About Us

Dr Overholm was previously a cleantech venture capitalist and an advisor on solar markets to the WWF and the Swedish Government. He earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge with a thesis on solar diffusion and PPA. He is a member of the International Energy Agency’s PVPS workgroup on solar business models, a former associate with leading global sustainability think tank Stockholm Environment Institute, and a former board member of the Swedish Solar Energy Association.

Richard co-founded Alight in 2013 and has 15 years’ experience working with finance. Prior to Alight, Richard worked at the Swedish PE firm Nordstjernan and Bain & Co.

Warren has over 20 years experience in the energy sector, first as a Partner at McKinsey with a focus on energy, and subsequently as co-founder and CEO of his own renewable energy business, Vireo Energy, operating in Eastern Europe. As COO his focus is helping Alight to scale and internationalise our business.

Wilhelm co-founded Alight in 2013 and is a former Boston Consulting Group principal in Stockholm and Boston. He is the deputy chairman of the Swedish Solar Energy Trade Association.

 

Johanna is an award-winning communications leader with 12+ years of experience in the field of communications & PR, and prior to Alight she held leading roles at Microsoft and Ericsson.

Mattias is a technology enthusiast and product leader with 12+ years of experience scaling Spotify from hundreds to millions of users.

Mikael collaborated with the founders of Alight since the foundation of the company in 2013 and then joined the company a year later. Mikael has over ten years of experience in the energy industry and before that from engineering companies. He holds a master’s degree from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Peter is a founder of SolarCity (IPO Nasdaq 2012), one of the largest US solar PPA firms, today merged with Tesla and rebranded as Tesla Energy. Peter also serves as an advisor to ZOLA, a leading African renewable energy firm.

Liisa has experience from providing high-end legal advice at Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå, the largest top-ranked law firm in the Nordics. She is responsible for optimizing our legal efficiency and ensuring the highest possible level of legal services to our business and our customer projects.

Alexander joined Alight in 2016 to develop a prospecting process for new business opportunities. Since 2017 he manages Alight’s people operations function with responsibility for recruiting and team development. He holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting with a specialization in operations management from Stockholm University.

Joar started Alight’s focus towards large corporates 2017. He has 15 years’ experience from financial services, both in leading roles within SEB and EY, as well as from management consulting. Joar is a board member at Norrenergi and has worked at energy companies Vattenfall and ABB. He is responsible for sectors banking and large power consumers.

Pascal works with large corporates to deploy onsite and offsite solar sites across Europe. He has 10+ years’ experience from management consultancy, mainly in the financial services industry. He also has business development experience from developing markets in southern Africa and the Middle East.

Johan works with clients across several industries, but his primary focus lies within telecom, food retail and consumer goods. Johan has 10+ years’ experience as a management consultant in the intersection of technology and business, most recently at Accenture and before that within the Kinnevik Group.

Daniel has 10+ years’ experience as a management consultant with focus on new technology and digital business transformation in the automotive and manufacturing industry. Daniel also has work experience from ABB and projects with focus on smart grid/smart metering. At Alight Daniel heads the manufacturing and automotive sector.

Ellen works with large corporates to enable successful solar roll-outs. Prior to joining Alight she worked as a management consultant at Capgemini Invent and PwC, mainly within digitalization and financial services. Ellen holds a master’s degree in finance and accounting from Stockholm School of Economics.