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Daniel Petrie

Daniel has more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance with an emphasis on project finance for the telecom and energy sector, M&A, reestructuración de deuda y proyectos de desarrollo de energía con un valor combinado que excede los US$ 14 Bn en cierres. Daniel lidera el sector eléctrico para la banca de inversión y desde 2008 ha cerrado 21 financiaciones tipo project financeincluding the first two project finance for small hydroelectric plants in the country, the sale of a 700 MW hydroelectric project to Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), advised the Bogotá Energy Group (GEB) in the sale of Isagen to Brookfield and structured 14 projects in conjunction with AIMCO .

 

Since 2006, Daniel has served as general manager of Century Energy Corporation, the Helm Group's vehicle for investments in renewable energy projects, where he has developed ten hydroelectric projects greenfield In colombia. In 2018, he helped create Julia RD (HBI is the largest shareholder), a pioneer in the energy demand response business.

Prior to HBI, Daniel was Corporate Treasurer of AT&T Latin America responsible for financing the expansion into six countries. He was also a key member of the restructuring team responsible for handling the Chapter 11 process and the sale of the company to Telmex. Prior to AT&T, Daniel was Director of project finance and structured finance at Lucent Technologies for Latin America. There he led supplier financings for close to US$4 Bn in telecommunications projects, targeting Latin America and the United States.

He is a business administrator from the University of Arizona and has an MBA from Thunderbird. He is fluent in English and Spanish.

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