Dipl.-Ing. Joao Ferreira

The Group is a global technology company in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport. Following several years of low financial performance in Project execution for large Hydro EPCM projects, Voith needed a GM to do a turnaround and transformation to turn positive the financial results, developing the strategy within one of their biggest EPCM Projects, the Inga G25 a 180MW plant and a 100 million USD project, leading an international team of 30+ engineers, reporting to Board of Directors.

Camusat International is a leader in designing, building telecom infrastructures and ESCO-Energy Savings. Hired to turnaround, transformation and restructuration of the business and design the strategy for a continuous and sustainable growth of the business for all companies, following 6 years of poor results. Turned around loss-making regional EBITDA of -€200k in 2017 to positive €3.5m in 2020/2021. Grew workforce from 200 employees to 740 and was recognized as a talent and made shareholder by results.

Hitachi-owned (since 2017) world-leading major manufacturer of portable and stationary rotary screw air compressors designed for commercial, oil and gas and industrial use.  Hired in a consulting role (by former contact at Caterpillar) to devise, transform and implement the growth strategy of the distribution dealership in Europe within its BtoB distribution network.  Reported to Vice-President of the International Business and part of team of 8.

Assumed responsibility in reporting to the company’s GROUP chief executive officer (CEO); Managing Director, and president of the board of Directors of the company (Main competitor in Power Generation of CATTERPILLAR and known as BOSCH Automotive and Power Tools company); Responsible for a Business and Profitability Turnaround project of a company focused in one single customer and one single activity (diesel refuelling of generators for telecom antennas)

Major Caterpillar dealer in Southern Africa, Russia and Iberia  Engaged on 2-year contract to develop / transform business and build / drive market share, positioning company as leader in the power generation sector with a continuous improvement.  Reported to the Executive Director, Power Division & Board of Directors based in South Africa & Madrid and to the country MD having 20 direct reports

A International presential MBA Program, covering the typical MBA course plus specific courses in the Energy sector, as: Energy Regulation,Politics, Energy Markets, Sustainability Development, Energy Industry, Global Management in Energy Business, Oil & Gas, Alternative Energy, Renewables (Wind, Solar, Wave, Hydro).

• Contracts and Proposals Management(>€20 million) for large Energy and Construction projects • International team leadership and Management (8 direct + >50 indirect); • Business Plan execution, Operations Management and Relathionship Management with large clients like Boygues, VINCI, MAETEL, COBRA, Tecnicas Reunidas, MAESSA, etc; • Large International sites visit: comb. cycles, nuclear PP, Solar Power Plants, bridges,tunnelling, etc; • Management of overall P&L, KPI´s, Financials

» Technical and Operational support to the development of a Manufacturers Licensee network in Portugal, Spain and Egypt; » Expert in concrete block manufacturing, and Segmental Retaining walls Technologies. » Responsible for the Manufacturing support and correct running of concrete block plants and Segmental Retaining Walls Projects in the territories of my responsibility; » Execution of the Marketing plan for the International Markets and support the one of each Licensee; » Technical support

Developed by D. Nissim, the Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting and Finance at Columbia Business School, this program is designed for investors and financial professionals to assess the vital signs of an organization with more precision in order to make better investment decisions. Through the use of a proprietary Excel analysis tool and several case studies, each module illustrates the learnings through a real-world scenario, culminating in a live debriefing of a case with Professor Nissim

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 Project value chain  Financing options for RE projects  SPV-contract negotiation  Business planning for RE projects  Bankability assessment (information asymmetries as a reason for bankability assessment, moral hazard risk for lending banks, ...)  Financial engineering (key financial ratios, calculation of LLCR and PLC, ...)  RE project case studies (wind farm projects in Germany, PV projects in France, biogas projects in Romania, ...)

Energy Storage, Solar Cells, Smart Grids, Economics of competing Energy Technologies

A International presential MBA Program, covering the typical MBA course plus specific courses in the Energy sector, as: Energy Regulation,Politics, Energy Markets, Sustainability Development, Energy Industry, Global Management in Energy Business, Oil & Gas, Alternative Energy, Renewables

Project Management

Business Management

Operational and Strategic Marketing

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering