Eng. in International Business and Technology at TH Nürnberg

Lara Sophie Dehm
Intern - Green Hydrogen

  • Responsible for all people, culture and communications matters at Pacifico
  • Former HR Manager at KMS TEAM and Account Manager at Harvey Nash as well as working student at AGCO/Fendt and intern at Porsche Experience
  • B.A. in Tourism Management from the University of Applied Sciences Kempten

Lilly Denninger
Team Lead - People & Culture

  • Responsible for accounting of several Pacifico companies
  • Former Associate Audit in Industrial Services at PwC Frankfurt
  • B.A. in Business Administrations from Technical University of Applied Sciences Regensburg

Maike Eiberger
Associate - Finance & Accounting

  • Responsible for project management of wind and solar development projects in Germany, including financial, technical, and legal analysis
  • Former Energy Consultant at m3 Management Consulting focusing on energy markets and Geotechnical Engineer at dibauco, working in the energy sector since 2017
  • M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering with a focus on renewable energies and hydrogeology from the Technical University of Munich, with exchange semesters in Barcelona and Buenos Aires

Nadim Fayez
Manager - Project Development

  • Supporting the Project Development Germany Team
  • Currently in the 5th semester of the B. Sc. Management of Renewable Energies at Weihenstephan University of Applied Sciences
  • Master craftsman in plumbing and heating construction with 5 years of working experience in the sector of building technology

Anton Frey
Intern - Project Development

  • Responsible for people & culture
  • Former working student at PwC in Corporate Health Management and intern at BMW Group in Leadership Development
  • B.Sc. in Business Administration and M.Sc. in Business Psychology

Sophie Grikscheit
Senior Associate - People & Culture

  • Responsible for asset management in Germany and the Netherlands
  • Several years of experience in the asset management of German, French and Finish solar and wind parks
  • M.Sc.in Environmental Planning and Ecological Engineering from Technical University of Munich and B.Sc. in Management of Renewable Energies from University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf

Vera Gröner
Team Lead - Asset Management

  • Project developer of large-scale PV plants in Italy
  • B.Sc and M.Sc in Industrial Engineering from UPC in Barcelona as well as M.Sc in Energy Engineering with a major in Green power systems from the Polytechnic of Milano
  • Fromer Project Manager of small-scale PV projects for Residential and C&I sector in Envolta Energia Global SL in Barcelona

Aitor Marcotegui Güell
Senior Associate - Project Development

  • Responsible for project development of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) in Germany
  • M.Sc. in Energy & Environmental Science at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands with a focus on energy transition and grid stability through energy storage systems and B.Eng. in Bioengineering at University of Applied Sciences in Munich, specializing in renewable energies

Jessica Hagenmaier
Associate - Project Development

  • Supporting the asset management team in Germany and the Netherlands
  • Former consultant for the UK-aid funded Climate Compatible Growth program for green hydrogen in LMICs
  • M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from RWTH Aachen University with focus on Energy Engineering and Operations Research

Lukas Hayer
Associate - Asset Management

  • Part of the Tax & Corporate team and responsible for operational tasks
  • Bachelor’s degree in International Cultural and Business Studies and a Master’s degree in International Relations and Governance & Public Policy

Eva Hörmann
Associate - Tax & Corporate

  • Supporting the asset management team in Germany
  • Former Technical Operations Manager at BayWa r.e. with specializing in wind energy and former intern at the Wind Energy Institute of TU Munich and the Fraunhofer Institute in Kassel
  • M.Sc. in Power Engineering from TU Munich and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Sarajevo, BiH

Lejla Imširović
Senior Associate - Asset Management

  • Responsible for the development of renewable energy projects in Poland
  • Former energy procurement consultant at E&C Consultants, with a focus on energy markets in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • B.Sc. in Chemical and Process Engineering at the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin and double M.Sc. in Sustainable Energy Systems at UPC in Barcelona and IST in Lisbon.

Karolina Kapral
Associate - Project Development

  • Team Lead Project Development Germany
  • Former Investment Manager at Picus Capital and Consultant in Bain & Company’s Corporate Finance Practice
  • M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Maximilian Keinert
Team Lead - Project Development

  • Responsible for intra-group financing, liquidity management and risk management
  • Former Consultant at KPMG’s Deal Advisory service line, focusing on valuations in the energy sector
  • M.Sc. in International Business from Maastricht University and B.Sc. in International Business from ESB Business School

Uli Leibfritz
Team Lead - Finance & Accounting

  • Responsible for People & Culture
  • Former People & Culture Manager at German FinTech StartUp, Wealthpilot GmbH
    and Regional Workplace Services Manager at US Tech Company, GoPro GmbH

Helena Leirich
Senior Associate - People & Culture

  • Responsible for asset management of solar and wind portfolio in the Czech Republic and Poland
  • Former Product Manager at innogy Czech Republic and Trading Analyst at SPP Slovakia with experience in the supply side of the gas and electricity business
  • M.A. in Energy Economics from Sciences Po in Paris and B.A. in International Relations from MGIMO University in Moscow

Nikolas Maskalik
Manager - Asset Management

  • Legal Manager for development of solar projects in Italy
  • Former lawyer in law firms specialized in administrative law, energy and town planning
  • Specialization School in legal professions from University of Roma Tre in Italy
  • Single-cycle Msc. in law from University of Pisa in Italy

Mariella Mauriello
Manager - Project Development

  • Responsible for the field of finance and accounting
  • Two years of experience as a department manager at Mango GmbH
  • B. A. in Business administration from Iwane-Dschawachischwili University Tbilisi and IHK graduation in Office Management with a specialization in accounting

Ketevan Mekerishvili
Associate - Finance & Accounting

  • Responsible for asset management in Germany
  • Former intern for technical management of wind and solar plants and master and working student at the Research Center for Energy Economics (FfE)
  • M.A. in Management from Zeppelin University and B.Eng. in Renewable Energies – Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Munich

Melanie Ostermayer
Manager - Asset Management

  • Responsible for accounting of several Pacifico companies
  • Former working student at Encavis Asset Management AG, with two years’ experience in the accounting and banking topics several companies
  • B.A. in Tourism Management from University of Applied Sciences Kempten

Vanessa Palat
Manager - Finance & Accounting

Barbara Paluszak
Associate - Project Development

  • Responsible for the development of utility-scale battery storage and PV plants in Italy
  • Former short experience with PV power plants asset management
  • M.Sc. in Energy Engineering – Green Power System from Politecnico di Milano (M.Sc. Thesis in Madrid) and B.Sc. in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano

Salvatore Pecoraro
Associate - Project Development

  • Responsible for the development of utility-scale solar projects in Italy
  • Former Key Account Manager at Milk the Sun with two and a half years of experience in sales of solar projects in Italy and other European countries
  • Single-cycle M.Sc. in Law from University of Bologna in Italy

Francesca Pedron
Manager - Project Development

  • Responsible for the development of utility-scale PV plants in Italy
  • 5 years experience in the energy field, with roles as Project Manager Sustainability at Amazon and Process Specialist Balancing at TenneT TSO
  • M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano

Emma Pellizzari
Manager - Project Development

  • Responsible for asset management in Italy and the Netherlands
  • M.Sc. in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano with a focus on Sustainable Development, and B.Sc. in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano
  • Multiple study experiences abroad in Poland and Sweden

Sonia Pessina
Senior Associate - Asset Management

Lara Pribylova
Analyst - People & Culture

  • Responsible for the development of projects in Poland
  • Former Proposal Manager at Siemens Gamesa with over four years of experience in technical sales of wind turbine projects in Europe
  • B.Sc. in Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology

Karolina Stöcker
Team Lead - Project Development

  • Responsible for strategic topics within the asset management team, responsible for asset management in Italy and referent person for asset management in Southern Europe
  • M.Sc. in Sustainable Processes Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Italy)

Matteo Ranieri
Team Lead - Asset Management

  • Responsible for the development of PV Plants in Germany
  • B.Eng renewable energies at HS Flensburg
  • Previous work experience in project management at Naturstrom AG

Torben Roggatz
Manager - Project Development

  • Responsible for the development of renewable projects in Poland
  • Former Area Manager at Amazon and head of department in the Polish photovoltaics company SUNclever
  • M.Sc. in Product Engineering from Poznań University of Technology and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Gdańsk University of Technology

Beniamin Rumak
Senior Associate - Project Development

  • Team Lead Green Hydrogen
  • Former renewable energy consultant for the EU Commission & private sector
  • Former researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with a Ph.D. in energy economics

Frederik vom Scheidt
Team Lead - Green Hydrogen

  • Team lead of the investment & development activities of our PV, wind, battery & PtX projects in the Dutch market
  • Previous experiences as project manager during the development and construction of renewable energy assets, in asset management,  and in legal, technical, and financial analysis of projects in various European markets
  • M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Management & Technology from Technical University of Munich

Valentin Schuster
Team Lead - Business Development & Strategic Projects

  • Responsible for project development of BESS projects in Germany, from origination to Ready-to-Build
  • Double M.Sc. in Sustainable Energy Systems at UPC in Barcelona and KTH in Stockholm and B.Sc. in Chemical & Biological Engineering at FAU Erlangen
  • Previous work experience in project development & EPC works of BESS projects in Sweden with more than 4 years experience in the energy sector

Felix Sippel
Manager - Project Development

  • Responsible for project management of renewable energy projects in Germany, including financial, technical and legal analysis
  • Double M.Sc. in Energy Technologies at IST in Lisbon and KIT in Karlsruhe and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at KIT with an international exchange at Purdue University (US)
  • Former working student at Siemens Energy in the field of autonomous power plants and research assistant at WBK, KIT (Institute of Production Science)

Konstantin Spuler
Associate - Project Development

  • Responsible for the project development and construction of projects in Italy and Spain
  • Former Project Manager for photovoltaic projects at Myenergy in Italy, with more than three years’ experience in the energy sector
  • M.Sc. in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from UNLP Argentina

Ivan Tissera
Team Lead - Project Development

  • Responsible for the development of utility-scale PV plants in Italy
  • Former R&D power electronics engineer at the Huawei Nürnberg research center
  • Experience of 2 years in inverter’s failures and reliability and in PV field semi-automatic inspection techniques with own patented inverters novel feature
  • Honor B.Sc. in Sustainable Innovation & Electrical Engineering from TU/e in Eindhoven. Double M.Sc. in Energy Engineering from IST in Lisbon and UPC in Barcelona

Emanuel Vallarella
Senior Associate - Project Development

  • Supporting the People & Culture Team
  • Completed B. A. of Architecture from the Technical University of Regensburg (OTH)
  • Study experiences abroad in Granada (Spain)
  • Former intern and employee at the European Championships Munich 2022 (HR, Event Management)

Annika Walter
Intern - People & Culture

  • Supporting the development of PV plants in Germany
  • B.Eng. Landscape Architecture from Weihenstephan University of Applied Sciences

Justus Walter
Associate - Project Development

  • Business development and business case modeling for Battery Energy Storage Systems in Germany
  • Former Product Manager for renewable energy monitoring at smartblue AG in Munich
  • M.Sc. in Management and in Electrical Engineering, B.Sc. in Engineering Science at Technical University of Munich

Justus Wolf
Senior Associate - Project Development

  • Responsible for the development of utility-scale PV plants in Italy
  • M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano with a focus on turbomachinery and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano

Alessandra Zappulla
Associate - Project Development

  • Responsible for the development and construction of solar and wind projects in Italy as well as for feasibility studies for the installation of storage systems
  • Former Modeling Engineer in the field of energy storage systems and photovoltaic plants in Denmark and Germany with more than 3 years of experience in the energy sector
  • II level post-graduate master in Renewable Energy and Energy Transaction at Polytechnic of Milan, M.Sc. in Energy Engineering at Polytechnic of Milan

Andrea Zeggio
Manager - Project Development

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