Description

I'm an energy engineer with 21 years in the sector, working as an independent technical and strategic advisor to the people who build and finance power projects — IPPs, developers, investors and lenders. My work spans the full lifecycle: bankable feasibility studies, EPC and PPA tendering, technical and environmental due diligence, and owner's and lender's engineering, across solar PV, battery storage (BESS), wind, gas-fired (CCGT), hydrogen and power-to-X, waste-to-energy, and desalination.

I've led international advisory teams — including building one from 5 to 24 engineers — and delivered hundreds of mandates across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, LATAM and Asia, from single-asset due diligence to multi-GW portfolio reviews. I hold a PhD in Energetics and an Executive MBA from SDA Bocconi, which means I'm as comfortable with an energy yield assessment as with the investment logic behind it.

What clients tend to value most: I'm pragmatic, I stay calm and clear when timelines are tight, and I translate technical complexity into decisions you can actually act on. Available for focused freelance mandates — due diligence, feasibility, market analysis, EPC/PPA support, technical advisory — remote or on-site. Based in Zurich; working in English and Italian, with conversational German.

Languages

German
Conversational
French
Basic
Spanish
Basic
English
Native or bilingual
Italian
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Zurich (up to 50km)

Studio Santi
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