Alden D Souza

• Leadership of Ventient’s Procurement team. • Responsible for Ventient’s procurement strategy in relation to its Turbine O&M contracts and PPA’s (Power Purchase Agreements) across its UK portfolio. This involves assessing the route to market, identification of the value proposition and defining the commercial structures to enhance the overall business case. • Supporting DD & valuation across the business for M&A activities reviewing key assumptions and contracts. • Assessing competitive market intelligence and evolving business models in the area of O&M and PPA’s to identify underlying drivers. • Working with key Wind OEMs, Off-takers, internal and external asset managers to understand underlying drivers, de-risk and enhance NAV and EBITDA for the business. • Leading negotiations with counterparties from initial heads of terms to contract signatures. • Budgetary responsibility for Ventient’s Turbine O&M budget in the UK/EU. • Reviewing asset level P&L statements to ensure compliance with budgets and lender requirements. • Reviewing O&M working capital requirements, and investigating alternative supply chain and offtake options to help leverage the scale for the portfolio. • Leading resolution of claims and disputes for O&M and PPA agreements. • Supporting commercial assessments across the business for M&A activities and key transactions. • Management of Group Insurance and high value insurance claims for the portfolio.

• Origination, Commercial Compliance and Management of Asset Management, Turbine O&M (~£25 Million), PPA contracts for wind and solar projects in RES’ Generation and Asset Management UK &I portfolio (~1GW). • Supporting acquisition activity for TRIG (YieldCo in JV with RES), across key transactions in various phases. • Developing a procurement strategy and establishing supply chain options for the procurement of wind turbine components. Working with the Asset Management and Engineering teams to ensure availability of parts, management of the supply chain and optimisation of working capital. • Management of Turbine supplier defects, claims and performance related warranties under EPC and Service Agreements. • Tender management and evaluation of Turbine suppliers for providing Wind Turbine O&M services, EoW inspections and major component replacements. Reduced overall costs by 20-30% on Turbine O&M contracts. • Managing the order book for RES’ UK&I Asset Management business unit. • Developing relationships with key Turbine suppliers to improve efficiency of the supply chain in the portfolio. • Providing commercial support for bespoke EPC wind energy and battery storage projects. • Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to support relationships with Owners and Lenders. • Led the integration of new assets into the portfolio. This was implemented by applying lean techniques involving value stream mapping, and the use of A3 models.

Responsible for technical project delivery involving wind and site analysis, wind measurement strategy, energy yield and layout design for RES' wind farm projects in UK&I. Turbine Package Manager for RES' Scottish wind farm projects.

Working on RES wind farm projects from early phase design until construction or financial close, my main responsibilities include the following: 1.Met Mast Siting, Wind Farm Layout Design and Optimisation , Turbine Selection, Energy Yield & Uncertainty Analysis, Damage & Wake Added Turbulence Assessments. 2.Site Conditions Assessment for Turbine Procurement, TSA compliance, Internal Due Diligence, External Due Diligence Coordination & Comparative Analysis, CFD Post Processing and other ad hoc analysis. 3.Microwave Links, Aviation and Shadow Flicker Assessments and Technical Input into the Environmental Statement. 4.Project Management of all Technical Resources to Deliver Development Objectives. 5.Training and Mentoring of other Analysts. 6.Process Improvement.

Conducting Wind Resource Assessments for RES projects in Northern Europe.

Established the wind resource and energy yield assessment capability for Dulas. Conducted detailed energy yield assessments including wind flow modelling, wake modelling, uncertainty analysis and site classification (and continually evolving assessment scope) for commercial onshore wind farms using GH WindFarmer, WindPRO (EMD certified user), WAsP, ArcGis and Windographer. Conducted site visits and reported on suitability for setting up masts from an energy yield perspective. Client servicing, technical support and account management: Monthly reports and analysis for various mast installations and prospecting for new clients. Conducted commercial research to benchmark industry best practices and analysis relating to wind resource assessment and energy yield prediction. Established wind resource assessment methodology for small -medium wind turbine sites without site monitoring using local SYNOP data and operational wind farm data Technical Specifics: Made & programmed data loggers for mast installation, provided guidance on mast configuration and instruments according to standards and tested various instruments before installation. Assisted with business development and provided technical support for small -medium wind development team. This covers turbine technology, grid connection and wind resource assessment.

Developed a Monte Carlo tool for Uncertainty Analysis in Energy Yield Prediction for Wind Farms. Used Crystal Ball for the development of the tool and validated it using production data from two wind farms. Understood the basis of uncertainty quantification and energy yield assessment process.

Energy Management& Energy Audits. Maintenance of Utilities Renovations and HVAC