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 currently works on a consultancy basis for Taaleri Energia and will join the Team as an Investment Director at the first closing of the SolarWind II fund. 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.

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

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 man-ager 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

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 has been a Member of the Board of the Finnish Wind Power Association since 2013 and Vice Chairperson since 2018, 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 over 10 years of experience in renewable energy, including large scale solar projects and cleantech investments across 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

Olli works as a 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

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

Taamir is the Head of Development at Taaleri Energia. Taamir has eight years of experience in investing in renew-able 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 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