Przemek Lupa
Assoc. Partner & Regional Lead for APAC (NMF) at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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French Native or bilingual proficiency
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Polish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Dutch Limited working proficiency
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German Elementary proficiency
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Credentials
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Leadership Bursts Learning Series
Harvard Business Publishing Corporate LearningJan, 2022- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
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Denmark
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Financial Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Assoc. Partner & Regional Lead for APAC (NMF)
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Oct 2022 - Present
Leading CIP’s APAC activities & regional team in the New Markets Fund. Based in Singapore. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners specializes in energy infrastructure investments and is among the largest fund managers globally within renewables. As of 2022, CIP has raised approximately EUR 20 billion for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 135 international institutional investors. CIP will accelerate its role in the global energy transition and aims to have EUR 100 billion under management in green energy investments in 2030. CIP has more than 400 employees and offices in Copenhagen, London, Hamburg, Utrecht, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, and Melbourne. Show less
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Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company)
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United Arab Emirates
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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400 - 500 Employee
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Head of APAC
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Jul 2020 - Sep 2022
- Leading Masdar's activities in the Asia Pacific region. This includes ASEAN, Northeast Asia, and Australia.- Most notably, and under very challenging conditions, led the team that achieved financial close on the Cirata project in Indonesia, the largest floating PV project in SEA to date (PFI Asia-Pacific Solar Deal of the Year 2021).- Established a JV focused on the C&I PV market in Indonesia
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Board Positions (Masdar Affiliates)
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Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
Director - Masdar Tribe AustraliaChairman - Masdar IndonesiaChairman - Solar Radiance
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President Director of PMSE (Masdar Affiliate)
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Jul 2020 - Mar 2022
PMSE - "PT Pembangkitan Jawa Bali Masdar Solar Energi" is a joint venture between PJB Investasi and Masdar, and owns the Cirata 145MWac floating PV project.
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Head Of Business Development (ME, Africa, Australia)
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Oct 2019 - Jul 2020
Leading Masdar's business development activities across the Middle East, Africa and Australia. As key highlight, led Masdar's team in achieving FC for the world's largest PV plant, in Abu Dhabi (the Al Dhafra PV2 project): 2.1GWdc on a single site (PFI Solar Deal of the Year 2020 for the Middle East & Africa)
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Fluor Corporation
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United States
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Construction
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700 & Above Employee
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Executive Director, Head of Power for APAC & MEA
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May 2018 - Aug 2019
- Leading Fluor’s regional power EPC business from origination to delivery. - Active on a number of large-scale solar proposals, particularly in Australia, where the teams are working on confidential pursuits, close to 1GW in aggregate. - Leading Fluor’s regional power EPC business from origination to delivery. - Active on a number of large-scale solar proposals, particularly in Australia, where the teams are working on confidential pursuits, close to 1GW in aggregate.
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ENGIE
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France
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Utilities
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700 & Above Employee
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CEO - ENGIE Philippines
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Apr 2015 - Apr 2018
- Built and trained the local ENGIE team, and geared it up for country penetration. Developed a country strategy for the medium/long term.- Developed relationships with significant Philippine industrial conglomerates (at ownership level), leading to collaboration on greenfield and M&A transactions in the renewable energy space.- Led the country team prospecting conventional opportunities in the power sector as well as utility scale renewables (solar, wind, hydro, biomass…) while positioning ENGIE as leader of the global energy transition (decentralized/distributed energy solutions, energy efficiency, smart cities, etc). Show less
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Board Member - Tractebel Philippines
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Apr 2015 - Mar 2018
Served as active board member of Tractebel Philippines, ENGIE’s local engineering subsidiary, and contributed to its business growth and diversification.
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Chairman of the Audit Committee and Member of the Board - Sohar Power
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Nov 2013 - Mar 2015
As board member of the publicly traded Sohar Power Company, and chairman of its audit committee: performed an active non-executive director role, providing sound advisory, recommendations and contributions to the board, particularly on good practices in financial and budget-related matters.
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Chief Executive Officer - Al Suwadi Power
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Sep 2013 - Mar 2015
- Managed from end to end, and delivered the simultaneous IPOs of Al Suwadi Power and its twin company Al Batinah Power, resulting in a high profile and widely acclaimed successful double stock listing across the Gulf. Both companies had grown to a combined market capitalization of $650m by end 2014.- As CEO, managed a company listed on the Muscat Securities Market, Oman, affiliate of ENGIE. $900m enterprise value, 750MW gas-fired power generation. Ensured technical & operational performance and reliability, delivered P&L within budget, led the company from low corporate maturity towards compliance with the stock market regulations, progressively setting up best practices in corporate governance, risk management, operations, health & safety and HR. Show less
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Senior Vice President Business Development - GDF SUEZ Energy Asia
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May 2011 - Aug 2013
- In charge of prospection in a number of countries in the region, mainly Taiwan and India: screened and originated viable projects, developed partnerships with local and regional players. Identified and presented for further development a number of projects to the regional management and the executive committee of GDF SUEZ.- Led the development team on the FSRU-based Kakinada LNG regasification terminal project (3.5mtpa) combined with downstream gas sales in Andhra Pradesh, India, in partnership with GAIL and the Andhra Pradesh government.- Sold the Group’s stake in Hub Power (Pakistan), in Kot Addu Power (Pakistan) and in Zhenjiang (China).- Acting country manager for the Philippines: re-familiarized GDF SUEZ with the local power market, prospected in depth and established long-lasting relationships, leading to the opening of a local development office. Show less
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Vice President Strategy, Energy Europe & International - GDF SUEZ
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Oct 2009 - May 2011
- Conducted strategy projects with cross-functional teams on the global portfolio of the business line (63,000 MW installed worldwide): fuel mix, business models, geographic mix, etc.- Coordinated the quantified contributions of the business line’s individual geographic areas in the context of the annual corporate medium-term strategic plan.- Advised the executive committee on portfolio-related topics, such as vertical integration, global partnerships, strategic impacts of global warming, renewable energy and CO2 issues, and others. Show less
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Vice President Business Development, Asia & Southern Africa - GDF SUEZ
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Dec 2006 - Sep 2009
- In charge of the development team for a major regional tender: a $3bn supercritical coal-fired greenfield IPP project in Vietnam.- Led the bidding team in a dual-site gas-fired peaking power generation project in South Africa (BOO project, investment cost of $1bn). Also: in charge of a combined cycle power pursuit in Mozambique.- In charge of bidding for a geothermal privatization tender in the Philippines (two generation sites and related steam gathering systems, 750 MW).
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Various roles, advanced to Senior Financial Advisor & Manager - SUEZ Energy
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Oct 2000 - Nov 2006
Finance manager for assets and projects in various countries in Asia and Africa. Managed a small team of financial advisors.- Achieved financial closing of the Sohar Independent Water & Power Project, Oman. $600m project, non-recourse project financing. Financial structuring, bank selection and financing negotiation, financial modeling, risk/return assessment, internal evaluation.- Assisted in the successful IPO of Suez’s Thai assets (Glow Energy): valuation / IPO pricing with the financial advisors/underwriters (enterprise value of $1.5bn).- Successfully concluded the sale of a gas distribution company in Korea ($200m) and the sale of a minority stake in a Thai gas distribution company.- Acting CFO of Suez Energy Thailand (currency hedging, $300m loan administration, cash management, etc).- Initiated and led end to end the implementation of a highly value-creative, tax-optimized, equity restructuring and raising of debt for the $700m Glow Energy stakes of Suez.- Worked on the bidding for the Shoaiba IWPP, Saudi Arabia; assisted on the Al Ezzel and Al Hidd IPP bids (Bahrain).- Assisted in the financial due diligence and valuation of the NRG Asia-Pacific assets (power, mainly Australia).- Assisted the management on financial/transactional issues in various companies (utility in Macau, energy services company in Singapore, etc). Assisted the management in Korea (gas distribution) on financial matters.- Provided financial advisory to the management and to European subsidiaries on transactions (acquisition/sale/new projects), including valuation, tax advisory, due diligence, structuring, modeling, recommendation on major decisions in various countries: Poland, Italy, Germany, Belgium. Combined value of several EUR billions.- Built a sophisticated probabilistic economic model for the forecast of gas and power prices in Thailand, including the analysis of the Group’s Thai assets exposure to FX and commodity prices.- Built an energy spot price forecasting model. Show less
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Education
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2009 - 2010
INSEAD
CEDEP - Certificate, General Management Programme -
1995 - 2000
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Master, Management -
1999 - 1999
Asian Institute of Technology
Exchange Programme, International Business
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