Leadership
Raul Assunção
Chief Executive Officer
rassuncao@nenupharadvisors.com
Raul Assunção is the CEO of Nenuphar Advisors, Nenuphar Frontier and Persimmon Investments Holding, leading a team of professionals dedicated to greenfield development, strategic advisory and M&A intermediation in renewable energy across Portugal, Spain, the UAE and Africa.
With 28 years of experience in the renewables sector, he has successfully developed a portfolio of 1.175 GVA of greenfield projects with Grid Access Permits in Portugal — including qualification for Direct Agreements with the TSO REN — and 475 MVA of early-stage greenfield projects in Spain, spanning solar PV, onshore wind, solar-plus-storage and wind-plus-storage. He has closed Development Services Agreements and asset co-ownership structures with international Independent Power Producers.
He holds an Engineer’s degree in Electrotechnical Engineering from ISEL — Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, and an Executive Management degree from Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, specialising in Renewable Energy Management.