André is an Executive Director at Ikarus Capital, supporting the team with financial modelling and in-depth market research. He joined Ikarus in 2014, and has a broad experience as a financial analyst and controller in commercial real estate and solar PV in multiple countries. Prior to joining Ikarus, André was Corporate and Financial Controller at ib vogt GmbH in Berlin. He was working on the valuation of solar PV projects in UK and Asia, he was responsible for group cash-flow monitoring and forecasting, and he was supporting commercial contract negotiations (EPC, PPA).
Before entering the renewable energy sector, André was a Business Analyst at Footlocker Europe, and a Project Controller at SNS Property Finance in the Netherlands, where he was the analyst responsible for its commercial real estate portfolio in Germany, running scenario analyses and managing the monthly reporting. André also has been German Air Force Operational Controller at several Air Force Bases in Germany. André holds an economics degree of Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, and obtained a Certification for Operational and Financial Controller at the Federal Academy for Defence Administration and Training in Mannheim.