team

Omid Ashrafi

Omid Ashrafi

Managing Partner

Omid has founded and built Newsec Infra since 2007. He holds a unique track record within Nordic wind with 60+ closed deals at a value north of EUR 10 bn. Prior to Newsec Infra, Omid worked as a corporate strategy consultant and also founded elskling.se, the leading Nordic online electricity marketplace for consumers and SMEs. Omid holds an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology and an M.Sc. in Business Administration from Stockholm University / Stockholm School of Economics.

Quentin Lambert

Associate Director

Quentin has 10 years of experience in energy markets and onshore wind transactions. Through his previous roles at Vattenfall, he acquired strong technical knowledge about onshore wind development, negotiated several PPA and led complex transaction processes in the Nordics and Great Britain. Quentin holds a Diploma from the Ecole Polytechnique and a M.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the Royal Institute of Technology.
Daniel Wahlström

Daniel Wahlström

Senior Associate

Daniel has over the last three years built niche expertise in the Nordic power market and renewables through numerous transactions and his M.Sc. thesis for Newsec Infra. He holds a M.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management International from Linköping University, with focus in financial engineering, mandarin and computer science. He spent a year at National Tsing Hua University studying finance and statistics. Daniel also speaks fluent Spanish.

Kassia Sousa

Associate

Kassia joined Newsec Infra from Fresenius where she worked as a manager in debt finance. Prior to that, she developed expertise in impact investing and corporate finance through roles in diverse financial institutions. Kassia holds a MBA from ESADE Business School as well as a B.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics from Goethe University. Besides her native Portuguese, she speaks German and Spanish fluently.

Can Guven

Associate

Can started his career in Garanti BBVA project finance department where he worked in the financing of various infrastructure and energy projects. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bogazici University, an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Inga Jingya Li

Associate

Before joining Newsec Infra, Inga had several years of experience working with accounting, modeling and financial due diligence from both EY and Grant Thornton. Inga holds a M.Sc. in Banking and Finance from Stockholm University. In addition, Inga is fluent in both Swedish and Mandarin.

Dmitrii Yu Liu

Analyst

Dmitrii joined Newsec Infra from Deloitte San Francisco and New York, where he worked in the investment management sector. He holds a BSc in Accounting from Brigham Young University and a MSc in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics. In addition, Dmitrii is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of California.

Ole Holte

Analyst

Ole holds a BSc in Business and Economics from BI Norwegian Business School and an MSc in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics. Prior to joining Newsec Infra, he worked as a junior M&A analyst at Carlsquare.

Franziska Grünthaner

Analyst Intern

Franziska holds a B.Sc. in International Business from both Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Tongji University Shanghai and currently pursues a M.Sc. in Finance at the Stockholm of Economics. Prior to joining Newsec Infra, she worked as a Summer Analyst at Partners Group in Switzerland and spent a semester at Ross School of Business in the US.