Our Team
Our team
Misha Kolosov
Senior M&A Consultant
Misha Kolosov has over 20 years' experience in financial management and investor relations. He has worked on a number of international projects including IPOs and debt financing. He has modelled and valued multiple renewable energy sector projects across Europe and Africa. Misha holds an MBA in finance from the Grenoble School of Management, France.
William Hopkins
Managing Director
William’s broad knowledge of the renewable energy business is the result of over 20 years of experience in the sector. His achievements include the development and project financing of award-winning wind projects and the acquisition and sale of over 1,000 MW of projects. Prior to founding Venturi Renewable Energy, he was Commercial Director at Renewable Energy Systems (RES), one of the leading global renewable energy developers, where he led the expansion into Sweden and Turkey through acquisitions and partnerships, including periods as Managing Director of RES Group regional subsidiaries RES Skandinavien (Nordisk Vindkraft), RES Italia and RES Anatolia (Turkey). He also led the acquisition of biomass and solar companies kick-starting RES’s ventures into non-wind technologies.
Julien Ressmann
Julien Ressmann has more than 20 years’ experience in Energy and Infrastructure, working both as principal investor and financial advisor. Julien started his career at HSBC in the Energy and Infrastructure Investment Banking team in London and Hong Kong, working on cross-border Energy and Utilities transactions. He also worked as principal investor for Riverstone backed wind developer Velocita. During his career, Julien has advised large pension funds and YieldCos such as Cubico Sustainable, SwissLife, Greencoat and Santander on acquisition of renewable projects as well as renewable companies on fund raisings and market entries. More recently he has been advising on M&A, EPC and developing renewable projects in Southeast Asia.
He graduated from Vienna University of Economics, is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is fluent in English, French, German and proficient in Mandarin.
