Patrick Furrer

Head Amberg International

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

About

I am a Civil Engineer (ETH Zürich, Switzerland) with experience in the consulting and engineering process for large infrastructure projects with a specific focus in Hydropower, Pumped Storage, but also other Renewable Energy sources as well as in the Energy Transmission & Distribution sector. I consider myself a generalist with a specific technical focus on underground structures such as tunnels, shafts, caverns and its hydraulic design. In my career I have participated in all project cycles from early stage planning, detail design, execution and also in remedial works such as root-cause analysis and rehabilitation for such structures. I have acted as a technical advisor in various M&A transactions in the energy sector. I have also a strong business development background, building up a new unit from scratch in a new market. In the last almost 10 years I have lead a business unit with full P/L responsibility growing the business from 0 to a 50 FTE unit within a multinational consulting firm and within a multicultural environment.

Experience

  • Head Amberg International at Amberg Engineering
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • AFRY (Santiago de Chile)
    • Country Manager Chile
      Nov 2019 - Feb 2024 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    • Country Manager Chile
      Apr 2015 - Feb 2024 · 8 yrs 11 mos

      Head of Hydropower & Renewable Energy Chile

  • Fachoffizier at Schweizer Armee
    Jan 2010 - Dec 2022 · 13 yrs

    Swiss Armed Forces engineer staff unit as part of mandatory military service. Active duty until April 2015 due to expat assignment, official discharge end of 2022.

  • Project Manager at Pöyry Switzerland Ltd.
    Jun 2011 - Jun 2021 · 10 yrs 1 mo

  • Project Engineer/Project Manager at ÅF
    Jun 2006 - May 2011 · 5 yrs