Board of directors

Rolando founded the business in 1988 and has over 40 years of experience in project management and business development.

He began his career at Gulf & Western Industries where he started out as a special assistant to chairman and founder Charles Bluhdorn, eventually becoming its youngest corporate Vice President and Head of International Operations. After Gulf & Western, Rolando went on to establish his own companies to acquire and operate assets in the region.

Rolando, Georgetown University College Class 1968, serves on many of his alma mater’s boards. He was Chair of the International Initiatives Board and is currently a trustee on the Board of Advisers of the Georgetown College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Latin American Board.

He is a Director and Trustee of the William, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. He is also a member of the Energy Committee of the Clinton Global Initiative, focusing on the development of clean and renewable energy. Rolando is proud to be a founding member of the Walkabout Foundation which has distributed 21,000 wheelchairs to date.

Flavio leads InterEnergy’s corporate finance, investor relations and administrative functions. Flavio is also a member of the Investment Committee and sits on the board of InterEnergy and its operating businesses.

Flavio was a Director in the Investment Banking department of Credit Suisse First Boston, holding positions in New York and London from 1997 to 2007, focusing on M&A and equity transaction execution.

In 2007, Flavio founded Sprimont Capital LLC, a firm with offices in New York and Rio de Janeiro, to advise on and invest in transactions in Latin America. While at Sprimont, Flavio advised Basic Energy on several M&A and financing transactions, including the acquisitions of Pedregal Power Company and Jamaica Energy Partners.

In early 2011, Flavio brought together a group of institutional investors with Basic Energy, and played a key role in structuring the transactions that led to the formation of InterEnergy. After InterEnergy was formed, Flavio took on management and Board responsibilities, and went on to work on securing additional equity funding from the IFC, IFC Asset Management Company and Barings.

Roberto Herrera is the Country Manager for the Dominican Republic and a director of the Board of Interenergy Group.

He is the CEO/President and board member of La Compañía de Electricidad de San Pedro de Macorís (ENERGAS a 300MW combined cycle power plant), Executive Director and Vicepresident of the Board of Consorcio Energético Punta Cana-Macao (CEPM, a vertically integrated utility), Compañía de Electricidad de Bayahibe (CEB, a vertical integrated utility), Grupo Eólico Dominicano (GEDOM, owner of an operating 50MW wind farm and concessions for an additional 100MW), Interenergy Systems (a technology solutions provider for the utility and tourism sector), EVERGO (electric mobility company) and ACTIVA (a telecommunications Company).

Roberto also oversees Energas interest in Enadom an LNG infrastructure company in partnership with AES. Member of the executives committes of CONEP (Private Business Council), AIRD (Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic) and of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic (AMCHAMDR).

Nicolas De Narvaez is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Renewable Power & Transition Group. In this role, he is responsible for investments across Latin America.

Prior to joining Brookfield in 2021, Mr. De Narvaez worked at Goldman Sachs where he was responsible for originating and executing transactions across Latin America and at Bank of America where he executed sponsor related transactions in the United States.

Mr. De Narvaez holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University and a Business degree from Colegio De Estudios Superiores de Administracion (CESA).

Former Ambassador Hans H. Hertell is currently the chairman of The Hertell Group LLC, a merchant banking and international strategic consulting firm. He has over 30 years of experience in government, public affairs, business and banking. Ambassador Hertell was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic on 8 November, 2001, where he served until 1 May, 2007. In the banking sector, Ambassador Hertell was the chief executive officer and vice chairman of Ponce Bank (NYSE), one of the largest publicly traded corporations in the Caribbean, with US$1.8 billion in assets. Ambassador Hertell was also one of the founding partners of one of the largest full service law firms in Puerto Rico, Goldman, Antonetti, Ferraiuoli, Axtmayer and Hertell.

Philippe is Global Head of Power, Utilities & Infrastructure at UBS Corporate Client Services/Investment Banking. He is also a member of the EMEA Management Committee and the Global Client Franchise Steering Committee.

Philippe joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) in 1998 and worked across several products, sectors and regions within investment banking. In 2011, he was appointed Head of Infrastructure and, in 2016, he was made Head of Power, Utilities, Renewables & Infrastructure for EMEA. He left BoAML to join UBS in 2018.

Philippe holds a BSc in International Economics from Georgetown University and is fluent in French and Greek.

Diego Gonzalez Bunster is Rolando’s son. He attended Georgetown University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in history and government. After graduation, Diego began working at Creative Artists Agency, the world’s pre-eminent talent agency.

Diego has also worked for the William J. Clinton Foundation, where he was assigned to the Foreign Affairs Department.

Since 2009, Diego has been working hands on with the Walkabout Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to finding a cure for paralysis as well as improving the lives of people suffering from spinal cord injuries.

Diego is a native Spanish and English speaker and is fluent in French.