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Marcos Semmler - Venture Partner, Demeter Partners
Marcos Semmler has sixteen years of banking and corporate finance experience,
first in Investment Banking (Westlb and Hill Samuel Bank in London) and then in
Private Equity (GED and Spirit PE). Since 2006, he has been Representative in
Spain of DEMETER Partners, a 105 M€ European fund dedicated to environment and renewable energies
and President of Spirit PE. Prior to DEMETER Partners, Mr Semmler was Managing Partner of GED Private
Equity from 2000 to 2005, International Finance Director of AESA/ASTANO (SEPI Group) from 1997
to 2000, Country Manager for Spain and Portugal of Hill Samuel Bank in London from 1995 to 1997 and
Account Manager at Westlb Madrid office from 1992 to 1995. Mr Semmler holds a BBA from UCB and a
Master degree from IE and a PDG from IESE.
Paul Simon – Special Advisor to Lord Stanley Fink and Partner, Earth Capital Partners
Paul Simon is a Special Adviser to Lord Stanley Fink and in this role focuses on impact
investing and venture philanthropy. He is also a Partner with Earth Capital Partners, a
sustainable asset manager. Paul has 12 years experience in investment banking and
private equity with a particular focus on emerging markets and clean technologies and agriculture.
Paul has been involved in a number of philanthropic climate schemes including managing a multi-year
Gold Standard Voluntary Emission Reduction solar programme in Zambia installing micro photovoltaic
systems in remote rural areas. He is the Executive Director of the Earth Capital Partners Foundation and a
Trustee of the Ashden Awards. Paul has extensive experience from educational programmes in the UK and
is a Governor and deputy chair at Burlington Danes Academy, an ARK academy.
Paul holds a BA Hon in economics and history from Oxford University and an MSc with distinction in political
economy from the London School of Economics.
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