Director of Research & Advisory

Sebastian has covered the wind industry in China since 2004, and has built up a successful research and advisory practice focused on the alternative energy space. Sebastian came to China from London, where he specialized in due diligence supporting project finance and M&A transactions related to alternative energy. He also worked in the transition economies of Europe through the 90’s heading the Warsaw equity research team and covering industrial manufacturers and privatization programs for Creditanstalt Investmentbank - the leading western investment bank focused on the region at the time. Sebastian’s career spans debt and equity financing, project finance, equity research and valuation, mergers & acquisitions, and management consulting within the context of alternative energy and transition economies.

Sebastian graduated with a Commerce & Business Administration degree from the University of British Columbia in Canada and Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. He is a recurring guest-lecturer on financial modeling at Tsinghua University in Beijing. In addition to Mandarin proficiency, Sebastian speaks English, German, French, Polish and Spanish.

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