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Mike Weich is a Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for VIP. Prior to VIP Mike served as Vice President of M&A and Development at Omega Energia, Director of Renewable Development at NextEra Energy Resources, and Assistant Vice President at Bank of America. Additionally, Mike served as an Infantry officer in the United States Army and deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to Afghanistan in 2013.

Mike graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Mike also completed Executive Education in Leadership and Negotiations at Harvard University.

Mike and his family live in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Weich’s love the outdoors and spend their weekends enjoying the numerous activities that make South Florida a great home.

Daryl Hart is a Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for VIP. Prior to VIP, Daryl served as Vice President of Utility Scale Development at Borrego Solar, Director of Renewable Development at NextEra Energy Resources, and Director of Development at NextEra Energy Transmission. Prior to entering the private sector, Daryl served as an Intelligence officer in the United States Air Force from 1997-2007.

Daryl graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Electrical Engineering and holds an MBA from Auburn University (Montgomery) and a Master of Finance from Penn State University. Daryl also completed Executive Education in Leadership and Negotiations at Harvard University.

Daryl and his wife Kathy live in Jupiter, Florida and they enjoy spending time with their grown daughters. When not visiting family, Daryl enjoys hiking, cycling, and attending Miami Dolphins football games.

Ivan Zyla is a Co-Founder and the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for VIP. Prior to VIP, Ivan served as Vice President of Origination at Omega Energia, Vice President of Commercial Development at Advanced Power, and Director of Origination at Emera Energy and First Wind. Ivan started his energy career on the banking side, having previously worked for Citigroup and Morgan Stanley.

Ivan graduated with a M.S. in Finance from Boston College and a B.S. in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University. Ivan is also a CFA charterholder.

Born and raised in Texas, Ivan now lives in the Boston area with his wife and two kids and enjoys spending his free time outdoors, cooking and traveling.

Goga joined Pelion Green Future in 2022 as a Partner and Head of the Americas. Based in New York, she oversees the Group’s investment and growth activities in the Americas.

Goga is Founder and Managing Partner at Avente Capital Management, a real estate investment firm, and previously was an Investment Professional at Eton Park Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar, multi-strategy hedge fund. She holds an A.B. from Princeton University, J.D. from Harvard Law School and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jeremias founded Pelion Green Future together with Alexander Samwer. Having led large renewable energy and real estate investments in Europe within his function as founder of several companies in this space, he brings a lot of infrastructure expertise to our team.

Prior to that, he gathered practical experience in the consulting, construction and infrastructure industry. Jeremias graduated from the Technical University of Munich with a master’s degree in Civil Engineering and Business Administration.

Cooper joined Pelion Green Future in April 2023 as a Senior Investment Associate. He is based in New York, where he manages Pelion’s relationships with North American partners, conducts investment diligence for new Americas opportunities, and contributes to Pelion’s global financial analysis and portfolio reporting processes.

Cooper has worked in infrastructure private equity, venture capital, development banking, and energy markets consulting. He holds a BA from Northwestern University with majors in Economics and Environmental Sciences and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.