Our Businesses

John Mullins (Group Executive Chairman / Chief Executive Officer Solar)

What’s your job in Amarenco ?

I chair the board of the company and I am responsable of the business line solar for the Group. My tasks include managing a diverse team across international boundaries, our partners and our professional supporting services.

What do you particularly like about your job ?

As a Co-Founder of the business I am enthusiastic about the future of a company that has a vision of decarbonisation and regeneration of our planet. We are very fortunate to haver talented like minded employees who are driving the Amarenco vision forward in our chosen markets.

Elsa Lemos Ferreira (CEO Iberia)

What’s your job in Amarenco ?

I’m responsible for the P&L of Iberia. I have to design and build the business plan for Iberia aligned with the corporate objectives, mission and values of Amarenco Group, plan and execute project development such as greenfield, partnerships, acquisitions and lead it until completion maintaining relationships with the stakeholders and industry of the sector

What do you particularly like about your job ?

The opportunity to contribute to the production of clean energy sources and a more sustainable future, knowing that I’m doing something that will one day make a difference in the future “.

Paul Dicker (PM Ireland)

What’s your job in Amarenco ?

As Head of Development for Ireland, my role involves guiding new solar projects through the entire early stage development process. This task begins when I first set foot on a potential solar farm and incorporates the oversight of the various stages of project development, including feasibility studies, land acquisition/legals, municipal planning, and grid connection process. Once the project has overcome these hurdles it can then participate in the following Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS) auction organised by the Irish Department of Energy. Securing a guaranteed price for electricity generated allows the project to acquire bank financing, thereby paving the way for its subsequent construction.

What do you particularly like about your job ?

I particularly enjoy the wide variety of places my job takes me, from sitting in the offices of a large investment bank in the City of London to a muddy field in rural Ireland discussing grid connection routes with local landowners. From one day to the next, Amarenco has brought a great deal of variety into my professional life, making for a very exciting and challenging work environment.

Philomena Hayes (Sr Financial Accountant, Amarenco Solar Limited – Ireland)

What’s your job in Amarenco ?

As a senior financial accountant some of my responsibilities include:
Set up month end timelines and processes
Management of the Group AP function
Implementation of a Treasury Management System
Liaising with business development partners and construction manager to ensure appropriate accounting for all solar PV renewable energy assets
Managing a team of 3 people

OWhat do you particularly like about your job ?.

I really like the variety within my job. No two days are the same.

Hélène Merveille (Head of Legal. Amarenco France)

What’s your job in Amarenco ?

Support and secure the company’s activities by providing legal advice and tools to all departments and manage the legal team.

What do you particularly like about your job ?

Supporting operational staff in their green energy projects, making them concrete in a dynamic and convivial atmosphere.

Sylvain Pont (Financial controller, Amarenco France)

What’s your job in Amarenco ?

Main responsibilities and tasks of financial controller are to create links and support/coordinate the accounting and financial departments, the various decision-making bodies and the company’s operational units.
I particularly like acting and adapting with a lot of different people’s profile on two main aspects.

What do you particularly like about your job ?

Effectiveness, «Doing the thing right”: Achieving the objectives set whether the most efficient way is used.
Efficiency, «Doing the right thing”: The optimization of the resources used in the realization of a task.

Antoine Charitat (Head of Asset Management and O&M, Amarenco France)

What’s your job in Amarenco ?

I currently am Head of Operation and Maintenance at Amarenco Services, leading a team of eighteen. My role is to define the objectives of the Business Unit and implement Key Performance Indicators in order to track the financial stability of the services while anticipating and overtaking any potential risks and expend the scope of Amarenco Services worldwide. Our team ensures on a daily basis that all PV plants under our watch perform to the highest standards by managing the interventions and repairs required for their optimal operation. We are also responsible for real time monitoring of our PV plants as well as the administrative management of the SPVs.

What do you particularly like about your job ?

I enjoy there being no routine in my job and that every day is a new challenge.
Amarenco is constantly moving and growing making being part of it a thrilling experience.

Sébastien Ortega (Head of Design Engineering, Amarenco France)

What’s your job in Amarenco ?

Within the Engineering hub, I am involved in the Qualification / Technical Expertise process including, among other, the validation of the design for the AMARENCO Group photovoltaic projects.
Depending on the origin of the projects to be qualified / evaluated, the Engineering hub can intervene at each phase of project development.
Autonomous work, rigor, responsiveness and organization are part of the different qualities to carry out daily missions.

What do you particularly like about your job ?

With the dynamics of Amarenco group, I find it rewarding to work on varied and large-scale projects with local characteristics specific to each country.