Alight reinforces senior team
Stockholm, 6 May 2025: Alight, a leading Nordic solar power developer and independent power producer (IPP), is announcing three new members of the senior team. Stockholm-based Mia Engnes has joined Alight as Head of Procurement and Construction, while London-based Rob Stait and Paul Walker have joined as Managing Director of Behind-the-Meter (BtM) and as a member of the company's board of directors, respectively.
Mia Engnes - Head of Procurement and Construction
Mia Engnes has over 20 years’ experience in project management and leadership. Before Alight, Mia was a project director at renewable energy solutions provider OX2 and led gigafactory development and production plans at Northvolt. Before transitioning to the impact sector, Engnes worked at Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer Billerud and multinational food packaging and processing Tetra Pak.
Rob Stait - Managing Director, Behind-the-Meter (BtM)
Rob Stait is Managing Director of Alight’s onsite (BtM) business. Stait joined from VivaCity, an AI technology business serving the mobility infrastructure sector, where he was Chief Revenue Officer and led its scale-up across ten countries to category market leadership. He has significant experience in funding, leading and scaling infrastructure and sustainability tech businesses. He has held commercial leadership and board level positions at a number of VC- and PE-backed startups and large corporations, and brings a wealth of expertise in the utilities and energy sector. Stait leads Alight’s European BtM work from the London office.
Paul Walker - Board Member
Paul Walker has been a senior adviser to Alight and a member of the investment committee for several years and he has now joined the company board. He is a seasoned renewable energy executive with a background in finance. Walker is a passionate advocate for clean energy and has global experience, having worked and led teams in both Europe and North America. Notably, Walker was CEO of California-based solar company ForeFront Power and CFO (Americas) at RES, as well as advising Galileo and currently serving as executive chairman of REC Solar.
Alight CEO Warren Campbell: "Alight is in a phase of rapid growth as we’re transitioning into a leading solar power producer in several European markets. I am delighted to welcome Mia and Rob to the Executive Team, as they bring a wealth of operational and customer excellence to the company. Paul has been a trusted advisor for many years, and I’m looking forward to him strengthening the board work at Alight.”
Alight has started 2025 with remarkable momentum. In the past few weeks, Alight has finalized Sweden’s largest solar park (64 MWp) with food retailer Axfood, and two solar parks with fashion retailer H&M, as well as announced a PPA with Autoliv in Finland. The company has announced three project-specific finance facilities with institutional investors and expanded into Denmark as new company CEO Warren Campbell eyes growth and opportunities across the market.
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About Alight:
At Alight, we’re on a mission to kick carbon off the grid by helping energy-intensive businesses switch to solar. We develop, own and operate onsite and offsite solar projects across Europe and sell the clean energy to businesses at a low, fixed cost backed by a power purchase agreement (PPA), always independent of government funding or subsidies. By 2030, we aim to have an installed capacity of at least 5 GW, paving the way for a more sustainable future.
