About Us

Your partner in delivering predictive AI insights supporting the energy transition and powering a more reliable grid

• Joined eSmart Systems in 2015 and has held various senior global leadership positions.
• BS in Business Administration.
• 10+ years experience from the financial industry, with focus on private equity.

• MSc. in Technology Management from NTNU and MIT Sloan School of Management.
• 20+ years in software development for the Energy industry.
• Appointed Microsoft Regional Director-Norway in 2019, for a second consecutive two-year period.

• Global finance executive with leadership experience across compliance, treasury, and corporate finance in high-growth international environments.
• 20+ years in senior finance and business roles, combining public accounting expertise with leadership across multiple industries.
• Master of Science in International Economics and Business from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), and licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Andrew Schwaitzberg is a Senior Vice President at Quanta Services, Inc. (Quanta). In this role he is responsible for corporate development, government affairs, emerging technology for electrification and decarbonization, as well as other strategic efforts across the Quanta enterprise.

Prior to Quanta, Andrew was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he was a leader in the Electric Power & Natural Gas practice and launched the Grid of the Future service line. He also worked in London as a renewables developer, where he commercialised projects across Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Andrew is a CFA charter holder. He received undergraduate degrees from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was selected as a George F. Baker Scholar.

• MSc. in Technology Management from NTNU and MIT Sloan School of Management.
• 20+ years in software development for the Energy industry.
• Appointed Microsoft Regional Director-Norway in 2019, for a second consecutive two-year period.

• Lars acts as chairman, industry advisor, and leadership coach for various European clean energy startups and investment funds.
• He founded and successfully exited fos4X, a clean energy IIoT company.
• Lars’ ability to scale the company as CEO, prioritizing shareholder value and implementing professional processes, demonstrates his strong management skills.
• Lars holds a business degree and brings valuable consulting experience, as exemplified by his successful tenure at McKinsey.
• With a Ph.D. in sensor technology and extensive knowledge of clean energy, Lars is a knowledgeable tech expert.

• Lillian Shattock is Director of Private Investments for Arosa.
• Prior to joining Arosa, Lillian was a Project Analyst at 3 G Sahana Capital Partners. Before 3 G, she was an Associate at AGE Equity Partners in London, covering Private Equity, Real Estate and Fund of Fund Investments.
• She began her career in the Global Financial Advisory division of Rothschild Co, London, covering the Industrials, TMT and Financials sectors.
• Lillian graduated from Magdalen College at the University of Oxford in 2012 and holds a B.A. in Classics.

Swapnil Shah is a Partner at Energy Impact Partners (EIP) focusing on Portfolio Value Creation.

As a seasoned operating executive, passionate about launching and scaling new ventures, Swap has founded three enterprise software companies, evaluates and advises companies as a PE/VC operating advisor, and is dedicated to working on climate technologies and the energy transition.

Most recently Swap was the founder and CEO of FirstFuel Software, an industry leader in customer intelligence for utilities, delivering solutions to 40 of the world’s largest electric and gas utilities. FirstFuel was acquired in a private equity led rollup to form Uplight. Prior to FirstFuel, Swap founded and led two data center automation software companies that were acquired by Oracle and Inktomi. Swap served as a growth advisor and board member of Resource Innovations (acquired by Morgan Stanley Capital) and currently serves on the boards of GridX, Urbint, Innowatts and the Northeast Clean Energy Council.

• Chantale has more than 25 years of experience investing in and managing infrastructure assets globally, with a particular focus on energy, utilities, transportation, and renewable power.
• Earlier in her career, she spent more than two decades at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), where she held several senior leadership roles and helped build one of the world’s largest infrastructure investment platforms, with investments spanning electricity transmission and distribution, renewable energy, natural gas, and other critical energy infrastructure assets.
• She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from HEC Montréal and serves on the boards of several infrastructure and industrial companies.