
Dr. Dominique Candrian
Managing Partner
Dominique is a co-founder of EIC. He has over 25 years of experience in successfully leading the development and financing of large energy infrastructure projects in the US, Taiwan, Morocco, India, the Middle East, and across Europe. He is co-leader of Elysium Solar, a developer of agri-pv projects in Germany. In the recent years Dominique was heavily involved in developing reserve power plants on behalf of institutional asset managers such as Blackstone and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in Germany. From 2003 until 2019 he was leading the asset management of a family of energy funds (listed equities). He chaired the Boards of Energiedienst Holding AG and EnAlpin AG, two energy utilities serving clients in Switzerland and Germany. Until 2000, Dominique held senior positions within the ABB Financial Services group.
He graduated from the University of Zurich with a PhD in Economics. He was a CFA Charter holder (from 2004 until 2018) is fluent in German (mother tongue), English and French.

David Altner
Analyst - Renewable Energy Project Developer
David has a background in finance, commodities and transportation, and has previously gained experience at Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd, Glencore International AG, and CargoBeamer AG.
David holds a MA in Accounting and Finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG). He is fluent in German (mother tongue), English, and French and conversational Italian and Russian.
Nicolas Marchal
Senior Project Manager
Nicolas is the newest addition to the EIC team, having started in June 2023. Over 15 years of experience in successfully managing sales of large infrastructure projects with a focus on gas power plants. He held positions within Alstom, General Electric and Ansaldo Energia in both Switzerland and UAE.
Nicolas has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Electricité et de Mécanique de Nancy, France, and currently obtains an International Executive MBA at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). He is fluent in French (mother tongue), English and German.
Advisors
Hans-Peter Stöckl
Technical Advisor
Hans-Peter advises on all kinds of technical questions. Before, he was Member of the EIC Team for several years and was CTO and Partner. Prior to EIC, Hans-Peter was in leading positions for project development, EPC negotiations and project financing at EGL (Axpo) and was responsible for the development of 2’000 MW of combined cycle power plants and a 70 MW wind farm in Italy. At Ticino-based TUMA Turbomach, he was responsible for the business development in Eastern European Markets. Earlier, he worked at Elektrowatt in the field of new energy technologies and was involved in the succesful creation of Calpine, a Californian IPP company.
Hans-Peter holds MSc’s of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration and is fluent in German, English, French and Italian.
Adrian Bobula
Project Developer and Permitting Specialist
Adrian has more than thirty years of experience in the energy sector. He was leading the development of several largescale power generation – and related infrastructure projects across Europe. In the position of project director, he maintained relationships with stakeholders, banks, equity investors, regulatory authorities, and energy facility operators.
Adrian passed state examination in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in measurement, regulation and automation technology at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. He speaks English, German, Slovak and conversational Russian.
Network Organizations

Global Project Finance Advisory Council
GPFAC is a leading-edge provider of advisory and consulting services in project finance, financial modelling, and training for power, renewable energy, oil & gas, and infrastructure projects worldwide.
EIC and GPFAC partner together on defined project finance mandates to offer a full-team offering. GPFAC has eight highly experienced principals based in the US, Switzerland, Africa, India, and Hong Kong (China) who are in a position to support EIC and its customers worldwide.

LBD Beratungsgesellschaft Berlin
LBD is a strategy consultancy company in the energy sector with services focused on the topics of the future, creating the basis today for energy tomorrow: smart metering, energy efficiency, electro-mobility, regenerative and distributed energy generation.
Experience along the entire value chain is key to LBD’s project development and sound analysis. LBD’s services, including sales planning, energy generation concepts including well-developed business plans and evaluation, form a basis for strategic decisions for various energy utility companies.
LBD is an owner-run, independent company with a diverse workforce of 40, established in 1988 and based in Berlin, Germany.

Elysium Solar GmbH
Elysium is a German project development company with focus on agrivoltaics.
Elysium stands for the combination of tomorrow’s energy and agricultural transition. The company adds value for local people and businesses on a single site. For the climate, for regional agriculture and biodiversity.
Elysium is a joint-venture of EIC and LBD with a dynamic workforce of about 10, established in 2021 and based in Berlin, Germany.




