Giancarlo d'Elia Managing Director
Giancarlo is a powerful business transformer with a sound knowledge in growth management issues. He has a track record as a top management professional with a natural talent for people and figures. Giancarlo disposes of powerful business acumen and truly international experience of more than 20 years.
He went through all strategic positions in growth management issues and performed as a company CEO, international development with sustained growth. He is transferring his experience as a visiting professor at a French university to MBA graduates. As the Chief Private Equity officer of Xeon International Giancarlo is the guardian of the investors’ values.
Carlo Alberto Montagna President of the Xeon Fund Board
Carlo Alberto has a sound track record in the banking industry where he has covered a number of leading roles in prestigious institutions.
With more than 20 years of business experience in asset and fund management Carlo Alberto has been board member of several leading investment vehicles and management companies. His truly international financial experience acquired by working in international financial institutions throughout Europe gives a hedge to the management team.
Carlo Alberto’s role is to support the team in the deal closing process.
Dr. Michael Kuhn CEO ENERCAP
Michael is a specialist in developing and implementing turn-key production units. He is experienced in designing and running alternative energy plants.
He has a strong expertise in bio-ethanol production processes and advanced technologies and in-depth knowledge in agricultural biomass-production for bio-fuels and bio-power generation. Moreover he has an excellent knowledge in waste management and waste-treatment.
Michael’s track record is including structuring and implementing co-generation power plants driven by alternative energy.
Klaus Cornehl President of the Advisory Board ENERCAP
Klaus is an expert in power management related issues. He has in-depth knowledge in developing and implementing turn-key power-production units. He posses vast experience in designing and running co-generation power plants.
Apart that Klaus holds a track record in implementing and running conventional co-generation power plants and integrated process technologies. He has a strong understanding of energy trends and alternative energy markets.
Charles Smethurst CEO RECAP
Charles has a long track record in the industry where he worked for many years in different leading positions. He started his career in the financial services when he first established his own company and he started working in parallel in the property development. He joined Nordland GmbH in Langenhagen, Germany, and soon became a leading manager and running a “company within the company” in charge of property development projects where he was responsible for its success in the region.
During this period more and more requests came from foreign investors, private as well as institutional. Charles decided to concentrate fully on the international market and founded a dedicated company with the mission to offer German properties to international investors. Charles’s role in our team is to lead the real estate investments.
James Gannon Real Estate Specialist RECAP
James is a trained engineer who during his career held top management positions in several technological companies. He created AJ Concepts in order to control private businesses interests internationally and in particular property investments in Germany. In 2009 he became a Director at Dolphin Capital Limited. The company was established with the purpose of raising finance in both Ireland and the UK for development projects in Germany which today are predominantly Listed Building Projects.
James responsibilities are including identification of suitable projects for international investors which would involve site visits, project layout, financial requirements and due diligence process.
Axel Krechberger Head of Sourcing RECAP
After studying law in Mainz, Axel initially worked as a sales manager for various real estate companies. Soon he became a director of the real estate company Helmut Holzhauer Immobilien GmbH in Bebra.
Axel set up his own business in 1998 and won a contract with NBL to manage and control their various investor’s interests, from liquidity planning to arranging corporate meetings and from support services to acquisition of commercial tenants. Later he worked with the real estate company Immovation AG in Kassel, again involved with all areas of property management before joining Dolphin Capital GmbH in 2010.
Thanks to his experience and well established network Axel will play a major role in identifying and selecting the investment opportunities for the fund.