Florent joined Astris in February 2011 as Analyst. Prior to joining Astris, Florent was analyst at Veolia Water, where he worked in the Structured Finance department. At Veolia, Florent was in charge of financial modeling and contract review. In particular, Florent was the lead modeler supporting the team in charge of the acquisition by Veolia of a portfolio of European water BOT projects from United Utilities in June 2010. Florent was in charge of the review of the asset-specific financial models, and developed a proprietary consolidated portfolio model. Florent graduated from French leading engineering school Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) and holds an MS in Project and Structured Finance from that same school.
Juan Fabregas
Juan Fabregas joined Astris on November 2017 as Vice-President. He has 10 years of experience in project and corporate finance and has acted as lead arranger as well as financial advisor over the past few years. He joined Astris from BBVA, where he was a vice-president in the infrastructure and energy team. Juan spent 4 years at BBVA, including two in Chile working on Latin American projects (mainly in Chile, Perú, Colombia and Mexico), and two in Spain, where he worked intensely in the Spanish renewable market.
Prior to BBVA, Juan had spent four years at Crédit Agricole CIB in London, as an associate in the project finance team. There, Juan worked on a host of infrastructure deals in the UK, continental Europe as well as the Middle East.
Juan has a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid (2008). He is fluent in English, and Spanish and conversational in French and Italian.
D. Carl Prather
D. Carl Prather joined Astris in October of 2012 as an Associate. Prior to Astris, Carl spent three and a half years working as a Senior Analyst at EMP Latin America, the manager of the Central American Mezzanine Infrastructure Fund (CAMIF), dedicated to mid market mezzanine investments in renewable power, telecommunications, transportation, agribusiness, and water and sanitation sectors throughout the Central American region. Before joining EMP Latin America, Carl held an Analyst position at the Structured and Project Finance Division of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, working on infrastructure investments in various sectors across the emerging markets. Carl's core competencies are financial structuring, debt and equity negotiations, contract review, and financial modeling.
Carl holds a BA in International Affairs and Latin American Studies from Connecticut College and an MS in International Business and Finance at Georgetown University.
Damien Dupa
Damien joined Astris in June 2014 as an Associate. Prior to joining Astris, Damien spent one year in Natixis's Project Finance group in Paris where he worked on arranging debt financing for infrastructure projects. Damien spent then two years in Mazars Paris Structured Finance team advising private and public clients on several infrastructure and PPP projects (defense, water, hospital, universities, roads and airports). Damien has been involved as lead modeler or in charge of model audit in numerous transactions.
Damien holds an M.S. in International Project Management from business school ESCP Europe and in Banking, Finance and Commodity Trading from University of Bordeaux IV. Damien is fluent in French, English and Spanish, and conversant in Portuguese.
Thomas Vandeburie
Thomas Vandeburie joined Astris Finance as a Director in September 2025. He brings more than 12 years of experience in structuring and leading complex infrastructure, renewables, and energy transition projects across global markets. Thomas has worked on large-scale project finance deals in transit, social infrastructure, energy generation and battery storage - spanning North America and Europe.
His career prior to Astris features roles at Electricité de France, the European Investment Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), and Infrastructure Ontario, where he gained deep expertise in project finance, PPPs, and M&A advisory for both renewable and conventional energy assets. Thomas' track record also includes advising major philanthropic funders and global nonprofits on flagship initiatives in the infrastructure and energy space, particularly in ports & shipping decarbonization, energy transition and resilient infrastructure.
He holds master’s degrees in Infrastructure & Project Finance (Ecole Nationale des Ponts & Chaussees / Paris X), Business Law (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), and Public Affairs (Sciences Po Lyon), and has passed all levels of the CFA, CAIA, and CBV designations. He is fluent in English and French, and conversational in Spanish and Italian.