Julio Mestroni

ESAP provides advisory services on investment, strategy, technology, and commercialisation of sustainable technologies that accelerate the energy transition. Focused on grid innovation, real-estate carbon & energy performance, and the future of transportation, ESAP works closely with PE/VC firms, key market players, and start-ups to outline strategic playbooks, allocate capital, and develop new business models to scale disruptive technologies & services.

Arbor Energy’s advanced power systems deliver clean, reliable baseload electricity with zero operating emissions.

At Colabora, our foundation is rooted in a collective problem-solving approach where deep, complementary and diverse expertise intersects with curiosity and creativity to deliver fresh, innovative and enduring solutions across the Infrastructure sector.

CarbonLaces is an AI/ML enabled tech company on a mission to activate sustainability across Real-Estate assets.

Connected Kerb is an EV charging company on a mission to change the world for good, one charge at a time.

Hexxcell mission is to bring digital innovation to industrial thermal systems.

Member of the UK SIF Advisory Board. The Strategic Innovation Fund aims to help transform energy networks across the UK for a low-carbon future.

Led the global commercial success of the GE Digital Power Generation SaaS based business. The CCO role reported to the CEO of GE Digital PG&OG and led an extensive network of sales and solution architect teams on a global scale, driving go-to-market strategies paired with relentless customer focus to promote GE as the natural digital transformation partner to accelerate the energy transition.

Led global solution architecting, customer support, and project engineering execution for a $4.2B GE business unit that commercializes and deploys new technologies for power generation. Position reported to GE Power CTO, managed a $350MM annual budget, and had direct responsibility over 750 talented executives, managers, and engineers.

Developed sales support, solution architecting, and technology execution that enabled a 3X growth of the power upgrades business, turning the franchise into a $2.7B P&L operation for GE Power. Position reported to the GE Power CTO and had direct responsibility over 350 global employees and an annual budget of $160MM.

Orchestrated technology development and venture efforts to create a software and analytics startup business within GE Energy. From R&D and product development to commercialization and market analysis, I had direct responsibility over 150 highly skilled managers/engineers and an annual R&D budget of $36MM.

Led GE Energy Services engineering support in the Americas across Power, Oil & Gas, and T&D businesses working closely with customers to help with issue resolution and improve assets performance.

Executed consulting engagements to study the financial viability and technical feasibility of capital-intensive green and brown field power generation, CHP and transmission projects. Engagements entailed geographical and technology selections all the way to multi-dimensional - LCOE / NPV / IRR / DCF / ROA - investment and debt-to-equity assessments.