MGM Innova Group
Sandra Apolinario is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in project and business development within the energy sector. Currently serving as Project Manager and Project and Business Development Manager at MGM Innova since April 2011, Sandra specializes in coordinating carbon projects, energy efficiency initiatives, and greenhouse gas inventories, with a strong understanding of UNFCCC procedures and GHG protocols. Previous roles include Senior Process Engineer at VSE, where Sandra focused on industrial energy generation processes, and Project Manager at Cenbio, overseeing projects that generate electricity from biomass. Additional experience as a Consulting Engineer for the United Nations Development Programme highlights expertise in economic feasibility studies for thermal power plants. Sandra holds a Master’s Degree and a Ph.D. in Energy from the University of São Paulo and an Engineer’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado.
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MGM Innova Group
MGM Innova Group is a multinational corporation that integrates technical, financial and environmental solutions that contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation, and sustainable development. With experience in 400+ projects worldwide, and offices in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, USA, Central America and the Caribbean, the Group offers clients the advantages of local service and international know-how and delivery standards. The Group is composed of 3 independent and complementary entities: * MGM INNOVA CONSULTING designs, develops and implements innovative solutions that enable clients to incorporate sustainable and climate change practices in their operations. * MGM INNOVA ENERGY SERVICES identifies, develops, implements and operates energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and provides other energy services. *MGM INNOVA CAPITAL(1) is a private equity and green infrastructure investment group focusing on impact investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. It supports the creation of jobs for SMEs, lower energy consumption and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The MGM Innova Capital team manages two impact funds focused on energy efficiency (65%) and small-scale renewable energy (35%), and invested in, among others, by major multilateral (e.g., EIB, IDB/MIF, GEEREF) and national (e.g., DEG, JICA, AECID, FMO, BIO, Bancoldex) development banks: 1. MGM SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUND (MSEF) has successfully invested USD 70M in 28 projects in 6 LAC countries. 2. MGM SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUND II (MSEF II), a follow-on fund to MSEF and currently in fundraising stage, has a target size of USD 200M and will carry out impact investments in Latin America, the Caribbean and selected countries in South East Asia. (1) MGM Innova Capital is used to denote MGM Innova Cap Management, LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, which include MGM Innova Capital LLC, MGM Innova Capital II LLC, and MGM Innova Cap Management Luxembourg S.à.r.l.