On December 4-5, 2017, the LSM students of the courses “Finance and responsible investing”, “Real option”, and “Advanced finance” received a 7-hour training on “Investing in renewable energy”, with a case study. The speaker, Prof. Claudio Vescovo, presented an investment case in alternative energy, in “Energy Renewables Sources”. The training is also given, among other places, at the University of Oxford, the Imperial College, and at the Said Business School and at the Chicago Booth Business school’s executive training in valuation. A video about the course given at the Chicago Booth Business school’s executive training in valuation is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B91n8CjCWxw.
Claudio Vescovo (Glennmont partners) has a broad experience in the renewable energy sector, having operated both as an equity investor and a project financier since 2007. At Glennmont, he covers private equity investments across 4 different technologies (wind, solar photovoltaic, biomass and small-scale hydro) throughout Europe. Prof. Vescovo sits in the Scientific Committee of the Master in Management of Energy Renewables Sources of Sole 24 Ore Business School. He is a fellow of the University of Oxford for teaching merits. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Venice.
The training
Courses “Finance and responsible investing” and “Advanced finance”
Morning session
- Session on valuation
- Session on the renewable energy sector
Afternoon session
- Introduction of the case study
- Division of students in groups and work and solution of the case
- Working on the final report to be submitted in 3 days
Course “Real option”
Morning session
- Session on valuation
- Session on the renewable energy sector
Afternoon session
- Introduction of the case study
- Division of students in groups and work and solution of the case
- 10 minutes presentation of the solution in front of a board of directors (composed by Prof. Vescovo and TA in finance)
Testimonials
“I was impressed by the LSM students. They have shown a reasoning capacity beyond my expectations. I was moved by the student’s presentations: it was rewarding to see how well they had understood the concepts taught during the day. The Ph.D. students of Louvain Finance did a great job in supporting me. There is a very good team spirit!” Claudio Vescovo.
“I would suggest the training given by Claudio to other colleagues”. 92% of the students of Real Options
