Driving innovation in power networks and electricity markets
Innovation for good is perhaps the most inspiring of all human qualities.
Suzanne capped her 20 year career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s NY and London offices as a Managing Director and Global Head of ESG Capital Markets & Advisory. Earlier in her career, Suzanne also acted as Head of Structured Notes and as an interest rate derivatives marketer.
One of two original co-authors of the Green Bond Principles, Suzanne was instrumental in the development of the Green Bond and Social Bond market. Starting in 2011, when her team led the first retail Green Bond, she helped to grow the market substantially by securing mandates from a broad range of multinational entities, leading Bank of America Merrill Lynch to their number one league table position for at least three consecutive years. Suzanne also helped to create one of the first Green Bond indices and to introduce the now globally recognised Green Bond Principles (GBP) to ICMA, where she served on the GBP Executive Committee and, later, the Board of ICMA, for several years. In 2015, she was awarded Financial News’ 2015 Editor’s Choice Award for her efforts and, in 2014, was chosen as a Bloomberg New Energy Finance "Finance Resilience" Finalist for her ambitions to "mainstream Green Bonds." Beyond Green Bonds, Suzanne regularly advised CFO’s and treasury teams of multinational entities on broader ESG topics, including the impact of these risks on an entity’s equity valuation and credit ratings. She also lent her expertise to European Parliament and Council Members developing financial legislation related to ESG topics.
Suzanne holds a Masters degree in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study Mathematics at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Power drives human progress, like still waters impelling a river in a silent but impactful manner.
Olivia has over 15 years of experience in the investment banking industry. She served as Managing Director and was Global Head of Commodity Exchange Traded Products at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London, one of the top revenue drivers in Global Commodities.
Olivia originated and spearheaded new and incremental businesses into high profile flagship multi-billion dollar global platforms with exponential revenue growth. She was responsible for initiating and executing strategic solutions and issuance, trading physical and synthetic commodity products, and managing portfolio assets in energy, metals and agriculture, with a wide variety of commodity, currency and interest-rate risk. Prior to that, she traded and structured commodity derivative products at Citigroup, and fixed income security products with a focus on structured credit and rates at UBS and RBC.
Olivia holds master degrees in both Mathematical Finance and Engineering from University of Toronto, and a bachelor degree in Engineering from Tongji University.
True renewable leadership is building teams that transform technical expertise into sustainable energy solutions for all.
Tomasz Kiełbasa brings over 18 years of specialized experience in renewable energy, with a proven track record of innovation and leadership. Beginning his career in 2007 at SMA Solar Technology AG in Germany, he developed deep expertise in production, advanced control systems, and measurement processes.
In 2023, Greenvolt Power acquired the renewable energy venture founded by Tomasz, that has delivered over 7,000 photovoltaic (PV), solar collector, and heat pump installations for residential and industrial clients, setting industry standards for quality and reliability through integrated in-house teams, service, logistics, and operations & maintenance (O&M). As President of Greenvolt Power Construction, he led the development of tailored PV, battery energy storage, and O&M solutions, driving the energy transition with a focus on innovation and sustainability.
Joining as Regional Partner at KX Power, Tomasz now leverages his extensive industry knowledge and leadership to advance battery energy storage solutions, fostering sustainable energy ecosystems across key markets.
Tomasz holds an engineering degree from AGH University of Science and Technology, one of Europe's first programs dedicated to renewable energy sources.
KX Power does well by doing good.
Stephen Markscheid was the Chairman of Still Waters Green Technology Limited.
Steve is also the President of Nanograf, an innovative battery anode material supplier. He serves as an independent non-executive director of six publicly listed companies: Fanhua, Inc., Jinko Solar Inc., Ener-Core Inc., ZZ Capital International Ltd., Hexindai, and TKK Symphony. Steve is also a trustee of Princeton-in-Asia.
From 1998-2006, Steve worked for GE Capital. During his time with GE, Steve led GE Capital’s business development activities in China and the Asia Pacific, primarily acquisitions and direct investments. Prior to GE, Steve worked with the Boston Consulting Group throughout Asia. Steve was a banker for ten years in London, Chicago, New York, Hong Kong, and Beijing with Chase Manhattan Bank and First National Bank of Chicago. Steve began his career with the US-China Business Council, in Washington D.C. and Beijing.
Steve earned a BA in East Asian Studies from Princeton University in 1976, an MA in international affairs from Johns Hopkins University in 1980, and an MBA from Columbia University in 1991, where he was the class valedictorian. He lives in suburban Chicago with his wife and three children.
In a fully renewable world, energy storage is just as important as generating green power in the first place to achieve current decarbonization goals.
Dr. Faisal Al Monawer is a serial entrepreneur who invested in numerous startups at their early stage which are currently recognized as multibillion dollar corporations. He is the head of the Captive Venture Capital Fund - Arabian Group which is mainly dedicated to innovation & technology, AI, renewable energy (esp. battery energy storage) and EV types of investments, and founded/cofounded one real estate fund in London, as well as two venture capital funds located in New York and San Francisco.
Faisal has been shedding his vision with KX Power through its growth path including the joint venture partnership with BlackRock. He also holds a global advisory role for funds advised by Franklin Templeton. Faisal also worked in London Stock Exchange after his position as a senior financial analyst in Boubyan Bank Headquarter, Kuwait.
Dr. Faisal Al Monawer earned a BSc and an MBA in Finance in Kuwait, two masters from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois in the USA. Dr. Al Monawer taught as a faculty member and conducted academic research at prestigious universities like Harvard University.
Renewables and batteries bring you the energy you want in the power you need.
From 2017 to 2020, Chris was Head of Energy Trading Services at EDF Energy, and also served as the EDF Group Local Energy Management Director. He spearheaded EDF’s Powershift business, offering flexibility trading services to batteries and gas engines, creating the UK’s first battery floor price contract and growing EDF’s business from first contract to market leading in under 2 years.
As an energy trader, Chris was present at two market openings before heading up EDF Energy’s trading and Operations capabilities between 2009 and 2017. As Vice Chair of the FOAs Power Trading Committee and as Chair of Energy UK’s Wholesale Markets subcommittee, Chris helped create the current Energy market we have today, making changes to energy trading products, negotiating Mandatory Market Making rules with OFGEM, as well as making changes to allow a customer’s assets to be re-optimised closer to real time. Prior to that, Chris was the Head of Commercial Optimisation at British Energy.
Chris holds a Master degree in Business Administration from INSEAD with a distinction, and Bachelor degree from University of Southampton.
Innovation and a vision for decarbonization is only the starting point. Commercializing this commitment makes the idea and impact bigger than any one firm.
Trent Stout is the President of Still Waters Green Technology Limited, a proven leader and business builder with deep capital markets and commodity risk-management experience and is also a Managing Director focused on structured solutions at Priority Power Management. Trent was a founding principal at PowerLink Partners which is an investment vehicle and consulting firm focused on the energy industry. Prior to that, Trent served as the Global Head of the Commodity Index and Products group for Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML).
During his 10-year tenure at BAML, where Trent was a Managing Director and member of the commodities senior management committee, he built many new business lines that set the industry standard for innovation. These included commodity-structured products, the flagship Merrill Lynch Commodity Index eXtra® platform, commodity exchange-traded products and the commodity institutional investor sales and structuring group.
Based in Houston and London while at BAML, Trent built and managed businesses across the globe with a wide variety of commodity, currency and interest-rate risks. Trent also managed a dynamic $20 billion commodity portfolio, issued over $15 billion in commodity-linked securities, and developed proprietary commodity risk-management technology.
Prior to joining BAML, Trent worked in investment banking groups at Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns & Co., where he executed numerous M&As, equity and debt capital markets transactions. Trent received his MBA with honors from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He did his undergraduate work at Texas Christian University, where he received his BBA with summa cum laude.
Green energy fascinated me with an extraordinary combination of the precision of a painter and the imagination of an engineer.
Dr. Sun has over 15 years of extensive experience in mechanical engineering and the flexible optimization of power plants globally, with a proven track record in innovative technology of energy development.
From 2012 to 2020 Dr. Sun worked in GE Power AG and Alstom Power GmbH. She was responsible for the product and method development of the lifetime and condition assessment in power plant components, flexibility improvement, operation optimization and asset management of power plants in an ever evolving and growing energy market.
Prior to entering the energy sector, Dr. Sun was a scientific member for 7 years at the Technical University of Darmstadt.
Dr. Sun holds a Dr. -Ing. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University of Darmstadt, a master degree in Computational Engineering from Technical University of Braunschweig, and a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from Tongji University.
Stefan is an engineer by training and his career spans aerodynamics, water infrastructure, renewable energy, projects and corporate governance. He retired after nearly 2 decades with a listed holding company, where he served on a number of investee boards, provided group guidance on infrastructure & utilities and established an infrastructure fund and an electricity trading business, amongst other activities.
The best investment in the universe is the universe, as there are few greater things than sun, wind and tide that fill a man’s dream.
Since May 2013, Dr. Zhang has been the Founder and CEO of SIFT Capital, an asset manager licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (HKSFC) (No. BBE413) and Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) (No. P1018039). Prior to that, from January 2010 to April 2013, he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, where he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Goldman’s Beijing Office and led multiple outbound and inbound asset/share acquisitions on behalf of clients.
Dr. Zhang is licensed as a Responsible Officer for Asset Management by HKSFC, and to practice as a professional financier by regulators in China, the UK, and the UAE.
Dr. Zhang earned a Ph.D in International Law from University of International Business and Economics (LL.D.), two master degrees in Law respectively from Peking University and Oxford University, and a bachelor degree from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade. He was both China Oxford Scholar and China Chevening Scholar.
© 2026 KX Power Limited. All rights reserved.
