Southern Europe

Ángel Hernández del Teso is Director of Development and Construction for Southern Europe, leading a team of more than 70 professionals across Spain, France, Italy, and Greece as we progress secured and future prospect wind and solar projects in these markets.

Delphine Henri was appointed Head of Country, France, for SSE Renewables in September 2022 following SSE's acquisition of Siemens Gamesa's assets in Southern Europe. Prior to this, Delphine had ten years' experience with wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa where she successively held the positions of Electrical Engineer from 2012 to 2013, Project Manager from 2013 to 2016 and Director of Development France from 2016 to 2022. Delphine Henri holds a Master's degree in Energy and Environment from École Polytechnique de Montréal, and a Master's degree in Engineering from École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg.

Juan Barreiro Grandío is our Country Manager for Spain. Juan is a highly skilled professional with around 25 years’ experience in the renewable energy sector, especially in wind energy.  sector. Juan previously managed a range of business streams at Siemens Gamesa in Spain and internationally, before being appointed Manager of Siemens Gamesa’s Galician wind farms. He was also Director of Business Development, Spain. Juan has a degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master’s in Labour Risk Prevention.

Gianluca Mercurio is Country Manager for Italy having been appointed to the role in September 2022 and heads up our Italian Development Team based in Rome. He joined from Siemens Gamesa where he was previously Head of Onshore Business Development and where he was responsible for the development of almost 500MW of onshore wind farms. He was previously a Business Development Manager with Acciona and began his career in renewable energy with Erg Cesa Eolica SpA. Gianluca has a degree in Engineering.

Vassilis Spiliotopoulos is our Country Manager for Greece. He was formerly CEO of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy in Greece from May 2004 to August 2022. Vasilis holds a diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a M.Sc. from the University of Birmingham, UK. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 1985 and also member of the Hellenic Wind Energy Association, being also member of its Board of Directors for almost 10 years. Vasilis has more than 25 years’ experience in the construction sector, as he has participated in several major construction projects in Greece and abroad.

Pavel Miller and his team lead on public affairs, communications and stakeholder engagement for SSE Renewables outside of the UK and Ireland. Pavel has worked at SSE since 2016 and has had several roles with the SSE Corporate Affairs team, including UK government relations, policy and public affairs.