European entrepreneur building in energy storage and industrial technology. A decade across M&A, private equity, and running multinational operations. Former CEO of Pleuger Industries.
CEO of Pleuger Industries. Three-country turnaround of a century-old German industrial manufacturer.
Across leadership roles at Pleuger Industries and Flacks Group, working alongside chairman Michael Flacks and an exceptional team of engineers and operators.
First-of-its-kind subsea pumped energy storage, developed by our engineers in Hamburg with Fraunhofer IEE. Hollow concrete spheres at 600–800m depth, using bidirectional pump-turbine systems to store and release energy at scale. $4M US DOE and €3.4M German BMWK funding raised and delivered. A 1:3 scale prototype is now being prepared for deployment off the California coast.
Submersible motor pumps for cooling of high-voltage direct current transformers — the systems connecting offshore turbines to the grid. From BorWin Alpha through BorWin 6, East Anglia, Vanguard West, and the 924 MW Sunrise Wind project off New York.
Seawater lift, fire protection, ballast and process systems for major offshore installations including the Johann Castberg FPSO. ATEX-certified pumps for hydrocarbon cavern storage. Subsea retrofits across the North Sea.
Open-pit and underground dewatering operations across three continents. Iron ore in the Pilbara, lignite across Germany, copper in the Atacama. Systems engineered for extreme depth, corrosion, and salinity.
Investment banking to private equity to industrial operations — in that order. Each chapter built on the last.
European commercial buildings consume 40% of the continent's energy. The technology to change that — solar, battery storage, intelligent management — already exists. What's missing is the operational layer: the acquisitions, the installations, the software, the capital structures to deploy it at scale.
The same pattern has played out in industrial manufacturing, healthcare, and business services: dispersed markets consolidate around operators who can execute across borders. The energy transition is next — and Europe's regulatory momentum is accelerating it.
European markets are fragmented by design — thousands of small operators, local regulations, legacy systems. That fragmentation is not a weakness. It's an opportunity for those who can acquire, integrate, and execute.
We are building the thesis for industrial and energy-related consolidation across Europe — making the continent more independent, more efficient, and stronger. Our team partners with the best engineers, experts, and operators to build infrastructure that lasts.
Europe deserves its best technology. We're working to deliver it.
Philippe-Chatrier, Roland Garros