Felipe Branch CV
Intermediation · Market Intelligence · Cross-Border Transactions
Renewable Energy Infrastructure | Industrial Engineer
Open to relocation: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman (GCC)
Join a 10x opportunity in Renewable Energy for the GCC region
The window of opportunity in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has shifted from a theoretical “base scenario” to an accelerated reality. With the UAE and Saudi Arabia mandating a 10x expansion in renewable capacity by 2030, the demand for sophisticated financial and digital infrastructure has outpaced the internal headcount of sovereign funds and national utilities. We operate at the knowledge-intensive intersection where global private capital and engineering companies meet with regional projects.
Every barrel burned domestically is a barrel not exported.
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GdOSolar — International Renewable Energy Advisor
Spain / Switzerland · July 2022 – Present
Cross-border advisory experience in renewable energy transactions, connecting Spanish generation and storage assets with international institutional investors and strategic counterparties across solar, wind, and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
- Built a systematic pipeline over 400 MW of solar, wind, and storage projects and operating assets.
- Supported renewable startup with patented technology in mapping and reaching international institutional investors.
- Advised 3 Swiss companies on Spanish market entry: 2 battery manufacturers on partnership identification and market positioning, and 1 BESS operator on project acquisition evaluation.
- Developed a beta trading platform for Guarantees of Origin and Power Purchase Agreements that attracted the interest of 26 independent producers with over 310 MW in operational assets.
- Conducted applied research focused on flexible ownership and software development for community solar projects and compensation strategies through green certificates.
BaselDAO/Kunst21 GmbH — Managing Director, Digital Asset & Capital Market Infrastructure
Germany / Switzerland · July 2020 – July 2022
- Led the development of a regulated digital investment vehicle for physical assets, structured under the Swiss Distributed Ledger Technology Act.
- Designed tokenization, governance, and investor protection frameworks for fractional ownership of real-world assets (artworks).
- Established Kunst21 GmbH (Germany), hired and managed a team of three, and raised grant funding from FutureSAX and the Stellar Development Foundation, with support from the university HTW Dresden accelerator.
HTW Dresden University — Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory
Germany · March 2020 – June 2020
Student Assistant. Employed at the autonomous vehicles laboratory. Final research project for bachelor's degree. Developed Multi-Object test procedures for ADAS/HAD (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems Highly Automated Driving) with MATLAB.
Awards
- 2024Prize best project at Hackathon Stoos, organized by Schwyz Next, business association canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.
- 2021Grant by the Stellar Development Foundation from San Francisco via the Stellar Community Fund.
- 2020Grant by FutureSAX the innovation agency from Saxony, a German federal State.
Education
- 2015–2020Industrial Engineering, Production Systems — Universidad de Málaga
- 2020Final research project: autonomous driving tests simulation — HTW Dresden
- 2018–2019Exchange year, production systems — HTW Dresden
- 2017German language course — LMU München
Additional
- International exposure: United Kingdom (8 months), United States (2 months)
- Public education Spain