Leon Wu
Renewable Energy Advocate
Taipei City
Summary
A multi-skilled leader with over 20 years of experience in business origination and stakeholder management, specializing in renewable and infrastructure sectors for 13 years. Known for excellent relationship-building, communication, and leadership skills, and a relentless pursuit of objectives. Offers strategic advisory to senior leadership, fostering business origination and project development opportunities. Possesses in-depth knowledge of Taiwan's energy markets and policies, and has extensive experience across the complete renewable value chain, including business optimization, stakeholder management, M&A, and CPPA strategy. Demonstrates strong hands-on leadership skills.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice Chair
Taiwan Offshore Wind Industry Association
01.2024 - Current
- Collaborates with Taiwan Offshore Wind Industry Association – initiative led by successful offshore wind developers – overseeing organizational affairs as part of collaboration.
- Leads engagements with diverse range of stakeholders, including government bodies, to improve collaboration, overall effectiveness and cultivate investor-friendly environment to promote growth of offshore wind energy and renewable industry.
Co-Chair of Wind Energy Committee
European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan
06.2023 - Current
- Steers ECCT's largest committee, advocating for favorable regulatory conditions, driving key industry initiatives, and facilitating government dialogues for accelerated wind energy development.
- Developed strong working relationships with stakeholders, resulting in more effective collaboration and streamlined decisionmaking.
- Promoted transparency and open communication channels within the organization, leading to higher levels of trust and cooperation among the committee and the industry.
Director of Origination and Stakeholder Management
Corio Generation / Macquarie Group
07.2018 - Current
- Provides insightful and succinct reporting to the Senior Leadership Team and investment partners, excelling in M&A work, strategy, communication, and regulator engagements.
- Directs bidding strategies, securing the largest concession in Taiwan's Round 3-1 offshore wind auction, contributing to CPPA strategies.
- Maintains robust industry relationships with regulators, industry peers, supply chain and broader stakeholders, fostering strategic alignment across market.
- Negotiates regulatory approvals for M&A transactions, maintaining a robust pipeline.
- Leads development activities of 3 offshore wind projects, covering local content, permitting, and other necessary regulatory engagements.
- Drive business expansion by identifying new opportunities and developing strategic partnerships in multiple renewable sectors (storage, solar, and waste-to-energy) to foster business growth.
- Trains team members for high performance and cultivates a positive work environment to enhance team collaboration.
- Manages company and project stakeholder engagement budgets, improving resource allocation.
- Collaborates with C-level executives of HQ and stakeholders to develop long-term stakeholder management budget plans.
- Reviewed historical records, current operational data and forecasting information to identify and capitalize on system enhancement opportunities relating to company and project stakeholder management budget.
- Checked vendor payments, commissions and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance.
- Directs preparation of regular and special budget reports, establishes policies for execution and leads preparation of comparative analysis of operating programs by analyzing costs in relation to services performed.
Senior Market Development Manager
Orsted APAC
01.2017 - 05.2018
- Developed exhaustive and strategic new market entry plan, leading to noticeable presence for Orsted in South Korea and Japan.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to conduct insightful campaigns that identified promising partnership opportunities.
- Applied market intelligence to inform strategic decisions related to partnership positioning.
Project Development Manager
Renova Inc.
04.2015 - 12.2016
- Spearheaded development of solutions for complex business challenges.
- Mitigated risks by proactively identifying potential issues and implementing contingency plans accordingly.
- Trained new hires on departmental procedures and best practices, enhancing overall team performance through knowledgeable guidance.
- Maintained detailed documentation of daily activities related to assigned projects as well as regularly updated progress reports.
- Facilitated productive meetings with colleagues abroad and stakeholders to review project updates, address concerns, and gather feedback for ongoing improvement efforts.
Commercial & Project Development Lead
Marubeni Corporation
09.2004 - 08.2008
- Cultivated strong relationships with clients, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure successful sales outcomes, winning 3 of 4 Taipower onshore wind projects WTG procurement contracts.
- Acted as project development focal point for development of solutions for complex project development and business challenges.
- Managed cross-functional and multi-national teams to drive project success, fostering collaborative work environment.
Education
MSc Finance - Finance
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
NEW YORK CITY, NY, USABSc Molecular Biology - Molecular Biology
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
KINGSTON, ON, CANADAPersonal Information
Citizenship: Taiwanese and Canadian
Timeline
Vice Chair
Taiwan Offshore Wind Industry Association
01.2024 - Current
Co-Chair of Wind Energy Committee
European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan
06.2023 - Current
Director of Origination and Stakeholder Management
Corio Generation / Macquarie Group
07.2018 - Current
Senior Market Development Manager
Orsted APAC
01.2017 - 05.2018
Project Development Manager
Renova Inc.
04.2015 - 12.2016
Commercial & Project Development Lead
Marubeni Corporation
09.2004 - 08.2008
MSc Finance - Finance
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
BSc Molecular Biology - Molecular Biology
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
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