Marie-Theres Schumacher

Marie joined the Paris office of Astris Finance in January 2021 as Senior Analyst. Prior to joining Astris, Marie spent almost two years as an Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory at Deloitte in Munich. Amongst other experiences, she spent six months in London as an intern at the U.S. private equity real estate firm Northwood Investors and four months in Berlin as an intern at EY’s Transaction Advisory Services.

Marie graduated from ESCP Europe with a Master in Management, Major in Finance. She also holds a Bachelor of Science from BI Norwegian Business School, with studies abroad in Hong Kong. In addition to being a native German speaker, Marie is fluent in English and French, and conversant in Norwegian.

Eric Buffenoir

Eric joined Astris in May of 2023 as a Senior Analyst in the firm’s Washington D.C. office. Before joining the firm, Eric spent over two years as an Analyst at BNP Paribas’ Energy, Resources & Infrastructure team in New York City.

 At BNP Paribas, Eric worked on multiple project and acquisition financings within the United States and Canada market, covering a broad range of sectors within energy and infrastructure, including natural gas, solar, onshore wind, battery storage, and data centers. Eric’s main tasks involved financial modeling & analysis, drafting credit memos, and building pitchbooks to present for potential financings.

 Eric holds a B.S. in Accounting and a B.S. in Finance from Florida International University. He is fluent in English and Spanish.

Isabela Inojosa

Isabela joined Astris in July 2021. Prior to Astris, she was a member of the Project Finance and Merger & Acquisitions team at BF Capital, where she was responsible for evaluating and executing long-term financing and equity investments for infrastructure and utilities companies in Brazil.

Isabela holds a BA in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). She is fluent in English and Portuguese.

Audrey Moutia

Audrey joined the Paris office of Astris in October 2021. Prior to joining the team, Audrey joined GE Renewables in July 2019, based in Paris, where she performed a 2-year leadership program with 4 different assignments across the renewable energy, finance and healthcare sectors. She also interned in BNP Paribas as a project finance analyst with a focus on Metals and Mining deals, and in Akuo Energy, a French IPP.

Audrey holds a Master in Management and MSc in Corporate Finance & Banking from EDHEC Business School. She is fluent in French, English and proficient in Spanish.

Clini Le

Clini is an Analyst at Astris’ Vietnam office. She joined Astris Finance in 2022 and has been actively supporting project financing transactions across APAC. ​

Prior to joining Astris, Clini worked as a Business Analyst at SSI Asset Management, a local investment management firm that is a subsidiary of SSI Securities Corporation, a leading brokerage securities firm in Vietnam. She had experience working with local financial institutions to arrange partnership terms, in addition to drafting investment proposals for foreign institutional investors looking to diversify their portfolio holdings in Vietnam.  ​

Clini holds a Bachelor of Science in International Economics and Finance from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

Tarik Kadri

Tarik joined Astris in March 2023. Prior to Astris, he worked as a financial analyst at Finenge, a financial advisory boutique, and was responsible for evaluating long-term financing with international DFI’s as well as assisting in privatization transactions.

In 2020, he was an intern at BNP Paribas at the corporate credit team – multinationals division.

Tarik holds a BA in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). He speaks both English and Portuguese.

Jaime Fernandez

Jaime joined the Madrid office of Astris Finance in October 2021. Prior to that he worked as an intern in Astris since April 2021. During this time, he has been involved in the photovoltaic energy sector assisting throughout the development and execution stages of an M&A transaction in Spain and Italy of 435 MW.

Prior to joining the team, he interned in EDP Solar supporting the investment of Solar PV panels in the industrial and residential sector. Jaime has also worked as an intern at Deutsche Bank in the Retail Banking sector.

Jaime holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Centro Universitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF). He is fluent in Spanish and English.

David Corrochano

David joined Astris in January 2022. Prior to that, he worked in London as an analyst at Rocosa Studios, a developer in large photovoltaic power plants.

At Rocosa Studios, he worked on the development and sale of photovoltaic projects in Spain and was responsible for financial modelling.

David started his career with Deloitte Consulting where he worked as an analyst for supply chain projects.

David holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Universidad de Sevilla and a master’s in business administration from Deusto Business School. He is native in Spanish and fluent in English.

Oussama El Hali

Oussama joined Astris Finance in November 2022 at the Paris office. Prior to joining the team, he interned at BNP Paribas within the Energy, Resources and Infrastructure project finance team, contributing to both advisory and arranging mandates.

Oussama also previously interned at the World Bank where he contributed to project financing studies for a variety of infrastructure portfolios in the MENA region (highways, railways…), with a focus on Public-Private Partnerships.

Oussama graduated as an engineer from Ecole des Mines de Paris. He is fluent in English, French and Arabic, and conversational in Spanish and Japanese.

Carolina Elorza

Carolina Elorza joined Astris Finance in January 2023 as part of our Mexico City office. 

Prior to joining the team, Carolina worked as an Analyst for Bravo Capital Partners, a search fund based in Mexico City, where she gained experience in financial analysis and investment strategy. Carolina also interned as a Data Analyst at PlayBusiness, a mexican fintech company.

 Carolina holds a BS in Actuarial Science and a BS in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Finance from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. As a student, she was selected by the Math Department Head as the first female teacher assistant and gave classes to over 60 students per semester. Carolina is fluent in both Spanish and English.

Anton Gonzalez

Anton Gonzalez Aja joined Astris Finance in January 2023 as part of our Mexico City office.

Prior to joining Astris, Anton gained practical experience as a financial analyst at Dux Capital, a venture capital firm with locations in Austin and Mexico City, where he contributed to investment evaluations. Anton also interned as a Data Analyst at two startups in San Francisco, Alygne and Immuna.

Anton holds a BS in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Systems from the Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Santa Fe. Anton is fluent in both Spanish and English.

Minh Kim

Minh is an Analyst in Astris’s Vietnam office since 2023.

Prior to joining Astris, Minh worked as an Analyst at AWR Lloyd, an Indo-Pacific-focused boutique consulting firm in their Project Advisory division, and she was the Project Coordinator for the Laos-Vietnam Railway Project, a multi-billion cross-border railway project in SEA. Minh also has over a year of experience in financial analysis and market studies within renewable energy and infrastructure sectors in Vietnam.

Previously, Minh was a former Business Consulting Intern at EY Consulting Vietnam.

Minh holds a Bachelor of Science in Banking and Finance, First Class Honours from University of London, with academic direction from LSE.

Inès Ben Mrad

Ines joined Astris Finance in September 2023 at the Paris office.

 Prior to joining the Astris team, Ines worked at Société Générale in Leveraged and Acquisition Finance where she performed LBO modelling of financing opportunities. She has also previously interned at Vivendi within the M&A department where she worked on various acquisitions in the TMT sector.

 Ines holds a Master in Investment Banking and Financial Markets from Paris-Dauphine University as well as an MSc in Investment and Risk Finance from the University of Westminster. Ines is fluent in English, French and Arabic, and proficient in Spanish.

 

Théo Demoule

Théo joined the Paris Office in September 2023. Prior to joining Astris, Theo interned successively at Société Générale CIB in Structured Finance, and in M&A at Mirabaud & Cie.

 He then joined CACIB for a year as a trainee and worked within the Energy & Infrastructure Advisory team in Paris with a specific focus on Transport sector, with a worldwide coverage - Equity/Debt advisory.

Théo graduated from Paris Dauphine University with a Master in Finance (MSc 268). He is fluent in French, English and conversant in German.

 

Juan Jose Valencia

Juan José Valencia joined Astris Finance in December 2022 as an intern in our Bogotá office. Since then, he has been actively involved in energy and infrastructure transactions across various countries in Latin America, contributing to project finance development and execution.

 With a degree in Financial Engineering from Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia, Juan José brings solid academic grounding to his analytical work. He is fluent in Spanish and English.

Duong Dang

Duong joined the Ho Chi Minh City office of Astris as an Administrative Officer in May 2019 and has been actively supporting in ensuring the smooth operations of the firm, overseeing monthly payroll and performing accounting-related and other administrative tasks. Duong had a couple of short experiences as Research assistant and Secretary/Legal assistant in international firms before joining Astris.

Duong holds LLM in Laws of International Trade from University of Huddersfield. Duong is fluent in English and Vietnamese.