Julian Nebreda leads the Fluence team and its efforts to accelerate energy storage adoption globally, and to transform the way we power our world to ensure a more sustainable future. He brings over 20 years of experience in the energy industry as well as his expertise as a Fluence board member since September 2021.

Prior to joining Fluence, Julian was President of the South America Strategic Business Unit of The AES Corporation since October 2018. Mr. Nebreda has also acted as the President of the AES Brazil Strategic Business Unit from April 2016 to October 2018, and the President of the Europe Strategic Business Unit from 2009 to April 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Nebreda held several senior positions, such as Vice President for Central America and Caribbean from 2007 to 2009, Chief Executive Officer of Electricidad de Caracas from 2005 to 2007, and President of AES Dominicana, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Nebreda serves as Chairman of the Board of AES Andes and AES Brasil. Before joining AES, Julian held positions in the public and private sectors, namely he served as Counsellor to the Executive Director from Panama and Venezuela at the Inter-American Development Bank from 1993 to 1999.

Mr. Nebreda earned a law degree from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. He also earned a Master of Laws in common law with a Fulbright fellowship and a Master of Laws in securities and financial regulations, both from Georgetown University.

Ahmed Pasha is responsible for overseeing the execution of all financial activities including the capital investments, financial reporting, planning, tax, insurance, credit management, IT, and investor relations. He has been Chief Financial Officer since 2024.

Prior to joining Fluence, Mr. Pasha was with the AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) for nearly 27 years where he served in various positions including CFO of AES' US Utilities, CFO of AES Asia, Global Treasurer & Head of Investor Relations and Business Development lead in Asia and Europe. In 2019, he was recognized by Institutional Investor as "Best IR Professional" in the Electric Utilities sector. Prior to joining Fluence, he worked with Deloitte Asia advising multinational clients on tax strategy and financial planning. Ahmed holds a Bachelor of Finance from the University of Punjab and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

As Chief Product Officer, Rebecca Boll is responsible for developing products and services that anticipate customer needs and that leverage our leadership position within the energy storage industry. In this role, she will be leading a team of experts in market applications, marketing, and product management.

Prior to joining Fluence, she was Chief Technology Officer for the Digital Buildings business at Schneider Electric. There, she led a team assessing advanced technologies to make buildings more autonomous and sustainable. Prior to that, she was Chief Technology Officer at GE Licensing & Technology Ventures, guiding investments for technology transfer and intellectual property creation. Before that, she held various other leadership roles at GE, including starting and leading GE’s Edge Computing & Software Solutions business segment, and helping lead business, product and technology functions for GE Aviation, GE Global Research and GE Power. Before entering the private sector, Rebecca served for six years as an Electronic Combat Officer in the United States Air Force.

Rebecca received her bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Boston University and master’s in human relations from the University of Oklahoma.

As Chief Supply Chain and Manufacturing Officer, Pete Williams is responsible for all aspects of the end-to-end supply chain including strategic sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, safety, planning and quality assurance at Fluence.

Pete brings more than 20 years' experience with a proven track record in operational excellence, supply chain transformation, contract manufacturer management, merger and acquisition integration and organization development to support Fluence’s continued global growth and expansion. Before joining Fluence, Pete served as Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain for Rogers Corporation. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Global Operations for MKS Instruments. Pete has also held senior management positions in Operations at Photon Dynamics and Applied Materials. Early in his career Pete was a Spacecraft Systems Engineer for Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Pete received his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from San Jose State University.

As Chief Human Resources Officer, Larissa Cerqueira is responsible for the Fluence Global HR Strategy and deployment, enabling the business and our employees to fulfill their highest potentials. Larissa and her global team drive all HR initiatives and operations, including organizational development, business partnering, talent management, leadership development, diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, and payroll, among others.

Her 20+ years of experience and solid track record in people, leadership and organization development support Fluence’s continued international growth and expansion. Prior to joining Fluence, Larissa acted as VP - Global Talent Management, heading talent management for four international operational platforms under a large industrial conglomerate. With a strong background in all HR disciplines, she drove global talent strategies and initiatives across business verticals, with a strong focus on business growth and talent pipelines.

Larissa holds an MBA from Fundação Getulio Vargas as well as an undergraduate degree in psychology from Universidade de Brasília.

Vincent Mathis is Fluence’s lead attorney and has more than 20 years of legal experience counseling diverse global businesses. 

Prior to joining Fluence, Vincent served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Stride. He also served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Corporate Secretary and Chief of Staff to the CEO at The AES Corporation where he earlier was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. Prior to his roles at The AES Corporation, Vincent was an Executive Vice President and General Counsel at ContourGlobal, LLC, a private international energy company. Previously, he worked for Venable, LLP, Shearman and Sterling, LLP, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Vincent formerly served on the board of directors of Indianapolis Power and Light Company Enterprises, Inc., AES Tietê Energia S.A., and AES Elpa S.A. 

In addition, he previously served on the board of directors at IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., DPL Inc. and The Dayton Power and Light Company and was Chairman of Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de São Paulo S.A. He holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from The University of Richmond.

In his leadership role at Fluence, Marek leads the Global Strategy, Partnerships & M&A team and oversees the Commercial function of the company. He provides in-depth industry and market insights to Fluence and its customers and partners while driving growth and enhancing the efficiency of Fluence’s commercial operations.

Prior to joining Fluence, Marek was a managing director of strategic partnerships, energy storage at The AES Corporation, where he was instrumental in the development of key storage projects throughout the world, as well as the transition of the storage business from AES to Fluence.

Previously, Marek was part of the Infrastructure Investment arm of Partners Group, a global private equity firm and part of the Valuation & Strategy team at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He also founded several startups in the technology space.

Marek holds an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Diplom-Kaufmann degree from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.

As Senior Vice President, Chief Business Operations and Transformation Officer at Fluence, Roman Loosen oversees the Fluence Growth, Services, Marketing & Communications, as well as the Quality and Health & Safety teams, and leads the strategic transformation and accelerated growth of Fluence.

Prior to joining Fluence, Roman worked for more than 20 years at Siemens, implementing proven business transformation strategies in various roles and countries across the Siemens organization. Roman most recently served as Senior Vice President and Head of the Global Competitiveness program for Siemens Smart Infrastructure, consistently overachieving the profit improvement targets communicated to the capital markets. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer and in operational roles for various business units within Siemens, at which time, he implemented revenue transformation strategies and drove record profits. Over his more than two decades with Siemens, Roman has developed a proven track record in strategically growing new businesses and guiding accelerated organizational change.

Roman holds an MBA from FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management (Germany) as well as two bachelor’s degrees – a bachelor’s in Commercial Economics from Hogeschool Zeeland (Netherlands) and a bachelor’s in Business/Managerial Economics from Hessian Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie (Germany).

As President of Fluence Digital, Aric Zurek leads the strategic growth of Fluence’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business. Aric oversees teams of AI and data scientists, software engineers, product managers, and operations and commercial sales experts to accelerate Fluence’s digital offerings globally.

Aric brings more than 25 years of demonstrated expertise in operational and strategic business planning processes, product development, strategic and product marketing, commercial operations, cost management, and business development. He also has a strong track record of leading diverse teams and delivering results in complex, global environments.

Prior to joining Fluence, Aric served as Vice President at RedRaven, Flowserve’s complete end-to-end internet of things (IoT) solution for the industrial space. At RedRaven, Aric doubled the business two years running, developing robust digital technology platforms and related services. He has also held multiple leadership positions at leading companies within the energy sector, including General Electric, with a demonstrated history of accelerating growth with new business models and product offerings.

Aric holds a Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University, and an M.B.A. from the Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business.

As president of the Americas, John is responsible for go-to-market implementation and honing customer-centric solutions for customers in the region. Prior to this role, John acted as chief operating officer where he directed the Fluence teams that create and deliver storage solutions and services to leading customers around the world. Working with progressive power system players, John and his teams create valuable business use cases for grid-scale storage, educate storage users in these benefits, manage the deployment of new systems, and help service these systems throughout their complete lifecycle.

John was a cofounder of AES Energy Storage in 2007, a recognized market leader, and led AES' team in pioneering nearly 500MW of utility-scale applications of battery-based energy storage projects in the U.S., Chile, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, and the Dominican Republic.

Accomplishments include the deployment of the world’s largest grid connected lithium ion battery (five times), the first power purchase agreement for energy storage at the 100MW Alamitos Power Center, and the first multi-megawatt scale storage systems approved in six countries.

John is a regular industry speaker on energy storage, innovation, and leadership and is often quoted on these topics in mainstream and industry journals. Prior to energy storage, John worked at AES in retail power and fiber telecommunications, and as a consultant and market analyst to the telecommunications industry.

John holds a master's degree in public policy from the University of Michigan and a bachelor's in economics and social science from Florida State University.

As president of APAC, Jan is responsible for go-to-market implementation and honing customer-centric solutions for customers in the region. In his previous role, Jan was vice president for global markets where he oversaw Fluence’s global sales and product marketing efforts.

Prior to joining Fluence, Jan led development of Siemens’ global energy storage business, as well as serving in senior marketing and sales capacities for Eaton’s solar inverter business and Siemens in southeast Asia. Jan has worked in the fields of product development, project management, sales and marketing for over 20 years and has a deep understanding of existing power grids and the challenges they face.

While employed by major distribution systems suppliers in Europe and several Asian countries, he built broad knowledge in power distribution products and systems and solutions, for conventional and power electronics-based technologies.

Jan holds a degree in electrical engineering from University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern.

As president of EMEA, Paul is responsible for go-to-market implementation and honing customer-centric solutions for customers in the region. Prior to this role, he served as vice president of EMEA at Fluence where he directed the sales organization throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.

Paul has diverse expertise across the Energy and Information Technology industries, having held leadership roles for more than nine years with AES Corp as Vice President Energy Storage EMEA, Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Europe and Asia, Vice President of Shared Services Europe and Mergers & Acquisitions Europe Solar.

Prior to his work with AES, Paul worked with the Saon Group in Dublin, Ireland where he was a founding member of a technology start-up, Candidate Manager Ltd. Having initially led the development of the technology, he went on to establish and build the UK division becoming COO and then CEO.

Paul has an MBA from the Ulster Business School and is a BSc Agricultural Economics & Management graduate from Queens University Belfast.