Susana Quintana-plaza

CEO BM2Solar Lda at BM2Solar

Lisbon Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Susana Quintana-Plaza is an accomplished Energy and Cleantech Advisor, Investor, and Board Member, with extensive experience as a C-level Executive in the Energy and Battery Value Chain, currently leading change in the Energy Transition. Noteworthy highlights of her career include serving as the Chairwoman of the Board at Quadrante Group and as the COO Renewables and New Business Executive Board Member at Galp Energia.

Work Experience 

  • CEO BM2Solar Lda

    2024 - Current

  • Member of The Supervisory Board of Topsoe

    2023

  • Member of The Supervisory Board at Hexagon Purus

    2023

  • Strategic Advisor

    2021

  • Chairwoman of the Board

    2024 - 2025

  • CEO Renewables and New Business

    2019 - 2021

    • Built Renewables division from scratch to an international team of 80 FTEs and a 4.2 GW pipeline (1 GW operational) in SP, PT and Brazil in only 2 years • Led largest acquisition in the history of Galp, for 2.9 GW of solar projects in Spain, making Galp the largest Solar producer in Iberia, which won our team the main award at Galp annual conference in 2020 • Launched Decentralized Energy business (Energia Independiente, now GalpSolar) from zero to a 60 people team. In 1yr of operation reached €5m revenue after 2 years €3m revenues/month • Initiated and developed project to build a 100Ktn lithium refining facility in JV with Northvolt and worked with the PT and EU governments to establish a battery value chain in Iberia

  • Member Of The Supervisory Board

    2018 - 2020

  • Member of the Supervisory Board

    2018 - 2019

  • Partner

    2016 - 2018

Next47 invests in groundbreaking enterprise entrepreneurs and accelerates revenue growth by opening doors to customers around the world.

  • SVP Technology & Innovation

    2014 - 2016

    Inspiring and moving leadership and teams in established large corporations into the innovation world and the digital age. Leading all Innovation activities for the E.ON group, that includes a budget of over €100m for scouting, testing, development and initial launch of new products and business models at the E.ON group as well as the Corporate Venture Capital activities

  • VP Innovation Scouting and Co-Investments

    2011 - 2014

    Setting up and building the Corporate Venture Capital activities for the E.ON group after convincing the executive management board to launch a CVC team. Invested in 14 companies, mostly out of Silicon Valley, in 3 years with all but one currently engaged with E.ON teams commercially or under testing and development. Won 2 Global Cleantech Awards for this work.

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