Meet Our Leaders
- Oksana TashakovaFounder of QPQ International.
Responsible for Strategy, Marketing and Business GrowthA serial entrepreneur with a flair for communications, branding and building relationships. Oksana is a founder of QPQ International – Boutique Investment Advisory and Online QPQ Sustainability Platform.
In the past Oksana has founded Wealth Dynamics Unlimited - premier entrepreneurship education company and the Millionaire Summit events - where an influential group of entrepreneurs, in a simple and actionable way, reveals hands on strategies and ideas to grow your business and wealth.
Oksana is a public speaker and a regular contributor to a range of high-end publications. Her passion for sustainability and helping business owners achieve growth in a stagnant and turbulent economy saw her found QPQ Sustainability Platform.
Oksana has a Bachelor Degree in Accounting and Finance from Auckland University of Technology, NZ. Post grad from Oxford NTL Institute of Organisation Development and other professional certifications like Gallop Strength Finder, Human Synergistic, Leadership Agility, Action Learning, Executive Coaching and more - Vlad TashakovCo-Founder and Managing Director of QPQ International.
Responsible for the Platform Growth.With a background in marketing, finance, and business development, and Masters with Honors in Business from the Auckland University of Technology, Vlad uses his strong work ethic, his leadership, and finely-honed consumer-analytic skills to build relationships with new business prospects, allowing for the growth of revenue and development of client base. With his experience, he develops brand strategies, initiates strategic alliances, and interacts with new clients to develop sustained business for the organization.
His experience and education generate valuable insights into what matters most: what is needed in the complex current business reality in order to grow a successful business. Vibrant and insightful, both a critical thinker and challenge-seeker, Vlad is constantly in search of what furthers personal development and success.
Vlad is a serial entrepreneur and co-founded a number of businesses, including Living Green – eco-friendly home cleaning products company in New Zealand; Academia of Human Potential - providing revolutionary corporate training and human resource development; etc!
QPQ Core Team
- Oleksandr ZotBusiness Development & Investor RelationsWith Masters Degree in Engineering and Bachelor's Degree in Finance Oleksandr has over 15 years of experience in financial research and investment banking.
He is experienced in serving clients in major financial hubs, such as Los Angeles, New York, London, Dubai, Bangkok, and Singapore. - Ameira BalasubramaniamBusiness Development & Developer RelationsWith a Business Management and Finance background and over 20 years of work experience in areas of Human Resources, Business Development, and Finance. Ameira was a Banking and Wealth Management Professional after which she has moved on to be an integral part of a successful start-up company in Chennai, India involved in the construction of Eco Home and manufacturers of Biological Sewage Treatment Plants.
Ameira is passionate about Sustainability and Humanitarian work and has worked & volunteered with the Belgian Red Cross in post Tsunami Recovery & Reconstruction works in Sri Lanka. Currently, Ameira is supporting the mission of QPQ to make our planet green again. - Jennifer FernandoCommunication & Client Relationship ManagerBachelor's degree in Microbiology and Post-Grad in Business Administration. Jennifer has 15 years of experience, starting off in QC for one of the largest computer manufacturers in the world. She progressed to administrative functions and is currently Key Communication Coordinator, Admin & Client Relationship Manager at QPQ International.
- Mahwish NaveedKey Account Manager, Deal AdvisoryMahwish has extensive experience in Customer Relationship Management with several Multinational Companies. She has worked as a trainer and mentor for international projects based in Malaysia. Her experience spans project reviewing and structuring, critical path analysis, creating a Gantt chart, and reviewing the project progress using PM tools. Mahwish holds an MS Project Management degree from SZABIST University, Pakistan. Currently, working as a Deal Advisory Support at QPQ international.
- Aarzoo KhanDeal Advisory Support & Tech AdminWith a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and an MBA in Project Management, Aarzoo Khan brings more than a decade of diverse experience in the energy sector. At QPQ, she plays a critical role in the Deal Advisory Support team, working on project origination and supporting deal advisors in tracking, managing, and following through on project progress, ensuring seamless alignment with investor and project needs.
Previously with Suzlon Energy Ltd., Aarzoo gained expertise across Technology Strategy, Marketing, Analysis, Program Management, Product Development, and CRM, enabling her to tackle complex challenges and achieve impactful results. Known for her dedication, confidence, and strong communication, Aarzoo builds meaningful partnerships and advances organizational goals. Passionate about driving results, she is committed to fostering innovation and growth in renewable energy. - Rex FernandoBusiness Development ManagerB. Com and Post Grad in Plantation Management. Rex has nearly 20 years of experience in Customer Service, Sales, and Recruitment. He has worked across geographies supporting companies in the UAE, India, the USA, and the UK. Currently, he supports customers as a Business Development Manager at QPQ International.
- Sakshi KaliaLegal CounselBachelor of Laws and a degree in International Law and Diplomacy. Sakshi has been practicing as a litigation lawyer before courts and tribunals in India.
Currently handling legal affairs at QPQ International as a Legal Counsel. - Navya H TClient Relationship ManagerNavya H T is a Client Relationship Manager at QPQ International. She has a background in Computer Science Engineering and a strong foundation in freelancing. Before joining QPQ International, she worked independently on Upwork, collaborating with clients from around the world to deliver innovative solutions. Her technical expertise, along with her excellent communication and relationship-building skills, allows her to foster meaningful client engagement and contribute to the company’s success.
Key Deal Advisors
- Claudio PalmieriCurator, Deal Advisory - MEAClaudio has almost 30 years of experience in the development, design, engineering, construction, commissioning, project management, service and operation, maintenance and consulting of power, renewable energy, energy-from-waste, water desalination, and water treatment; and was involved in the development and delivery of a number of high profile power and renewable energy projects.
He has worked in senior management positions for ABB, MTU Friedrichshafen, and Kharafi National.
Claudio has more than 25 years of experience in the Middle East. - William ZeelieCurator, Deal Advisory – AfricaWith over 40 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors and a flair for strategy formulation, project management, operational improvement, and executive mentoring, with specific skills around project development to financial close. The key focus has been around project development through to financial close, EPC and O&M
identification, construction, and operations.
William has sat on the board of numerous companies and his strength is in identifying, progressing and securing energy and infrastructure projects in Africa.
Member of the Engineering Council South Africa (ECSA), South African
Institute of Electrical Engineers (MSAIEE) and institute of Directors (IOD). - Mukesh KolheCurator, Deal Advisory – OceaniaAn experienced CEO and Senior Management professional with a background in Renewables, Mukesh has led teams from multiple geographies in Australia, Germany, France, India, and China.
Mukesh has more than 30 years of experience comprising 14 years at Robert Bosch, 5 years at ABB India limited, 12 years at Suzlon Energy where he has led multiple strategic initiatives before moving to Melbourne Australia as CEO of Suzlon Australia. Mukesh worked extensively to rebuild the Brand Suzlon and reactivated Business development and sales of new turbines coupled with wind farm co-development projects and has overseen EPC project proposals of more than 5 GW.
Mukesh has a Bachelor of Production Engineering from, India. He also holds a post-graduate qualification in Cost and Works Accountancy from ICWAI. In addition, he has certification in Supply Chain Management and Production & Inventory management from APICS USA. - Nicolas VAUDREMONTCurator, Deal AdvisoryA Master Degree in hand, Nicolas started his career in 2000 as successively Nuclear Safety Engineer and Product Manager within AREVA Group (France). Still in the Nuclear field, Nicolas initiated a natural shift to Business
Development within SUEZ group (France) in a human sized engineering company, ITENA (owned by ENDEL of SUEZ Group). Promoted as Managing Director in 2007. ITENA was merged with Coyne et Bellier in 2009, the Hydropower's worldwide leader engineering company and Nicolas have been appointed as Hydro Business Developer mainly for African and Himalayan countries and then Vice President for Hydro Business Development worldwide within Tractebel Engineering France – Coyne et Bellier. In early 2015 Nicolas was deputed to Jakarta in Indonesia to set up PT Tractebel Engineering Indonesia and manage the local entity as President Director. In January 2019, Nicolas have been promoted as Tractebel General Manager Asia Pacific and was relocated to Singapore.
High-level professional with 20 years of experience in engineering services, solid experience in the field energy, deep international development knowledge, strong networker, motivated and passionate about development enriched by its experience in France, Africa, Himalayan region and Southeast Asia, Nicolas decided to set up his own business in 2022 and recently joined QPQ International.
Senior Deal Advisors
- Will HoganCurator, Deal Advisory - North America, South America and CaribbeansWill Hogan is a builder of community and collaboration in Impact, focused on capital formation for Impact businesses, projects and funds, and provides capital introductions services as a Managing Director at Umergence, LLC, a FINRA-regulated broker-dealer. Recent focus Impact themes include energy and the environment/ClimateTech, sustainable food + agriculture, health, and wellness.
Will has driven new business initiatives within and across organizations at firms such as Amalgamated Bank, Aetos Capital, Morgan Stanley and E&Y. He also serves on the board of directors of Jenga Ventures, a newly formed nonprofit working to foster entrepreneurial ecosystems in Africa's Great Lakes Region.
Will holds an MBA from NYU Stern, an AB in Public Policy from The University of Chicago, the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation, and the Sustainable Investment Professional Certificate from Concordia University (Montreal). - Jim PeetCurator, Deal AdvisoryJim has over 30 years of international investing and fund experience. Including raising and running an 800 million venture fund for Lehman Brothers and spearheading numerous investments both domestically and internationally for an affiliate of the Soros Funds. Previously he worked for the premier consulting firms, McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company, on a wide range of projects.
He has a degree in engineering and math / economics from Dartmouth, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar. Jim is registered with FINRA (series 7,24, and 63).Green energy finance is a current major focus, with involvement in multiple current projects having a value totaling over $1 billion.
Specific technologies of interest are the many forms of waste to energy, and other clean power generation, but the range of potential projects is broad, Jim's combination of finance, technical and consulting experience supports developers through the process with investors, and helps give investors well packaged projects that can be assessed efficiently
Deal Advisors
- Alick MacAngusCurator, Deal AdvisoryAlick is an experienced Energy Professional with a solid background and a passion for Energy Generation and Project Development. He has over 20 years of experience in energy generation projects and asset management, project management, business development, M&A support, and asset management consulting services to energy majors, including Shell, BP, and Total Energies.
In 2006, Alick founded an engineering and project management consultancy, which supports energy projects in the UK and Internationally, including Singapore, Vietnam, China, Nigeria, Senegal, Angola, and Europe.
Alick represented Bertsch Energy in the UK, which focused on Biomass Power Plants and Waste Heat Recovery developments, and has provided technical and project development support to wind energy, waste-to-energy, pyrolysis, gas-to-wire, and hydrogen development projects across the UK and Europe. Alick has co-founded and is an executive director of several energy-related companies in Nigeria, Senegal, the UK, and Europe and is passionate about international business, innovation and technology, and energy developments.
Alick holds a Master's in Oil and Gas Innovation from Robert Gordon's University in Aberdeen, UK, and is expected to graduate with an MBA from the Jack Welch Management Institute (Strayer University) in December 2023. - Peter De VriesCurator, Deal AdvisoryPeter has almost 40 years of experience in the development, design, engineering, construction, commissioning, EPC project management, service and operation, maintenance, and consulting of power, renewable energy, energy-from-waste, gas to power; and was involved in the development and delivery of a number of high profile power, both renewable and non-renewable energy projects throughout Africa.
He has worked in various management positions for Siemens, ABB, and Group Five. Peter has more than 20 years of working experience on the African continent. - Antonio CunhaCurator, Deal Advisory - Europe and South AmericaWith more than 25 years of experience in Engineering projects, António studied Engineering Management at Coventry University (UK) and started his career at General Motors HQ Europe.
His career progressed to management consulting and project management in companies like KPMG, PMO Consulting, and FGV Projetos (in Portugal and Brazil). This gave him the opportunity to be involved in key strategic multi-billion dollar international projects and portfolios, such as Infrastructure projects —ports, railways, and smart cities—and utility industries—telecoms and Energy, among others—supporting clients in their business developments.
In the most recent past and with a senior executive position, António was involved in Renewable projects and investments, in the Portuguese Electrical Utility company EDP, for new solutions in African emergent markets.
At QPQ International, Antonio curates projects in different technologies in terms of various parameters like project feasibility, readiness, data room readiness, and milestones completion of the project, and helps in securing investors for the project. - Zane ReiterCurator, Deal Advisory
Zane Reiter is a seasoned finance professional with over 30 years of experience spanning investment management, corporate finance, and business development across diverse industries. A CFA Charterholder and certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Zane also holds a Bachelor of Management degree (with distinction) in Finance.
Throughout his career, Zane has been instrumental in executing nearly $8 billion in M&A transactions and leading numerous equity and debt financings. He specializes in originating and evaluating investment opportunities, conducting due diligence, negotiating and structuring transactions, and managing multicultural business partnerships.
Before founding Zelta Capital Partners, Zane held senior management roles at Oman Oil Company (now OQ), where he led the due diligence and economic valuation of investments, built strategic international alliances, and managed a $1.2 billion portfolio. Earlier in his career, Zane gained extensive experience in corporate development with Nexen, Amoco Canada, and BP Canada, and honed his investment banking expertise at firms including Sprott Securities, Midland Walwyn, and Merrill Lynch Canada.
Due Diligence Advisor
- Lada StrelnikovaSenior Due Diligence AdvisorLada has 20+ years of experience in strategic business development in financial institutions and investment management in the climate change investment themes. Since 2011 sourcing, structuring, negotiating, executing, and managing sustainable/impact energy-related investments, while focusing on real assets. She started by launching the USD300m investment vehicle to support energy transformation in emerging markets via directing financing to financial institutions (www.gcpf.lu). In the last 12 years, she was responsible for the European Energy Efficiency Fund (www.eeef.eu) investing in energy efficiency, sustainable mobility, and renewable energy projects in cities, regions, and communities in EU27. She leads 18 investments of over €200m with industrial partners and public entities in 9 countries, being the first fund investing in 5 key technologies across Europe and financing lighthouse projects like Smart City Santander in Spain and University Hospital Orsola Malpighi in Bologna, Italy.
Lada is a graduate of the Moscow Finance Academy and the Australian National University, she is fluent in Russian, German, English, Spanish, and French.
At QPQ International, Lada curates projects in different technologies in terms of various parameters like project feasibility, readiness, data room readiness, and milestones completion of the project, and helps in securing investors for the project. - Angela YakhanyanSenior Due Diligence AdvisorWith over 10 years of experience in renewable energy and green hydrogen, she specializes in end-to-end project development, from feasibility studies to securing funding and execution. Having led multi-million-dollar clean energy initiatives across 10+ countries, she can navigate complex regulatory, financial, and technical challenges to ensure successful project delivery. She is passionate about sustainability and energy transition, her mission is to develop impactful and scalable renewable energy projects with strong financial and strategic foundations. Angela holds an MBA from IAE Paris, along with advanced degrees in economics and mathematical modeling, and is fluent in English, French, Russian, and Armenian.
At QPQ International, Angela curates projects in different technologies in terms of various parameters like project feasibility, readiness, data room readiness, and milestones completion of the project, and helps in securing investors for the project. - Fidias MarmolSenior Due Diligence Advisor
With over 30 years in the energy sector, Fidias has held diverse roles in utility operations, project feasibility, manufacturing, service engineering, electric power product and project management, and energy commercialization. He has led acquisition teams, successfully negotiating multiple substations, energy dispatch systems, and industrial turbines, including a notable deal for 16 turbines across 4 sites. Fidias has also developed gas and diesel distributed generation projects and evaluated over 100 solar projects for off-takers and investors. His extensive travels have involved developing power projects and educating utility companies and users worldwide on the benefits of distributed generation, cogeneration, renewables, and the necessity of sustainability in modern energy solutions. Fidias holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (1986) and an MBA from the S4 Program at Siemens in Bogotá (2002). He has completed certifications in Gas Insulated Substations (Frankfurt, 1992), Substation Automation (Nürnberg, 2002), Strategic Negotiations (Houston, 2006), International Account Management (Murnau, Germany, 2006), Project Management for Development by IDB (2018), Solar Marketing Program by Energy Trust of Oregon (2023), GIS for Climate Action MOOC by ESRI (2024), and Design and Implementation of Microgrids by Heatspring, Michigan".
At QPQ International, Fidias curates projects in different technologies in terms of various parameters like project feasibility, readiness, data room readiness, and milestones completion of the project, and helps in securing investors for the project.
Debt Advisor
- Erik T. HoldenStructured Finance Debt Advisor to QPQErik brings over 20 years of International Project and Structured Finance Banking experience to the QPQ platform. He is a debt advisory specialist and works closely with institutional lenders and investors for the placement of structured tax equity and debt capital solutions for renewable energy and infrastructure projects. Erik has been involved in the financing of over $10 billion of project finance transactions for renewable energy, oil and gas resources, thermal generation, transportation (commercial and industrial), and energy infrastructure. His expertise is working with investors and developers seeking to access capital funding for renewable energy projects, including solar + storage, wind, hydrogen, agri-solar, and biofuels.
Prior to joining QPQ, Erik was the lead Credit Executive, Vice President with MUFG in Los Angeles specializing in the risk management and approval of structured finance commitments to renewable energy and tax equity transactions. He has held key positions as Senior Portfolio Manager of Nomura Real Asset Funds in New York and Senior Credit Risk Manager of Project Finance for Dresdner Bank in Tokyo. Erik graduated from Western Washington University cum laude with double majors in Finance and East Asian Studies, minor in Japanese. He has earned a Master's Degree in Economics and Political Science from Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan as a Mombusho Scholar. He is fluent in Japanese.
Project Specific Deal Advisors
- Alex FornalCurator, Deal Advisory - Europe, Canada, South AmericaAlex is passionate about serving the green transition to 100% renewable energy. He has over 20 years of experience in renewable energy project development, EPC project management, commissioning and financing of wind, solar, and battery storage projects. He has a proven track record of over 200MW of wind farms and over 55MW of solar farms with strong insight and understanding of European and global PV, wind, and energy storage markets and a grasp of developmental principles throughout project life cycles.
Alex applies a proactive cordial and constructive approach to the finance of projects through project-investor facilitation.
He is entrepreneurial, commercially astute, and passionately committed to serving the Green Transition to Renewable Energy and Energy Storage and to mitigating climate change.