Empowering Leadership: The Driving Force Behind Solarpack's Success

Every successful company has a driving force behind it, a team of visionary leaders who steer the ship towards uncharted waters, navigate through challenges, and ultimately lead the way to success.

At Solarpack, we are privileged to have an exceptional Senior Leadership Team of inspirational leaders who have dedicated their careers to transforming the energy landscape and create a better planet for future generation. Let's take a closer look at these leaders and the pivotal roles they play in our journey towards a sustainable future.

Leo Moreno, our CEO, is a seasoned leader with over two decades of experience in the energy sector. Under his guidance, Solarpack is scaling up in utility-scale renewable projects across five continents. Leo's impressive career includes key roles at AES, spending eight years in its executive office in charge of global strategy and all commercial activities, and culminating as President of AES Clean Energy, where he led substantial growth, growing the business to over 10 GW of contracted projects and increasing the pipeline to over 40 GW of solar, wind, energy storage and hydrogen proejcts.

His strategic insight, global experience and leadership track record uniquely position him to drive Solarpack's impressive growth and contribute to a carbon-free future.

Our main challenge, which is also an exciting one, is scaling up the business quickly in our 14 countries at the same time, while maintaining a winning culture with a growth mindset, ownership, and high performance. We need to scale up while we transform Solarpack into a global powerhouse with multiple products and technologies in our portfolio, including, beyond solar, wind, energy storage and hydrogen.

Solarpack has a 17 track record of building projects on time and on budget. Our business is vertically integrated and can execute all activities, from development, to engineering, procurement, contruction, financing, and operations. This vertical integration provides an advantage to us, while we expand to having a portfolio of diverse products including different technologies.

What I love about our team is that we are a purpose-driven group.   Our people work in the company because they want to change the world – they all want to work very hard to leave a better planet for our future generations and our kids, a carbon-free planet.  This unified purpose brings us together and brings purpose to our work.

As Solarpack's CFO and Head of M&A, Luis has been instrumental in providing financial stability, new sources of funding and growth into Solarpack. Luis Alvargonzalez brings over 15 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He has honed his expertise across domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and asset management in regions spanning Europe, Latin America and North America, and the Asia-Pacific. Luis played a pivotal role in establishing the Ferrovial Energy business unit from the ground up. His entrepreneurial spirit and strategic prowess were evident as he not only initiated the unit but also successfully executed a range of infrastructure deals that bolstered the company's portfolio.

With a blend of hands-on experience and top-tier education, Luis is driving Solarpack's financial excellence and strategic growth in renewable energy.

Transforming the finance area to support growth and delivering our goals on inorganic growth.

Because its ambitious growth plan and transformational project.

They share a common vision of constant growth and embrace transformation.

Jose Luis García, our Chief Development and Construction Officer, boasts an impressive 22-year career dedicated to sustainability. As the former CEO of Zuma Energy, he focused on decarbonizing the Mexican power sector. Jose Luis played a key role as the Director of Development at Element Power, spearheading the company's international expansion in Southern Europe and Latam. He also gained valuable experience at Iberdrola focusing on high-voltage electrical infrastructure works, and at Isolux Corsan where he managed projects related to high-voltage electrical infrastructures in the International Energy department.

Jose Luis plays a pivotal role in driving Solarpack's mission to lead the way in large-scale renewable projects globally.

Managing the development and construction activities of Solarpack along 4 continents and 15 different countries, with their own regulation, technical means availability and even culture.

Multiple reasons. To highlight the most important: from a human perspective corporate purpose and cultural alignment; from a professional one, the vertical integration of the company provides extraordinary business opportunities; and from a personal one, having the possibility of spreading our highest standards globally while interacting with such a diversity of high qualified professionals worldwide.

Diversity. Although still work to be done, I am proud of being creating a diverse team of more than 600 professionals from more than 20 nationalities.

Tomás Parlade, Chief of Power Generation & Services, possesses two decades of international energy sector experience. An astute operations and business development executive, Tomas is fervently committed to renewable energy. His focus on cost-efficiency and performance optimization is making renewable power competitive with tailored energy solutions. Tomas gained foundational experience as a project manager at Abengoa and worked as the Head of construction, southern Spain at Elecnor.

Tomas is propelling Solarpack toward a sustainable and cost-effective renewable energy future.

The main challenge is to attract talent to grow sustainably at the required place.

Just one word: culture! In a high-performance environment, with a mix of collaborative mindset and full ownership spirit, work is extremely satisfying. I never stop growing and learning.

Everything! We trust and respect each other, everyone is ready to step in and help and eager to improve things and take new challenges.

Iván Nieto, Chief Commercial Officer, brings a remarkable 20-year career in the energy and utilities sector. His expertise spans sales, operations, business development, and IT/Digital. Ivan played instrumental roles at Total Energies as the Head of Digital Transformation, EDP where he served for 14 years, leading energy and pricing at EDP Commercial Spain and spearheading B2B business development. His journey also includes impactful stints at IBM and PwC, where he focused on consulting and business transformation.

Iván is driving Solarpack's commercial success in the renewable energy sector.

Scaling up commercial teams to boost our transformation from a MW company to a multi GW company with a global footprint, and being able to deliver complex tailor made energy solutions supported by multi-technolgy generation and energy management assets.

During my career, I had always worked for blue chips industry leaders with decades of success and thousands of employees. Joining Solarpack gives me the opportunity to build a history greater than the sum of the individuals, with a clearer view on how people´s leadership and commitment contributes to company successful growth and to leave a better planet to future generations.

The way they are always up for the challenge and willing to traction all the company to meet our customer needs, which is extremely important to transform us from an asset centric company to a customer solutions-oriented company.

Mikel Gutiérrez, Chief Business Processes Officer, boasts an impressive 25-year career spanning aerospace, automotive, energy, road construction, solar, and wind sectors, spanning multiple countries including Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, and the USA. Mikel held pivotal roles at Siemens Gamesa, where he served as the Planning Director of the Onshore division. He also served as the CEO of Asebal and held leadership positions at Ormazabal, Mollertech, SENER, and others.

His extensive experience and commitment to operational excellence drive Solarpack's pursuit of process optimization in the renewable energy sector.

To set the Operating Model (Strategy, Processes, Organization, Roles and Responsibilities, IT systems, subcontracting policy) that transforms us from a small family-owned business to one of the key players in renewable energy in the World.

Because it has the culture, willingness, and people to achieve one of my dreams: to leave a better World for my children.

They do not believe in limits. We can achieve anything. And we will.

They have the NDA to understand the business and the operating model needed for it and are not scared to help anyone in the organization that needs us.

Arancha García Pérez, Chief Sustainability and People Officer, brings over two decades of transformative leadership in different sectors, including energy. Arancha held pivotal roles as CHRO in a corporate capacity enhancing People, Organizational, Talent Management and People Digitalization strategies in companies such as HM Hospitales, Gilead Sciences, Sanofi, Genzyme, Made Tecnologías (Gamesa Group) and KONE Elevators. Her journey also includes stints as a Human Resources Strategy Consultant and Business Leadership Executive Mentor at Claveestrategia and HR Strategy and Leadership Developmentin Talento-EPHOS Pharma and EAE Business School.

Her extensive background in People management and her role as an HR Professor highlight her expertise in change management, driving sustainability, and cultural transformative change at Solarpack.

We have a superb challenge ahead of us, transforming Solarpack into a complete different company than the one I met when I joined. Change Management therefore is my main challenge at Solarpack while, at the same time, we make the organization grow exponentially in all the countries that we operate up to a scale we have never seen. This implies growing quickly to achieve our goals but with a sense of order and that everybody feels part of the change. Also, another challenge that we have at Solarpack is to carry on with our Sustainability commitments and improve them, very interesting to see specially after been rated number one in Utilities in 2023 already!

I am always excited about a transformation project in which, in very little time, we can look back, saw where we were and where we are at a certain point of time, learn, evaluate, congratulate, and carry on to the next stage. This is what Solarpack offered me at the beginning, and this is what attracted me to the project. I can already do that, in the year and one month that I have been in the company, we have done so many things already! Now we have the chance to make such an enormous new effort with Leo’s leadership and build the organization we need to achieve all what we are aiming for, that it is even more appealing. I can’t wait to look back in a 6 month period time and see our new reality and I also expect to be able to drive the organization through this change courageously and helping them along the way.

What I love about the Solarpack Team in general is the capacity to overcome change in already different stages, in less than a year, they are not who they were and now, everybody will have to do their upmost to embrace the global high performing culture we are all building together, I am so proud to se the evolution and confident that they will help us drive the organization where we need it to be. And about my team in particular, the People and Sustainability Team, their thriving attitude and commitment with our organization, from my People Business Partners to my Labour Relations Team, to the new created teams of People Digitalization, Talent Acquisition, Global Security, General services, ESG, Communications and Health, Safety & Environmental affairs teams, every single one of them, have been part of the change I mentioned indeed and they will be a pivotal team to get to where we need to get to, big thanks to all of them from these lines!

Borja Guerrero, Chief Digital Officer, possesses a dynamic blend of 20 years of experience in the energy and industrial sectors. Borja built an impressive career spanning over two decades at GKN globally, leading business transformation and management of business projects involving Digital and IT.

Borja's educational background is equally robust, As a digital transformation leader, he is poised to steer Solarpack towards technological innovation in the renewable energy sector.

Accelerate Digital to Drive Profits, Growth and Resilience.

A shared purpose: to accelerate the transition to clean and affordable energy for all.

Not just about my team, this applies to every single employee in the company. In Solarpack is very easy to work. The relationship between all of us, the atmosphere is the appropriate one to afford any challenge.

Juan Antonio, Chief Legal Officer, has extensive experience in the legal area managing multinational legal teams and brings a wealth of legal expertise to Solarpack. His experience in different roles throughout his career of almost twenty years in Siemens Gamesa, and prestigious law firms, such as Clifford Chance and PricewaterhouseCoopers, makes him a valuable asset in legal matters.

Enabling growth, delivering faster contracting and transforming risk management are my key priorities.

On top of pursuing a purpose that I share fully “accelerate the transition to clean and affordable energy for all”, Solarpack is a global company present in the whole value chain of generating energy from renewable resources, which makes the legal function very rich.     

They are “more than just lawyers”. Having excellent legal backgrounds, their thinking is broader. They are recognized for being business-minded and are able to contribute creative solutions in complex business debates.

Stefano Breda, our Chief Product Officer, is a Telecommunications Engineer with a background in solar thin-film manufacturing, is a driving force for innovation in the renewable energy sector. He has extensive experience in risk management, portfolio management, and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), having worked with EDF and Noble Group in London. Stefano's journey led him to AES, where he played a pivotal role in originating and structuring over 1 GW of renewable PPAs across South America. His innovative approach and leadership in managing AES's diverse regional portfolio have significantly contributed to advancing renewable energy solutions and new products in the industry.  

His experience and leadership in the energy industry will be instrumental in driving our commitment to deliver innovative, affordable and sustainable clean energy solutions to our customers in Solarpack.

Gear the organization towards new products and PPA structures with clients. Being able to offer with firm block products, which typically offer higher margins, as opposed to only solar Pay as Produced PPAs requires commercial capabilities and market knowledge that we need to develop.

I was genuinely impressed by the experience and professionalism of the team and the shareholder. I also thought that with such strong BD and construction capabilities the company had an edge vs other peers. Hence strengthening the commercial team was the natural next step, and that’s why I am here.

I started less than 2 weeks ago but what I immediately realized is the collaborative spirit and genuine desire to succeed as well as the entrepreneurial mindset present across the organization. This is something I really like.

These exceptional leaders, each with their unique expertise, are the driving force behind Solarpack's success. They embody our commitment to a sustainable future and inspire us to continue pioneering renewable energy solutions that benefit our planet. Their visionary leadership is not only shaping Solarpack's growth but also contributing to a brighter and more sustainable world.

Together, we are leading the way towards a future powered by clean and renewable energy sources, and with this remarkable team at the helm, the possibilities are limitless.

In #Solarpack #TogetherWeShineBrighter