Our team

Kai is the Managing Director of Taaleri Energia and has over 15 years of experience in the infrastructure industry. Before joining Taaleri Energia, he worked for 10 years at KPMG, both in Helsinki and in London, advising public and private sector clients on infrastructure strategy and transactions across energy, transport and social infrastructure. Kai built and led KPMG’s infrastructure business at KPMG Finland with clients ranging from utilities and infra-structure funds to state ministries and construction companies. He has executed 900 MW of wind transactions as well as transactions in hydro power, electricity distribution and de-centralised heat services. Kai holds a PhD in Construction Economics from UCL and an MSc in Engineering and Industrial Management from Tampere University of Technology.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
kai.rintala@taaleri.com
+358 40 162 5711

Stephen is an Investment Director at Taaleri Energia. With more than 20 years of professional experience, Stephen has been based in Budapest for the past 12 years. While working for KPMG’s Global Centre of Excellence for Power and Utilities, Stephen led the corporate finance team, which was responsible for raising debt and equity for energy projects across the CEE region. In 2013, Stephen established his own boutique advisory firm, through which he has advised clients on more than 500 MW of wind and solar M&A transactions. Stephen holds a BA in International Relations from the University of British Columbia, and an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
stephen.butler@taaleri.com
+36 70 425 3699

Vladimir is an investment manager at Taaleri Energia. With more than 10 years’ experience in renewable energy, Vladimir previously worked at UniCredit Bank in Moscow, where he structured and executed syndicated loan and project finance transactions with large corporate clients. Vladimir also worked at KPMG’s Energy & Utilities practice in Budapest, where he specialized in financial modelling and renewable energy transactions in the CEE region. He graduated from the Oxford Brookes University / International Business School in Budapest, and holds a BA (Hons) in Finance and Accounting.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
vladimir.gorelov@taaleri.com
+36 30 202 1081

Olli works as an Investment Manager at Taaleri Energia. He has over 9 years experience from wind energy and electricity markets and networks. He has joined Taaleri in 2011 and has been involved in all phases of wind energy projects from greenfield development to the asset management of operational wind farms. His technical specialties are electricity markets, integrating renewable energy to power systems and asset management concepts. He also has significant expertise in different PPA structures and renewable energy insurances. Olli holds a MSc in Electrical Engineering from Tampere University of Technology. His studies focused on renewable energy technology, electricity markets and networks as well as industrial economics.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Tampere
olli.hagqvist@taaleri.com
+358 50 551 4458

Mikko is an Investment Director at Taaleri Energia. He has over 15 years of international investment banking experience as well as in-depth expertise in energy sector M&A and advanced financial modelling. Before joining Taaleri Energia in 2016, he worked at KPMG in Helsinki executing a number of transactions within the wind power sector as well as electricity distribution and district heating. Prior to joining KPMG, Mikko worked as the global M&A manager for the cargo handling business at Cargotec plc, at Carnegie Investment Bank, based in Helsinki and at Citigroup Global Investment Bank, based in London. Mikko holds an MSc in Economics (Finance) from Helsinki School of Economics.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
mikko.harju@taaleri.com
+358 50 339 5910

Jessica works as a Legal Counsel at Taaleri Energia. Since joining Taaleri in 2016 she has worked with the establishment, administration and investment activities of a range of different private equity funds. She has also been heavily involved in the development, project financing and asset management of several wind farms. Acting as Taaleri Private Equity Funds’ risk manager, Jessica has worked closely with the AIFM regulation. Prior to joining Taaleri, Jessica worked as an associate in the environmental team at Borenius Attorneys Ltd. Jessica holds a LL.M. from the University of Helsinki.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
jessica.hilden@taaleri.com
+358 45 235 3879

Jenny-Li is an Investment Manager and Legal Counsel at Taaleri Energia. She has worked as a lawyer at Taaleri since 2014, acting as the risk management lead as well as project manager for the establishment of a number of private equity funds. Jenny-Li has extensive experience in the Finnish wind power industry, ranging from permitting and financing, corporate governance, structuring and transactions. She was a Member of the Board of the Finnish Wind Power Association during years 2013 - 2018 and Vice Chairperson during years 2018 - 2019, focusing on wind industry legislation and regulation. Prior to joining Taaleri she was an associate at HPP Attorneys Ltd.’s environment team. Jenny-Li holds an LL.M from University of Helsinki.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
jenny-li.holmstrom@taaleri.com
+358 40 086 8615

Petri is an Investment Director at Taaleri Energia. He has 15 years of experience in renewable energy, including large scale solar projects and cleantech investments across Europe and emerging markets. Before joining Taaleri Energia, he worked at Finnfund, a state-owned investment company, leading and managing the structuring and deployment of equity, mezzanine and debt investments. He has worked with both Finnish and international companies in solar, wind, hydro, recycling and biofuel sectors across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Petri has been a Member of the Board and a Member of the Advisory Committee in a number of companies and investment funds respectively. Petri holds an MSc in Economics (Finance) from University of Oulu.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
petri.isotalus@taaleri.com
+358 40 827 6516

Tomasz is the Legal Director of Taaleri Energia. He has 15 years of professional experience in advising clients operating in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He has advised on a range of transactions both in the conventional and renewable energy areas, privatisations, project finance, and licenses for distribution and trading in electricity and public procurement. Prior to joining Taaleri Energia, he was a Partner at Dentons, the largest law firm in the world, where he was a member of the Energy & Natural Resources team. Tomasz holds an LL.M from University of Łódź.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
tomasz.janas@taaleri.com
+358 44 527 7592

Oona works as a Legal Counsel at Taaleri Energia. She first joined Taaleri as a legal trainee in 2016 and since then she has worked closely with private equity funds with a particular emphasis on corporate and real estate matters. Oona has also been heavily involved in several transactions and in project financing of wind farms. Oona holds a Bachelor´s degree from the University of Helsinki and is finalizing her LL.M. this fall.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
oona.kauppala@taaleri.com
+358 40 094 8897

Samuli is an Analyst at Taaleri Energia. He has several years’ experience in the financial and energy sectors, having previously worked at EY, the Embassy of Finland in Moscow and at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg, where he worked within infrastructure lending. Samuli has an MSc in accounting from Aalto University. He has also studied at St. Petersburg State University in Russia and Queen’s University in Canada.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
samuli.makila@taaleri.com
+358 50 917 4848

João is an investment manager at Taaleri Energia. He has an international background with over 10 years work experience in private equity and consulting. Before joining Taaleri Energia in April 2020 he worked as a consultant in Boston Consulting Group in Helsinki where he focused primarily in corporate finance and strategy engagements with clients across the Nordics. Prior to that, he spent over 6 years in London where he focused in the infrastructure and renewable energy space working at InfraRed Capital Partners and Balfour Beatty Investments. João holds a double MSc in Engineering Mechanics from Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH) and Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon (IST). In addition, he completed the CFA Charterholder qualification in 2014.

Taaleri Energia Ltd
Helsinki
joao.neto@taaleri.com
+358 44 901 6080

Elina is an Analyst at Taaleri Energia. She has experience in financial markets having previously worked at Handelsbanken and Bank of Finland, where she worked with statistics and assisted with macroeconomic forecasting. Elina has an M.Sc.in Economics and Finance from Turku School of Economics.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
elina.rauhala@taaleri.com
+358 50 408 6021

Jaakko is an analyst at Taaleri Energia. He has an educational background in finance, economics and electricity markets with a bachelor’s thesis on risk management in the electricity markets. Jaakko is finalizing his M.Sc. studies in Economics and Business Administration at University of Vaasa, majoring in finance with a minor in economics. He has also studied at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom.

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
jaakko.siirtola@taaleri.com
+358 44 561 5789

Erkki is Head of Operations at Taaleri Energia having extensive experience in the wind and other heavy investment related industries. Erkki has an excellent understanding of the wind business, where he has been working since 2001.  From 2009 to 2016 Erkki was establishing the wind power business at Metsähallitus, a state owned wind power developer and major Finnish land owner. From 2001 to 2009 Erkki was responsible for establishing the sales activities of WinWinD (a wind turbine supplier). Erkki has contracted over 300 MW of wind power in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, France and Portugal. Erkki joined the Taaleri Energia team in January 2015.

Taaleri Energia Operations Ltd
Oulu
erkki.kunnari@taaleri.com
+358 40 809 6840

Jaakko works as a Project Manager for Taaleri Energia. Jaakko joined Taaleri in January 2016 and is currently acting as a Project Manager, managing late development & construction project´s at Taaleri Energia Operations Oy. Prior to joining Taaleri, Jaakko worked for consultant agency offering owner´s engineer and project development services to wind farm owners and investors. During that time Jaakko was acting as a Site Manager or Project Manager. As a result, he has gained comprehensive understanding of wind farm projects. Previously he worked as a supervisor at an electricity distribution company. Jaakko holds a BSc in Energy Technology from Oulu University of Applied Sciences.

Taaleri Energia Operations Ltd
Oulu
jaakko.ahola@taaleri.com
+358 40 922 0964

Tuomas joined the company in 2018 and is the Electrical Operations Manager for Taaleri Energia Oy. Prior to joining the company, he held multiple positions in Elenia Oy which is the second largest electrical distribution system operator in Finland. Tuomas worked in Elenia as operation planner, operations engineer and process coordinator for fault repair. Tuomas holds the highest electrical qualification available (S1) and is responsible for all electrical equipment in Taaleri operations. He also supports constructions projects in the area of electrical construction and planning. Tuomas holds a MSc in Electrical Engineering.
 

Taaleri Energia Operations Ltd
Tampere
tuomas.kupila@taaleri.com
+358 40 167 7368

Sami joined Taaleri Energia as a Production Engineer in February 2017. He has been working with renewable energy business for six years. Before Taaleri he has been working on wind turbine service and wind turbine installation projects with Empower PN. His main role has been as a Site Engineer and he has also carried out customer inspections of the turbines. Sami has also worked in the wind turbine service business with Siemens as a technician. His has experience of servicing mainly Siemens, Hyundai and Gamesa wind turbines. He has also experience of the solar industry from his employment at Vacon as a software application engineer of solar inverters. Sami holds a BSc in Automation Engineering.
 

Taaleri Energia Operations Ltd
Oulu
sami.ristiluoma@taaleri.com
+358 50 330 3136

Heppu works as a Production Engineer at Taaleri Energia. He has over 10 years of experience in the field of renewable energy, measurement systems, IoT and data collection & processing, including planning and execution of wind measurement campaigns with various technologies and off-the-grid power supply solutions. Heppu holds a BSc in Business Information Technology, Oulu University of Applied Sciences and is finalizing Master of Science Studies in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Oulu.
 

Taaleri Energia Operations Ltd
Oulu
heppu.seuranen@taaleri.com
+358 45 660 3131

Miika works as a Production Engineer. He has been in the wind energy business for over 10 years. Miika has a strong understanding of wind energy production, international O&M experience and wide technical knowledge from small turbines up to multi-megawatt products of the largest manufacturers. Before joining Taaleri in February 2017 he worked five years in maintenance management tasks for Pori Energia Oy which owns wind turbines and offers services for suppliers and other owners. He has also worked for wind turbine manufacturer WinWinD Oy at the Surveillance Centre and as a Service Manager of Sweden, France and Portugal. Miika holds a Master of Engineering in Technological Competence Management and BSc in Automation.

Taaleri Energia Operations Ltd
Oulu
miika.sinetta@taaleri.com
+358 44 318 1044

Joni works as a Production Engineer at Taaleri Energia. He wrote his thesis on wind park safety for Taaleri Energia in 2015 and has since then been on the team, responsible for the safety matters of Taaleri’s wind farms. Joni holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences. 
 

Taaleri Energia Operations Ltd
Tampere
joni.tiilikka@taaleri.com
+358 40 190 6533

Otto works as a Production Manager at Taaleri Energia. Otto has been working in the wind energy business for over 10 years and he has extensive experience of operational wind parks. Otto has years of experience in managing operational wind parks at Taaleri Energia. Before joining Taaleri, Otto worked over 6 years for the turbine supplier company WinWinD. At WinWinD he established the surveillance centre and led remote monitoring and operations for all of WinWinD’s turbines in Europe. Otto joined to Taaleri in April 2015.

Taaleri Energia Operations Ltd
Helsinki
otto.vorimo@taaleri.com
+358 40 726 5675

Taamir is the Head of Development at Taaleri Energia. Taamir has eight years of experience in investing in renewable energy, mainly into wind and biogas. Taamir started the wind energy business at Taaleri in 2010 and has led the greenfield development of more than 20 wind farms with over 130 turbines. Taamir’s experience covers the entire lifecycle of wind farms. He is highly experienced in project optimisation utilising both financial and technical solutions. Taamir holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Tampere University of Technology. His studies focused on renewable energy technology, power markets and industrial economics.

Taaleri Energia Ltd
Jyväskylä
taamir.fareed@taaleri.com
+358 40 735 9812

Chris is Taaleri’s leading solar power technical expert. He joined Taaleri after 12 years at the global leader in industrial technology, ABB. He has in-depth experience from various technical and commercial roles in both wind and solar power. Chris is proficient with all the components used in solar power plant design and their integration. Globally, he has optimised over 200 solar power plant configurations to achieve the highest ROI. Chris’ skills are utilised during the whole solar project process, from analysing the solar resource, through the design phase and all the way to ensuring continuous efficient operation of the plant. Chris holds an Electrical Engineering Degree from University of Victoria, Canada.

Taaleri Energia Operations Ltd
Helsinki
chris.luymes@taaleri.com
+358 50 339 8028

Pauli works as a development manager at Taaleri Energia. He has been working in the energy sector for over 15 years. Before joining Taaleri in 2012, he worked in a mid-size utility company as a technical and project manager gaining a wide experience of different aspects of energy projects. Pauli has successfully developed nine wind projects in Finland and acted as a project manager for over 300 MW of wind power. He has also been working with solar, thermal and condensing power projects. His key expertise is within the pre-construction and construction project phases. Pauli holds a Master of Engineering in Technological Competence Management and BSc in Electrical and Energy.

Taaleri Energia Operations Ltd
Oulu
pauli.maaninka@taaleri.com
+358 50 527 5550

Fran is the General Manager of Taaleri Energia Iberia and is leading Taaleri Energia’s Solar PV businesses in the Iberian Peninsula. Fran has over 15 years of experience in solar energy construction and project development. Before joining Taaleri Energia, he worked for Elecnor, an international renewable energy engineering and construction company, where he had several international positions. Fran holds an Electrical Engineer Degree from the University of Oviedo (Spain) and a PDD at the IESE Business School (Spain).

Taaleri Energia Iberia
Madrid
fran.valverde@taaleri.com
+34 669 85 10 60

Stephen is the Head of Investor Relations at Taaleri Energia and has over 25 years investment management experience and 11 years private equity experience. Before joining Taaleri Energia, he worked for 9 years at CapMan Plc where he was responsible for business development, investor relations and advising and working with private equity teams on their fundraisings. Stephen has worked with and raised money for Buyout, Growth, Real Estate, Credit, Emerging Markets, Venture Capital and Infrastructure private equity teams and funds. Stephen holds an MA in Management, Economics and International Relations from the University of St. Andrews.  

Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
Helsinki
stephen.ross@taaleri.com
+358 40 733 7789