London, England, United Kingdom
M&A and investment professional focused on battery storage, energy transition and infrastructure investing across Europe. Currently serving as Head of M&A at CATL in Europe, where I lead investments in utility-scale battery energy storage projects across the UK and European markets. My responsibilities include investment origination, commercial evaluation, transaction structuring, negotiations, and execution of strategic growth opportunities. Having worked across both investment institutions and industrial sponsors, I bring a unique combination of financial discipline and sector expertise. My experience covers renewable energy, battery storage, infrastructure, project finance, and cross-border M&A, with a strong track record of delivering complex transactions involving developers, lenders, utilities, investors, and strategic partners. I am particularly interested in the intersection of energy infrastructure, capital markets, and emerging technologies that will shape the future of the energy system. CFA Charterholder
• Led the origination, evaluation, and execution of strategic investments in the BESS sector across the UK and Europe. • Managed the entire deal lifecycle, including sourcing, due diligence, negotiation, and securing Investment Committee approvals.
PowerChina New Energy Engineering is a state-owned engineering company and affiliated to Power Construction Corporation of China (ranking 161st in the world's top 500 enterprises). The company's main businesses focus on: renewable energy and infrastructure industry, traditional power supply business and traditional derivatives business. The company purchase, develop, construct (act as EPC) and sell infrastructure projects (mainly in energy industry). As a global company, the company construct projects in over 32 countries and regions. The London office has recently been set up to facilitate the financial needs for the company's oversea business and projects.
Cocoon Global is a Chinese capital backed PE firm. Its business mainly focus on early-stage investments, IP management , fund management and late-stage merge and acquisition activities. As a VP of the company, my responsibilities cover both corporate advisory side and fund management side. My work involve : 1) Identify relevant M&A target companies based on defined acquisition criteria, perform financial analysis and prepare pitch books and related materials; 2) Gather relevant data to conduct technology industry research, company and competitor analysis, and gives interpretations on early stage technology companies. 3) Explore opportunity in the med-tech, green-tech sector and industry 4.0 that fits the company’s investment criteria and business interests and discuss with teams 4) Use due diligence, financial modeling techniques and valuation methods in order to assess the advantages of investing in an early stage company. 5) Generate professional and visually compelling concept notes, proposals, and budgets that provide sufficient details to meet partner’s business requirements, incorporating verbal, written and graphic input from the team.