I have worked with battery storage for the energy transition since the time when it was still research projects in Germany. My first years were spent at one of Europe's leading greentech companies — close to the technology, close to the grid, at a time when most people did not yet know that storage would become an asset class in its own right.

I experienced the build-out of a utility-scale storage business from the inside — not as an observer. At Trina Storage, I sat at the point where technical concepts, commercial structure, supply chain, and project execution converge. First in Europe, where we built a substantial footprint as a new market entrant. Then in the US, where the market dynamics, the demands of the clients, and the speed of decision-making were different again. The counterparties across the table — IPPs, investors, financiers — are today the leading players in their markets.

What shaped those years: I was rarely the most experienced person in the room. But I was consistently the one who brought structure to complex situations, thought problems through, and designed solutions — in an environment that allowed little time for any of it.

The German market is young. The questions being asked here today have already been answered in other markets — sometimes the hard way. I know both sides: the supplier side, introducing a product into a new market, and the advisory side, guiding a client through a decision that has to hold up years later.

I advise as an individual. Those who work with me work with me.