Felipe Branch CV
Intermediation · Market Intelligence · Cross-Border Transactions
Renewable Energy Infrastructure | Industrial Engineer
Open to relocation: Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar (GCC)
Professional Experience
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 + business — HTW Dresden
- 2017German language course — LMU München
Additional
- International exposure: United Kingdom (8 months), United States (2 months)
- Public education Spain