Team

CEO and Founder of CELA, with 21 years of experience in the renewable energy sector, including bioenergy, wind energy, solar PV and green hydrogen.

Camila currently also serves as Investment and Green Hydrogen Vice-President of the Board of Directors of ABSOLAR (the Brazilian Solar PV Association), Non-Executive Director of the Board of Administration of Brazilian Rare Earths, member of the Advisory Board of the Federation of Industry of São Paulo (COINFRA – FIESP) and is a Finance Expert at the Clean Energy Finance Solutions Center (NREL – USA).

Prior to founding CELA, she was Country Manager and Head of Latin America at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), where she advised clients with research and analysis of renewable energy sectors and markets, and trends in the region. She has also worked in the past at PricewaterhouseCoopers, ERB – Energias Renováveis ​​do Brasil and ​​Infinity Bio-Energy.

Camila holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Head of Consulting Services at CELA, specialist in project finance, investment analysis, M&A and business development in the renewable energy sector. She has 13 years of professional experience, having participated in several M&A processes and auctions of renewable energy assets in Brazil and Latin America, in addition to the development, evaluation and financing of several Greenfield & Brownfield projects, mainly in the bioenergy and photovoltaic solar energy sectors.

She worked for 2 years at SunEdison S.A. responsible for the activities of M&A, Project Finance, Economic Feasibility of solar and wind projects for Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador and Dominican Republic and for 4 years at ERB – Energias Renováveis ​​do Brasil, as an analyst in the area of Project Finance and Business Development.

She was coordinator of the ABSOLAR Financing Working Group and is the currently coordinator of the ABSOLAR Green Hydrogen Working Group. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from FGV-EAESP and an MBA in Business in the Electricity Sector from FGV.

Senior Market & Business Strategy Consultant at CELA, she has 9 years of experience in the renewable energy sector, acting in business development, financial modeling of power plants and development of innovation and energy efficiency projects.

At Atiaia Renováveis, she was responsible for financial modeling for participation in regulated auctions for hydro and photovoltaic projects, in addition to formatting the energy self-production business models for Lease and Equity PIE. At Energisa, he worked at (Re)Energisa with O&M of photovoltaic plants, energy efficiency projects and at Energisa S.A with innovation projects for the energy sector. She also has experience in analyzing anemometric data and dealing with pending issues with EPE (Ministry of Mines and Energy), with experience acquired at Messtechnik.

She holds a degree in Renewable Energy Engineering from the Federal University of Pampa (Unipampa), with a sandwich period at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow – UK and an MBA in Energy Project Management from SENAI.

Felipe is a Senior Consultant at CELA with 7 years of experience in M&A, investment analysis and project finance, as well as energy trading and budgeting. He works with green hydrogen and derivatives, solar, floating solar, wind and distributed generation (DG).

He worked with Business Development at EDP Brasil, Mori Solar and ODATA in auctions and M&A in the transmission, distribution, hydroelectric generation and GD sectors. He worked at Grupo Petrópolis with electric energy commercialization and budget, managing the operations, contracts and obligations with the Energy Commercialization Chamber (CCEE) of the commercialization companies and consumer units.

Felipe is a CFA Level II candidate, a specialist in ‘Green Hydrogen: Project Development’ by RENAC and has a double degree in Energy Engineering and Science and Technology, both from UFABC.

Consultant at CELA with 6 years of experience in the renewable energies market, focused on energy management for the free contracting environment (ACL) in Brazil and financial modeling for projects.

Has knowledge in the Brazilian Electrical System regulation, having worked with consulting for ACL for major players in the energy sector, such as Engie and CPFL. Possesses ample knowledge in energy commercialization procedures in ACL and tariff structuring of Brazil’s energy market.

At ZEG Energias Renováveis, worked with financial modeling, market intelligence, and prospecting companies for investments, validating case viabilities and ensuring stakeholder engagement.

Gabriel graduated in Energy Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and is currently completing a post-graduation in Project Management at Escola Conquer.

Manager of Energy Solutions, Communication and People at CELA, with over 11 years’ experience in the energy sector, she specializes in strategic negotiation, client management, business development and consulting projects, with a proven track record of innovation and leadership.

At MegaWhat, the energy intelligence company she co-founded, she was Head of the Regulatory and Education areas, working heavily on projects with the technology team.

Previously, at Comerc Energia, as Commercial Manager, she developed contracting strategies (PPAs), carried out portfolio management and cultivated strategic relationships. She also worked in the Regulatory and Market Intelligence area.

At Engie, she played the role of Strategic Relationship Manager, providing strategic, regulatory and commercial consultancy and support, with an emphasis on optimizing processes and the contractual portfolio for the client portfolio.

She has a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering (UFRGS), a specialization in Economics (UFRGS), an MBA in Energy Management (UAM) and training in leadership, innovation and experience design.

Senior Consultant at CELA, with more than 16 years of experience in corporate finance and digital business.

Throughout his career, he led business structuring, financial restructuring in turnaround processes, and M&A activities involving relevant Brazilian Fintechs and Proptechs players.

Worked in FP&A for the investment portfolio of a venture capital fund. Additionally, he coordinated the development of new digital products and the implementation of data science and business intelligence.

Luiz holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from FECAP and postgraduate in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking from FIA.