Steven De Proost, CEO
born 1974, Business Engineer
Belgium
Steven De Proost graduated 1997 as Business Engineer at EHSAL (Brussels/Belgium) with additional specialization in energy economics and CAD/CAM. He is the former head of equity research at Delta Lloyd Securities and Dexia Securities, where he covered pan-European utilities and renewable stocks. In 2008 he was awarded by the German newspaper “das Handelsblatt” as the best equity analyst covering the German utilities. During the same year, he founded 7C Solarparken NV. He developed 7C Solarparken NV into a solar owner and operator reaching a production capacity of 41 MWp at 2013 end.
At 7C SOLARPARKEN AG Steven De Proost is responsible for Strategic & corporate development, Investor Relations and Technical operations.
Mr. De Proost has Belgian citizenship.
Koen Boriau, CFO
born 1983, Master in Applied Economics (Finance)
Belgium
Koen Boriau completed his Master’s degree in Applied Economics (Finance) in 2005 at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and the Georg-August University (Göttingen). He initially worked as a buy-side analyst at Selectum Vermogensbeheer NV and later as a sell-side analyst at Dexia Securities, focusing on the renewable energy and shipping sectors. Shortly after the founding of 7C Solarparken NV, he joined the company in early 2009 as COO, where he was responsible for the operational management of PV asset acquisitions, the integration of newly acquired installations, and the expansion of solar plants for 7C Solarparken NV.
As CFO of 7C Solarparken AG, Mr. Boriau is responsible for project management, legal affairs, and finance.
Mr. Boriau has Belgian citizenship.
Philippe Cornelis, CTO, born 1967
Belgium
Philippe Cornelis graduated at the Royal Technical School in Lokeren in the Electromechanics Field. After having served in the army during 1987, he started as a maintenance technician at General Motors Europe. Within that company, he was promoted into the automatization department tot optimize processes to raise the uptime of the production process. In 1999, Philippe became head of their maintenance team. He ended his career at General Motors Europe in 2011 and started as external consultant for the service centers of Motorola and Ericsson. Shortly thereafter, he joined 7C Solarparken and became Head of O&M. Under his supervision, more than 200 MWP of PV assets have been acquired and built.
At 7C SOLARPARKEN AG Philippe Cornelis is responsible for technique/engineering and operations & maintenance.
Mr. Cornelis has Belgian citizenship.