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Panel Speakers
Ricard Söderberg, Partner, Active Venture Partners
Ricard is one of the founding partners of Active Venture Partners since its inception in
2002. He is elemental in solving structural challenges, ensuring solid organisational
stantards and assisting in the financial planning for our portfolio companies. He is
currently on the board of European Telemedicine Clinic, Golden Gekko and Companía General de Inversiones.
Prior to Active Venture Partners, in 1996, Ricard started his career within the fixed income markets for
Credit Suisse in London and New York. He was covering all the main Central Banks globally as clients and
later focused on the Scandinavian markets. In 1998, he was part of setting up the Merrill Lynch office in
Barcelona heading the active portfolio management department and also involved in the fundraising of
private equity funds from Spain and the US. In 2001 he joined the UBS Barcelona office as an Associate
Director until he left to set up Active Venture Partners in 2002.
Ricard was born in Sweden and has lived and worked in Sweden, England, United States, France, Gibraltar
and Spain. He is fluent in Swedish, English, Spanish and French. Ricard graduated from the European
Business School London in 1995.
Matteo Tarchi – Senior Business Developer, GDF SUEZ Energia Italia
Matteo Tarchi is Senior Business Developer at GDFSUEZ Energia Italia SpA. and
head of renewable energies business development. He has been working as business
developer or project director in M&A transaction in Gaz de France/GDFSUEZ
since 2003. Previously he worked as business developer on large natural gas fuelled power plants for Mirant
Inc (US). He is currently CEO or member of BoD of several renewable energy generation companies
belonging to GDFSUEZ. And member of BoD of the National Experimental Research Center for fuels (Stazione
Sperimentale Combustibili)
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