Michael Andres is a renewable energy leader with over 15 years of international experience, including a decade specialising in onshore and offshore wind development. Most recently, he served as Head of Turbines and Site Assessment at Corio Generation (Macquarie Group), where he led global, multidisciplinary teams across wind turbine engineering, site selection and optimisation, energy yield, wind and metocean, LCOE analysis, and GIS. In this role, he drove integrated technical strategy, strengthened development workflows, and enhanced investment readiness across a multi‑gigawatt offshore wind portfolio. Prior to Corio, Michael held senior development and technical leadership roles at Macquarie’s Green Investment Group and its Acacia Renewables platform in Japan, where he originated and advanced large-scale wind projects across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas. His work spanned greenfield origination, technical due diligence, early-stage development, and market entry strategy, contributing to the build-out of multi‑gigawatt pipelines in emerging and established markets. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Philippines, where he ranked 9th nationwide in the 2009 Mechanical Engineering Licensure Examination.