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Mathias Verkest

CEO of SeaMade, a consortium between Otary, Engie-Electrabel and Eneco

    • Professional career
      • Until 2009, lawyer at Baker&McKenzie and Allen&Overy
      • Until 2013, member of the executive committee / chief legal officer at C-Power (Belgium’s first offshore wind farm in the North Sea)
      • Currently, CEO of SeaMade, a consortium between Otary, Engie-Electrabel and Eneco, North Sea Wave NV, a SPV set-up for examining the feasibility to develop a wave energy project in the Belgian North Sea) as well as co-CEO of Otary NV (a consortium which has developed directly and through its partners 1707 MW in Belgium)
      • Member of the executive committee of the Belgian Offshore Platform (federation of investors in electricity producing companies in the North Sea)
    • Educational background
      • Graduated from Ghent University law school in 2004
      • Master in Law degree (LL.M.) from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 2005
      • Executive MBA, Ghent/Brussels/Leuven, Vlerick Business School in 2014

Mathias has been involved as part of the management team in various offshore wind projects since 2009. Having practiced law previously at Allen & Overy, Mathias stepped into the offshore wind business in 2009 as CLO at C-Power, Belgium’s first offshore wind development, which reached financial close for its Thorntonbank project (295 MW) in 2010 and was involved in the set-up and management of Otary (2011-2012) and its projects, of which Rentel reached financial close in 2016 (309 MW).

Currently, Mathias is acting CEO of SeaMade NV (a joint venture between Otary / Engie-Electrabel and Eneco) which reached financial close for its 487 MW offshore wind farm in December 2018 and North Sea Wave NV (a SPV set-up for examining the feasibility to develop a wave energy project in the Belgian North Sea) as well as co-CEO of Otary NV (a consortium which has developed directly and through its partners 1707 MW in Belgium).

Mathias graduated from Ghent University law school in 2004, obtained a Master in Law degree (LL.M.) from the Georgetown University law school in Washington, D.C. in 2005 and an executive MBA from Vlerick Business School in 2014.

Mathias is a member of the executive committee of the Belgian Offshore Platform, the federation of (investors in) electricity producing companies in the North Sea.