Antonia Vlek

Antonia in a director in ABN AMRO’s Project and Infrastructure Finance team, passionate about all things energy transition. Next to traditional renewables like wind and solar, she leads non-recourse financings for geothermal, battery materials, carbon capture and hydrogen and hydrogen derivative projects. Notable recent transactions include leading ABN AMRO’s participation as a structuring bank in the EUR 1.3 bn senior secured financing for Vulcan, a first-of-a-kind project in Germany producing battery grade lithium from geothermal brines. Before switching into banking, Antonia started out her career in strategy consulting and spent several years at Shell in roles relating to the commercialization and financing of novel technologies including Carbon Capture for projects like Aramis in the Netherlands. Antonia looks forward to connecting with industry participants at the Innovation forum.