Patrick Verdonck is the founder of Verdonck Partners and has 25 years of energy and infrastructure industry experience.  

At Verdonck Partners, he advises investors, power companies and renewable project developers on buy side due diligence and value-add asset management projects such as repowering thermal power plants and off-take structuring. Patrick is also the founder of Rhynland Energy, a battery energy storage developer.

Prior to founding Verdonck Partners, he spent nearly 10 years with Starwood Capital’s Energy Group where he invested primarily in natural gas-fired generation, battery energy storage and solar generation. 

Patrick previously worked for Citigroup’s investment bank in London and for Tractebel EGI (now Engie) in Bangkok. He started his career as an oil & gas lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. 

Patrick serves on the boards of several client portfolio companies. He also serves on the board of the Cleantech Leaders Climate Forum, and supports other educational and philanthropic organizations including the Belgian American Educational Foundation.

Patrick holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Law degree from the Catholic University of Leuven. He won the Freshfields / Financial Times European Prize (1st Place) and was awarded both a BAEF Fellowship and a Prince Albert Fund Fellowship. 

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