Francesco Girardi

Francesco Girardi is Senior Director of Bluefield Partners LLP and Chairman of Bluefield Services Ltd and Bluefield Operations Ltd, which he founded in 2015 and 2017 respectively.

He and his teams are based in London and Bristol. Francesco leads specialist solar PV engineering, asset management and O&M teams, whose current responsibilities range from design reviews, EPC and O&M contract negotiation to full scope asset management and O&M services. Their services include overseeing contractors during all stages of construction, commissioning, testing acceptance and operation of the solar PV assets owned by Bluefield managed funds. The assets account for circa 600MWp to date across over 100 plants. He has been involved in more than £500m transaction of solar assets.

Francesco is a seasoned executive and has worked in the solar industry since 2005. His professional experience has been gained from increasing responsibilities and roles in multinational companies operating in the Renewable Energy Sources sector. He has proven experience and a track record in start-up activities of NewCos operating in renewables, mainly photovoltaic.

Prior to joining Bluefield, Francesco worked in REC Group as Country Manager for the solar photovoltaic construction business, REC Systems Italy. Here he was responsible for contracting and constructing over 70 MWp installed capacity, comprising 26 ground and roof top sites and 24 plants. Francesco has also been a former Babcock & Brown Program Manager, managing a pipeline of 170 MWp projects developed in Greece and 300+ MWp in Italy.

Francesco has served as Managing Director of REC Systems Italy and with several Italy based solar energy asset companies. He was also Board Director for a Greek based solar energy assets holding company.

Francesco holds a MEng in Electronics Engineering from Polytechnic University of Bari.