Albu Valentin

Trading and Origination: Prop trading RO/HU/DE/IT beyond 10TWh with a value of over € 200M annually (Physical and Financial EEX); Development of internal procedures for market participation; Monitoring risk parameters and KPIs for trading, supply, and wind farms portfolio; Assisting the sourcing / hedging / optimizing of for the end-user’s portfolio; Supervising power optimization and GCs hedging for own wind assets, forecast monitoring and analyzing to determine the best market strategies; EFET contracts negotiation; Develop and implement hedging strategies in accordance with group policies but tailor made for Romanian regulatory framework; Development of internal procedures for market participation; Opening and maintaining communication channel with all departments; Building a solid and reliable team with self-sustaining capabilities; Representation of the company both in Romanian and foreign business environment. Market and regulatory design: Expertise on regulation, market fundamentals and competitive landscape of the national and regional energy markets; external representation of the company during specific regulatory meetings. Team Management: Leading an experienced and talented team; coaching, mentoring and developing people, including overseeing new employee onboarding and providing career development planning and opportunities; leading the team to meet the company's expectations for productivity, quality, and goal accomplishment.

Senior Power Trader

Summary of Qualifications Having freedom and authority in terms of strategy and team management, I led and developed the company upstream and downstream from no activity to one of the most important players in the energy sector. Trading Department: Developing strategies of the energy department from the very beginning and traded prop on short, middle and long term; Identifying and developing a cross-border partnerships (Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary); Assessment and aligning of the resources level with a final objective to cover all the activities needed to be performed; EFET contracts negotiation; Prop Trading of over 1 TWh annually; Solving situations of any nature together with the competent departments (Financial, Legal, etc); End-Users Department; Supporting the sales strategy on end-user’s market amounting to 0.5 TWh annually and a share of over 2%; Develop and implement hedge, costing for portfolio and a short-term sale strategy; Manage sales and front office team and develop a portfolio with over 120 GW per year; Reporting activities to regulator authority, Transport and System Operator, Market Operator; Renewable Department: Develop and manage from the beginning a portfolio with over 25 participants with installed capacity of over 60 MWh (wind and solar); Book optimization; Develop the process for Green Certificates path from receiving to selling together with non-standard energy products; Relationship with PRE (Balancing Party); Increasing the awareness of the company. Representing the company to conferences and meetings with authorities and business partners. Achieving a turnover of over 100 million Euros in 2016.

Summary: Development of power trading department; Contracts negotiation (EFET`s) and internal administrative activities; Prop Trading in Romania: DAM, TFS, PCCB_LE, PCCB_NC; Development of various trading strategies and models; Managing the process of spot market (PZU and PIZ) and hedging markets (PCCB-LE, PCCB-NC and PC-OTC) registration and daily trading; Manage various reports to ANRE, cash flow forecast; Develop and implement hedging and costing strategies for end-user’s portfolio; Increasing the portfolio of PPA (Power Purchase Agreements) for wind and solar energy as well as balance optimization, management of green certificates; Increasing the awareness of the company and representing the company at industry events. Development of the company's internal structure and objectives.

Management of the company’s operational activity on the local market, establishing and maintaining relationships with main players; Prop and cross-border trading (RO, UA and SR); Managing process of physical notification scheduling (Areva, Damas, DAM) and long term (monthly and yearly) cross border capacity participation for the company on all relevant grids; Reporting to the relevant authorities.