Management team
Lucas de Haro
CEO
Lucas de Haro is CEO of Velto. He leads, the execution of the company’s overall strategy and oversees its daily management. He stepped into the role at the beginning of 2021 upon the creation of Velto. Since the early 2000s, he has devoted his career to the renewable energy, engineering and infrastructure sectors, with a strong international emphasis. Mr. de Haro holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts. He also holds the PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute.
Álvaro Gispert Rubio
CFO
Álvaro Gispert Rubio is CFO of Velto, leading the financial activities of the company. He accrues a strong background in structured finance, investment analysis and treasury management in the industrial and energy sectors, having worked for companies such as Statkraft, Enerfin, and OHL Industrial. He holds a master in Finance from IE Business School and a degree in Business Administration from CUNEF.
Miguel Zaldivar
Head of Development and Construction
Miguel Zaldivar leads the overall project development activities at Velto covering the whole maturity process since early stages up to construction.
He accrues significant international experience in corporate management, business development, project finance, M&A, and sustainable infrastructure investment, having developed his career in different regions, spanning from Spain to emerging markets, where he led the development and execution of energy projects in some of the most challenging environments. Prior to joining Velto, Miguel held key positions at AEE Power, an EPC contractor and power developer, where he served General Manager of its development and investment subsidiary. His international experience also includes working at the Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX) in Ghana and acting as a board member of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in South Africa.
Mr. Zaldivar holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Oviedo and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School.
Álvaro García
Head of Asset Management
Álvaro García is the Head of Asset Management at Velto, where he is responsible for the operation and optimization of the company’s assets, ensuring their long-term efficiency and sustainability.
With extensive experience in the renewable energy sector, Álvaro has worked with leading companies such as Vector Renewables, Grenergy, Sonnedix, and, most recently, as Director of Asset Management at Aquila Clean Energy. Throughout his career, he has been involved in the construction and management of projects across diverse markets, including South Africa, India, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, and Chile, bringing a global and strategic perspective to asset management.
He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, an Executive MBA from EAE Business School, and a PMP certification from Axelos Global Best Practice.
Board of directors
Alfonso Faubel
Chairman (Independent)
Alfonso Faubel is a senior executive with over 37 years of international experience across the automotive, energy, and digitalization industries. He has held leadership roles at Siemens Gamesa, Alstom/GE, and Delphi—global players in the wind power, energy, and automotive sectors. As CEO of Siemens Gamesa’s Onshore business, he led a successful turnaround and post-merger integration of a company operating in 90 countries. At Alstom/GE, he secured over €12 billion in new orders and opened 16 new markets as CEO of the wind power division. He is recognized for his expertise in business transformation, operational excellence, and leading multicultural teams across complex international environments.
Alfonso holds degrees from Universität zu Köln, Richmond American International University in London, and executive education from INSEAD. He is fluent in Spanish, English, German, and Italian.
Patrick Côté
Board Director (La Caisse)
Patrick Côté is Managing Director, Infrastructure, at La Caisse Paris. He develops new opportunities, monitors and seeks value-creation initiatives for La Caisse’s investments in the infrastructure sector in Europe. He has occupied various positions in investment at La Caisse in Paris and Montreal since 2008. In his present role he has been involved in many transactions in energy and transport’s sectors.
Before joining La Caisse, Mr. Cote worked at Ivanhoe Cambridge, the company’s real estate subsidiary. Mr. Côté holds a business degree from HEC Montreal in Canada and is a Certified Management Accountant (CPA, CMA). He has sat on the Board of Directors of South East Water, Interconnector UK, Fluxys, Keolis, London Array Limited and Velto Renewables.
Eléonore Joder
Board Director (La Caisse)
Eléonore Joder is Operating Partner, Infrastructure, at La Caisse. Based in Paris, she works with Infrastructure teams and portfolio companies in La Caisse to improve their operational efficiency and business performance and support the growth of the portfolio.
Ms. Joder has 30 years of professional experience in industry, finance, energy and infrastructure where she had the opportunity to work with investors and infrastructure funds. She holds a master degree from ESCP (Paris), and graduated from INSEAD and IHEDN. Her last position before joining La Caisse was within Noven Group where she was deputy CEO. She has also served as director in the board of several private and public companies in the industry and energy sectors.
Andrew Parr
Board Director (Independent)
Andy Parr is a veteran of the solar industry veteran with more than 35 years of international working on both grids connected and off-grid applications. Most recently he was the Operations Director for the international projects division of Trina Solar managing the delivery of over 250MW of solar projects in Europe and Latin America and the early stage development of many more. Prior to this he headed up the European technical delivery team for United Solar Ovonics and before that held various senior roles within BP Solar including Global Product Director, Southern European Sales Director and Global Projects Manager.
Mr. Parr has a BSC hons degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Trent Polytechnic and continues within the solar industry by acting as a senior advisor.