Simon Holt
Uk Country Manager @Voltalia
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WORK HISTORY
Uk Country Manager @Voltalia
London, GB
Heading the Voltalia UK business lines of Development, EPC, O&M, Equipment Sales and PPA Sales within the UK and strategically responsible for business performance to the global Voltalia Group. Pursuing Voltalia\'s growth strategy in the UK in solar, wind, hydro and storage technologies and leveraging Voltalia\'s international expertise and experience to multiply the capability of a dedicated professional UK team. Following years of sustained losses, redirecting business activities and posting a positive result from 2021 onwards; representing a transition to long-term asset revenues as a central core of Voltalia UK\'s business.
EDUCATION
Brunel University of London
B. Eng (Hons.), Special Environmental Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT SIMON HOLT
With over 26 years\' experience as an energy professional, Simon is a highly competent manager of people and process; practised in creating and maintaining high-performing teams coupled with an ability to build strong relationships and align diverse stakeholders. Simon has a proven track record of accomplishment, consistently delivering outstanding value in complex, high-pressured environments, he calmly engages at all levels in an organization to promote effective teamworking, develop staff, and executes plans to achieve challenging objectives. Simon is particularly strong in the area of new business development and project management.A self-motivated project management engineer with twenty six years\' of clean-energy experience, beginning with combined heat and power then majoring in onshore wind and solar energy development and a short time in bioliquid energy development and construction. Simon has been a Director or Voltalia UK Ltd. for over three years alongside his Director appointment on 13 special purpose vehicles to realise Voltalia\'s operational fleet in the UK, including battery energy storage. • Proactive professional with excellent interpersonal skills • Commercially astute, enthusiastic and self reliant • Capable of team leadership with the ability to communicate at all levels • Passionate about staff/self development to maximise potentialSimon has managed a large portfolio of pre-construction projects and succeeded in making financial close to enable construction phase to commence off balance sheet. In addition, he has participated in due diligence processes on several financial transactions where assets have transferred or been supported by a financial institution - most notably project finance for South Farm Solar funded by Santander. Simon is always on the lookout for opportunities to increase his personal goal of maximising delivery new sustainable generation.
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