Our leadership

 

With a diverse team with over 100 years of collective experience in energy development and investment, we’re looking to play our part in helping Southeast Asia develop its energy infrastructure and meet its net zero commitments.
Pramod Singh
Chief Executive Officer

Pramod Singh is the Chief Executive Officer of Levanta Renewables and is based in Singapore. He also serves as the CEO of Bridgin Power, Actis’ gas power platform in Asia. With over 20 years of experience in the power and financial services sectors, Pramod brings deep leadership expertise in strategy, business development, and sales & marketing.

Throughout his career, Pramod has consistently delivered business growth and successfully managed stakeholder engagement across the power sector in Asia. Prior to his current roles, he served as Head of Strategic Marketing & Business Development for GE Power in Asia, where he led energy transition initiatives and project development—building a pipeline of over 3,000 MW of power projects in the region.

Previously, he held leadership positions at Alstom Power, overseeing strategy, marketing, and sales for both thermal and renewable energy businesses across India and the Asia-Pacific region. He also worked with Credit Suisse, where he led critical initiatives within investment banking operations and technology.

Pramod holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal.

Pankaj Sakhuja
Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Pankaj is the CIO and CFO of Levanta Renewables and is based in Singapore.

Pankaj currently also serves as CFO of Bridgin Power (Actis’ gas power company in Asia). He has around 20 years of experience in the Power sector in the areas of Business Development, M&A, asset management and Project & Structured Finance. Prior to joining Bridgin and Levanta, he served as the Chief Investment Officer of Nexif Ratch Energy Investments Pte. Ltd. – a clean-energy focused power project platform jointly promoted by Nexif Energy and RATCH Group. Prior to this, he was the CFO as well as a board director for a gas-fired CCGT project in Thailand.

In the span of his career, Pankaj has also co-founded a South-East Asia/ India focused Infrastructure Asset Management firm providing investment advisory and asset management services to international institutional investors in the domain of Power sector investments. He has also earlier worked with Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), IL&FS Group, SBI Capital Markets Ltd. and Power Finance Corporation in India in various capacities in the areas of Business development, M&A, Debt and Equity mobilization & funding, and sectoral advisory services with primary focus on the Power sector.

Pankaj holds a post-graduate diploma in Business Management from the Management Development Institute, Gurugram (India) as well as a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (India).

Sonia Liew
Head of Human Capital

Sonia is the Head of Human Capital at Levanta Renewables and is based in Singapore.

Sonia has over 20 years of regional Human Capital leadership experience and has developed a deep expertise in the areas of talent and change management, organisation design and succession planning.

Sonia is a champion of modern Human Capital practices and strives to ensure leaders have the skills, values and vision to lead with integrity, inspire innovation and drive positive change in their communities.

Sonia previously served as the Head of Human Capital Asia Pacific and Global Talent Partner for the Supply Chain organization at the Bata Group, where she collaborated with the leadership team to drive executive alignment, practice excellence and strategic priorities for the business.

Prior to this, Sonia also held several senior leadership positions including at WPP’s Essence and AB InBev where she delivered Essence’s Asia Pacific hypergrowth agenda and centralized AB InBev Asia’s Rewards function.

Sonia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts with a major in Political Science from the National University of Singapore.

Jean Tay
Head of Sustainability

Jean Tay is the Head of Sustainability of Levanta Renewables and is based in Singapore.

Jean currently also serves as Group Head of Sustainability of Bridgin Power (Actis’ gas power company in Asia). Jean is a seasoned HSE professional with over 15 years of experience and a proven track record in leading high-risk activities and achieving 3 Goal Zero turnarounds in the chemical and energy sectors across diverse geographies and cultures in Asia.

She has most recent previously served as HSE Regional Specialist at Shell, based in Singapore. Jean led a global HSE workstream known as Frontline Work Execution and facilitated leadership workshops in Malaysia, China, India, Thailand and Singapore. With deep expertise in cross business and country collaboration projects, she has also advised on projects in Shell facilities like Solar Panel installations, etc.

Prior to her time at regional level, Jean held various positions within Shell and Chevron Phillips Chemicals Singapore multiple operating assets as a HSE advisor and Environmental advisor, to name a few, leading HSE teams in 3 turnarounds to Goal Zero, reporting GHG protocols, led key accident investigations with causal reasoning, audited contractors’ HSSE & Worker Welfare processes and participated in Shell Crisis Management Teams.

Jean holds a Master of Science (Safety, Health and Environmental Technology) with Process Safety Specialization from the National University of Singapore and Bachelor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety with Distinction from The University of Newcastle Australia.

Charles Magdelaine
General Counsel

Charles is the General Counsel of Levanta Renewables and is based in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Charles has been actively involved in energy and infrastructure development for over 10 years and has an impressive track record in legal advisory, transaction structuring and contract negotiation across diverse jurisdictions in Southeast Asia (SEA) and France.

He was previously an attorney for Baker McKenzie, VDB Loi and Gide Loyrette Nouel, advising developers on the development of 2+ GW of greenfield renewable energy projects and on 1+ GW of M&A deals in the power sector, as well as worked on several first-in-type transactions in the region.

He has also advised various multilateral, bilateral and commercial lenders on the financing of conventional and non-conventional power projects across various jurisdictions in SEA, including the first hydrogen-ready power project in Singapore.

Charles holds a Masters in Business Law (Global Business Law and Governance) and a Bachelor in Political Sciences from Sciences Po Paris.

Rohit Raj
Head of Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions

Rohit is the Head of Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions of Levanta Renewables and is based in Singapore.

Rohit has over 13 years of experience in power and infrastructure transactions across Southeast Asia, South Asia, Japan, and Australia. During this time Rohit has actively led and been involved in capital raise, corporate and transaction structuring, principal investments, debt raising, asset management and divestment for renewable energy investments.

Prior to joining Levanta, Rohit was an Investment Manager at Berkeley Energy, a private equity fund manager, where he managed the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) distributed energy investment and was involved from the early-stage capital raise to growing the C&I business to a US$ 300m platform with assets across eight countries in Asia. In addition, he managed renewable energy investment and greenfield development in Indonesia. Rohit has previously worked at GE Energy Financial Services and Standard Chartered Bank.

Rohit holds a Bachelor of Technology (Chemical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, and Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Puneet Malhotra
Head of Business Development (Utility)

Puneet is the Head of Business Development for utility projects at Levanta Renewables and is based in Singapore.

With over 15 years of experience in renewable energy, he has extensive expertise in business development, M&A, investment, and commercial strategy across Asia.

Previously, he has served as Senior Investment Director and Country Head (Philippines) at Nexif Ratch Energy, a renewable energy IPP headquartered in Singapore, backed by Nexif Energy (Singapore) and Ratch Group (Thailand).

Prior to his time at Nexif Ratch Energy, Puneet held senior roles in business development, M&A and Investments at leading renewable energy firms, including TotalEnergies, Ayana Renewable Power, AMP Solar (now AMPIN Energy Transition) and Sembcorp Green Infra. He spearheaded project origination and pipeline growth in India, advancing large-scale solar, wind and hybrid BESS projects.

Puneet holds an MBA (Finance) from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon and a B.Tech. in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology, Jaipur.

Xabier Monreal
Head of Utility

Xabier is the Head of Utility Business of Levanta Renewables and is based in Singapore.

Xabier has been actively involved in the energy sector for over 20 years and has an impressive global track record in the engineering, construction, O&M and asset management of renewable energy projects across Asia, Latin America and Europe.

He has previously served as the Head of Projects Delivery (Wind) at Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy independent power producer and a global leader in hydropower, where he led the development, execution and asset management activities of wind projects in Spain.

Prior to his time at Statkraft, Xabier has also held senior leadership positions within the energy industry, including General Manager (Projects) at Vena Energy and APAC Regional Senior Project Manager at Siemens Gamesa, managing engineering, procurement and construction activities for wind, solar and battery energy storage system projects in Asia including the Tolo wind project in Indonesia and Orosi II wind project in Costa Rica.

Xabier holds a Masters in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Publica de Navarra.

Raghav Malhotra
Head of Solar

Raghav is the Head of Solar of Levanta Renewables and is based in Singapore.

Raghav has dedicated over a decade to the renewable energy industry, focusing on the development, engineering, procurement and construction of solar photovoltaic projects. His experience spans across India and Southeast Asia, where he has been instrumental in advancing renewable energy companies through his expertise.

He has previously served as VP of Project Management of Cleantech Solar, a renewable energy IPP headquartered in Singapore, with operations in India and Southeast Asia. Raghav was a founding member of the management team in Cleantech and, together with the founders, grew the platform from zero to a GW renewable energy player in Asia, including a 0.7 GW operating portfolio, and in 2022, delivered a successful exit for the shareholders to Keppel and Shell.

Before his time at Cleantech Solar, Raghav was with Phoenix Solar, a German Engineering Procurement and construction company, where he managed the development & construction of their solar projects in Singapore.

Raghav holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from the National University of Singapore, specialising in Energy Systems and is a PMP-certified professional. He was honoured under Renewable Energy Worlds’ inaugural 40 under 40 changemakers list in the solar industry in 2018. He has also co-authored conference papers centred around the performance of solar photovoltaic systems; details can be found on the ResearchGate platform.