“When I was a child at home in Styria, the buzzard majestically moved its circles, higher and higher, only carried by the wind. I would like to have flown up there and imagined which overview one can have from there and which possibilities one must see there.”
Günter Maier is Founder and Managing Director of Buzzard Energy and has more than 10 years of senior executive experience, including board level engagements and more than 15 years of experience in managing teams,
projects and acquisitions in conventional- and renewable energy. He has an in-depth understanding of the complex value chain in the Energy/Power industry: from policy issues, project finance, project execution to operations.
Prior to founding Buzzard Energy, Mr. Maier was heading up OMV's Renewable Power business dealing with wind-, hydro-, and solar power and has worked in a number of regions, including South Eastern Europe, Turkey and MENA.
He
holds a PhD from the University of Leoben, Austria and a MSc on renewable energy from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
The team members of Buzzard Energy combine as generalists profound technical-, economical- and contractual expertise in the energy and cleantech sector. For our investment portfolio companies, we can act as coaches and sparring partners, bringing innovative ideas from outside, or function as interim managers and lead board actions to find solutions.