Team

Daniel is the Co-founder & Managing Partner of Alcazar Energy.

Daniel has developed several GW of renewable energy projects including the first and second utility scale wind farms in the Middle East. Two of the first solar PV plants in the UAE as well as in Jordan, the first solar CSP plant in the Middle East, the world’s first CSP Tower project with salt storage and the world’s largest off-shore wind farm as of 2014. Prior to founding Alcazar Energy Partners, Daniel had the opportunity to lead investments in various successful renewable energy development platforms such as Fotowatio, Torresol Energy and Theolia among others.

Daniel holds degrees in Industrial Engineering & Finance from University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Cum-Laude) and an MBA from London Business School.

Markus joined Alcazar Energy in 2014 and was responsible for project financing, structuring and negotiation. Under his leadership, Markus arranged USD 470m debt facilities for AEP-I and prior to AEP-I he advised/arranged over USD 10bn of project financings.

Markus worked for five years as an SVP in Mubadala’s Structured Finance & Capital Markets unit. As a senior transactor Markus led the structuring and negotiation of third party multi-sourced financings across Mubadala’s geographically diverse portfolio spanning sectors including: renewable energy, aluminium smelting, aerospace, infrastructure, utilities and leasing.

Markus worked in ABN AMRO Bank and latterly RBS’s project finance unit for approximately 14 years in both a financial advisory and lead arranging capacity. Markus’ geographic focus was originally biased towards western Europe but broadened to emerging markets in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa with a broad sector remit including power and infrastructure.

Markus holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, a master’s in Energy Studies from Sussex University and an MBA from City University London.

Adriana joined Alcazar Energy in 2014 and currently serves as a Partner. Adriana joint Daniel Calderon to start up AEP-I working on the design and implementation of its business strategy and its organizational and operational model. Adriana played a key role in areas of Governance, ESG and Risk Management.

Prior to Alcazar Energy, Adriana worked as a Management Consultant at Accenture and Oliver Wyman. During her career Adriana specialized in market entry strategies, participated/led seven large startups across Asian, Middle East, Europe and Latin America. Adriana Also served as the leader of the general consulting group for Oliver Wyman and was responsible for the Middle East, Europe and Latin America.

Adriana received a bachelor’s degree in finance and international Affairs from University Externado of Colombia and an MBA from Cambridge University.

Clint Steyn is a leading international infrastructure and projects lawyer with over 25 years of experience in the acquisition, development and project financing of independent power, water and other infrastructure projects in the Middle East and Africa regions. Based in Dubai since 2009, Clint has advised sponsors and lenders on many of the ground-breaking regional renewables projects over the past decade.

Clint was instrumental in the successful establishment of Alcazar Energy Partners, one of the region’s first renewable energy investment platforms, first as external counsel and then serving as General Counsel from 2016 to 2018. During this time Clint led the legal team on the successful acquisition and development of Alcazar’s portfolio of seven renewable energy projects.

Clint returned to private practice in 2019 as a partner at Bracewell where he serves as the Regional Head of Projects. Clint also previously served as regional General Counsel for International Power.

Clint has consistently been recognized by both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories as a leading lawyer in infrastructure. He was named by the Legal 500 EMEA as one of eight “Leading Individuals” practicing in UAE Energy & Infrastructure for 2016-2017”, who described Clint as “one of the best power and water specialists in the Gulf”. Clint is recognized in the most recent Chambers Global 2022 rankings: Middle East-wide: Projects & Energy and Legal 500 EMEA 2022 rankings: UAE Infrastructure and Projects (Including Project Finance) as a leading practitioner, with Legal 500 saying “…. Clint Steyn is the best infrastructure and project finance lawyer I have worked with”.

Clint also featured in Dii – Desert Energy, Who’s Who in MENAT Renewables, 2017, which recognizes the 250 most influential renewable energy sector professionals in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey.

Daniel Lancha joined Alcazar Energy in 2016 and currently serves as a Partner. His responsibilities include managing the design, delivery, ESG activities and operations of all AEP-II projects. Daniel has deep knowledge & experience in managing construction and operations of renewable energy projects in emerging markets. He also has an extensive relationship network with the main international suppliers and contractors across the renewable energy market.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Daniel worked for 7 years for Iberdrola Engineering and Construction in the UK as Head of UK Onshore Renewables, Head of Global Offshore Renewables and Contract Manager of Scottish Power Energy Networks Projects. During this period Daniel created the in-house offshore renewables engineering and construction capabilities for Iberdrola including the definition and recruitment of a 150+ team to design and build Iberdrola’s offshore wind farms in Europe. Daniel also implemented the transition of Scottish Power Energy Networks’ design and construction capabilities in-house, integrating and recruiting a team of 80+ staff. Previously he worked 9 years for Iberdrola Ingenieria y Construccion in Qatar, Mexico and Spain as, among others, head of T&D department and Project Manager of T&D and Renewable Energy Projects.

Daniel received a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICAI) in Madrid and a MBA from the Instituto de Empresa (IE) in Madrid.

Chadi joined the team of Alcazar Energy at founding in 2014 and currently serves as Associate Partner. His role includes deal origination, market entry and establishing AEP presence, and leading end to end renewable energy projects.

Chadi has over 15 years of experience in the energy sector, private equity, development and transaction execution. Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Chadi worked for Alcazar Capital on developing investment opportunities in various sectors including energy generation, renewable energy, energy storage, off-grid electricity generation, chemicals, water processing, communications, and oil & gas. Prior to that he held a lecturer and researcher position focused on energy in a leading research university. Chadi holds a Ph.D. in Energy Engineering, and a Masters in Wind and Structural Engineering, with emphasis on Artificial Intelligence applications in Engineering. He also holds a BE in Civil & Environmental Engineering in addition to several certifications in Sustainable Design, Green Engineering, Geothermal Engineering and others.

Chadi has extensive academic and research experience, in addition to several publications on Energy, Sustainable Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Wind Engineering and Building Construction.

Jean-Christophe was part of the Alcazar Energy investment team in 2016-2018 heading the project financing efforts for the Shobak project in Jordan as well as various projects in Turkey.

Jean-Christophe worked for four years as a Senior Vice President in Mubadala’s Structured Finance & Capital Markets unit. As a senior transactor he led the structuring and negotiation of third party multi-sourced financings across Mubadala’s portfolio spanning sectors including: renewable energy, oil and gas, aluminium smelting, aerospace, infrastructure and leasing.

Jean-Christophe worked for the energy major Total Energies for 9 years holding various positions including Finance Manager for the upstream sector in the Middle East, working on both corporate and project financing transactions.

He started his career as an M&A lawyer for Gide and then Clifford Chance.

Jean-Christophe holds a master degree in International Tax Law from Paris XI University and an MBA from Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris.

Nishant Verma joined Alcazar Energy in 2016 and currently serves as a Principal in the Investments team. His responsibilities include origination, financial modelling, execution and monitoring of investments. He also works on corporate matters such as fundraising and valuations.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Nishant worked in the Equity Research division at Morgan Stanley covering the Internet Sector. Prior to that, he worked at KPMG in the Financial Due Diligence Advisory team.

Nishant received a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Piotr Woloszczenko joined Alcazar Energy in 2015 and currently works as a Principal in the Investment Team. His responsibilities include origination, strategic project and market analysis, financial modelling, execution and monitoring of investments.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Piotr worked as a M&A Manager at PGE Polish Energy Group responsible for execution of renewable energy transactions in Poland. Before that he worked in the Energy and Utilities Advisory team at KPMG Poland and Corporate Finance Department at Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento.

Piotr holds an MSc degree in Business Management from the University of Warsaw.

15 years of experience. 

Enrico Casari joined Alcazar Energy in 2023 and currently works as a Principal in the Investment Team. His responsibilities include origination, financial modelling, execution and investments monitoring. 

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Enrico worked as a Senior Investment Manager at SDCL, responsible for origination, execution and management of energy efficiency and decentralised generation investments worldwide. Before that, he worked at Platina Partners, focusing on renewables investments. He also has work experience as engineer, strategy consultant and investment banker.  

Enrico is an electrical engineer. He holds an MBA from London Business School, a master’s in Energy and Environmental Economics from Bocconi University and a master's in Electrical Engineering from Università degli Studi di Pavia.  

Tim Sheahan joined Alcazar Energy in 2015 and currently serves as a Principal in the Investments team. His responsibilities include asset management, corporate finance, compliance, insurance matters and all aspects of project finance.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Tim worked in the renewable sector as Asset Management Head of Finance at Element Power. Prior to that, he worked at BNY Mellon and Quintas Partners.

Tim is a qualified accountant and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and also received a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from Cork Institute of Technology in Ireland.

Diego Olea joined Alcazar Energy in 2022 and currently works as an Analyst in the Investment Team. His responsibilities include financial modelling, market analysis and preparing deal pursuit material. 

Before joining Alcazar Energy, Diego worked as an Analyst for BlackRock’s infrastructure investment team based in Mexico City. He also did an internship at Cubico Sustainable Investments. 

Diego holds a BS degree in Economics from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM). 

Mohamed joined the team of Alcazar Energy in 2017 and currently serves as Senior Director - Egypt. His responsibilities include originating new business opportunities, stakeholder management, and attainment of project permits and authorisations.

Mohamed has over 27 years of experience in the electricity generation and transmission fields within Egypt and the UAE. As part of Alcazar Energy Partners (AEP-I), Mohamed served as a Board of Directors Member of the Benban Developers Association. Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Mohamed worked for the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) as head of the renewable energy unit since the beginning of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) program in 2014. He was responsible for the development of 2GW solar PV parks and 2GW wind plants within the FiT program. He also participated in the preparation Project Principal Agreements (PPA, NCC, UA) and the Egyptian Solar Code. Prior to that, he worked for over 11 years at Al Ain Distribution Company, one of ADWEA subsidiaries in the UAE, as Maintenance Engineer and later on as Senior Projects Engineer. He started his career in EETC in 1994 where he worked as Metering & Power Quality Engineer.

Mohamed holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Power and Machines Engineering from Mansoura University and he is a Certified Project Manager from Emirates University.

Gaizka joined Alcazar Energy in 2018 and currently serves as Senior Project and Operations Manager. His responsibilities include the management of technical, construction and O&M aspects of projects during origination, development, construction and operation across Alcazar Energy’s portfolio.

Gaizka has over 15 years’ experience in the renewable energy and infrastructure industry, and worked across several countries like Spain and Brazil, Mexico.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Gaizka worked with Iberdrola and Eiffage Energia as Project Manager, Construction Manager and Operations Manager.

Gaizka holds a M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering.

Patricia joined Alcazar Energy in 2018 and currently serves as Environment & Social Manager. Her responsibilities include managing environmental and social, health & safety and security, related aspects of projects under development, including due diligence, assessments, and stakeholder engagement as well as for projects under construction and operation. She directs the development of Project-specific QHSE management systems, monitors its implementation and performance whilst driving capacity building of contractors and subcontractors on the same. Patricia is also responsible for the implementation of Alcazar Energy’s sustainability strategy as well as the integration and roll out of social development and investment programs.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Patricia worked as the Global Environmental, Social and Governance Officer for The Abraaj Group and prior to that as Senior Environmental Consultant for 5 Capitals Environment and Management Consulting Group in Dubai.

Patricia holds a B.Eng. Degree in Agriculture and Environment and a MSc. in Water Management from Spanish and UK universities.

Rob joined Alcazar Energy in 2017 and currently serves as Senior Project Engineer. His responsibilities include the management of technical aspects of projects during origination, development, construction and operation across Alcazar Energy’s portfolio.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Rob managed the operational assets for an independent renewable energy developer and utility in the UK (Good Energy).

Rob holds a BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Aberdeen.

Giorgio joined Alcazar Energy in 2017 and currently serves as Senior Energy Resource Analyst. Giorgio’s responsibilities include providing technical inputs related to energy productions, development budgets, red flag analysis and technical due diligence for projects under development as well as in operation.

Giorgio has over 10 years’ experience in the renewable energy industry. Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Giorgio worked in Spain for CIRCE (Research Centre for Energy Resources and Consumption) where he carried out energy production assessment studies for wind farm projects. He later worked for AMDA Energía, a Spanish based renewable energy projects developer. Following these experiences, he joined Nordteco, a Costa Rican based company providing consultancy services to the Latin American wind energy industry.

Giorgio holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Padua (Italy) and a Master degree in Renewable Energies from the University of Zaragoza/CIRCE.

Sharon Santos joined Alcazar Energy in 2016 and currently serves as QHSE Coordinator. Her responsibilities include developing, implementing, and maintaining the company QHSE Integrated Management System, processes, and document control. Working alongside with the Environmental and Social Manager, she makes sure that the KPIs and records are up to date.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Sharon has worked in administration and coordination related positions in the UAE for the past 14 years across a variety of industry sectors such as Oil Services, Health & Safety, Marine and Transportation.

She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree and a variety of Quality Management Certifications.

Michael Higuera joined Alcazar Energy in 2017 and has since served as its Finance Director. His responsibilities include overseeing financial reporting, corporate budgeting, treasury, business control and corporate and project tax structuring/compliance. He is also involved in the design, maintenance and management of our ERP.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Michael held various senior positions throughout Europe in the Finance Department of renewable energy multinational Iberdrola. Before joining Iberdrola, Michael worked in the Finance department of the Spanish construction multinational Dragados.

Michael got his Bachelor of Science in Business Management at Madrid’s Rey Juan Carlos University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Bradford in the UK.

Bilal joined Alcazar Energy as Accounts Director in 2018. He is responsible for MIS reporting, development and maintenance of accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate/timely financial statements. He is also responsible for overseeing the external audit process for Alcazar Energy.

Prior to Alcazar Bilal worked in different capacities with Al Ghurair, Petrofac, Arthur Andersen and KPMG.

Bilal is a Fellow Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.

Jee-Ann Maligro joined Alcazar Energy in 2017 and currently serves as Senior Finance Manager. She is responsible for the day-to-day business processes, administration, financial management, maintains accounting system, planning and forecasting corporate activities and prepares financial reporting and compliance.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Jee-Ann was a Deputy Manager – Accounts with RAK Ceramics PSC, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, managing finalization and consolidation. Earlier in her career she was an Internal Auditor in Aboitiz Transport System Corporation in the Philippines.

Jee-Ann holds a BS in Accounting in the Philippines and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Joanna Reidy-Bond Housham joined Alcazar Energy in 2022 as a HR Manager, developing and implementing talent strategies across key HR areas and managing the day-to-day HR operations.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, she has worked in HR Generalist roles where she looked after the full employee life cycle, payroll and supported and executed the people agenda across Europe, India and Asia, within Private Equity/Asset Management and Consulting houses; including McKinsey & Company, Apollo Global Management and Contour Global.

Sharon Morgan joined Alcazar Energy in 2023 as our Office Manager and Executive assistant, not only directing office administration but also providing comprehensive support to the Managing Partner and his team.

Prior to joining Alcazar Energy, Sharon supported C-level executives in multinational companies in the Middle East, developing a focus on the power and infrastructure industry, and has also worked extensively in senior administration at some of the world's top tier law firms in Europe and the Middle East.

Sharon is a qualified legal secretary and a keen advocate for social inclusion and representation.