Investment professional · New York

Infrastructure finance for the energy & compute transition.

I structure, model and stress-test multi-billion-dollar transactions across renewable power, data centers and AI infrastructure — translating engineering reality into capital-markets language.

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12+
years in project finance
$30Bn+
cumulative deal volume
100+
transactions modeled
Romain Tinland, infrastructure finance advisor

Romain Tinland

Director, Project Finance — Crédit Agricole CIB

Practice areas

Where engineering meets capital.

01 / Power

Renewables Project Finance

  • Financial modelling for Solar, Wind, BESS
  • EPC, PPA, O&M reviews and modelling
  • ITC / PTC tax-equity flip partnerships
  • Term Sheet analysis, covenants, cash sweeps
02 / Compute

AI Infrastructure Finance

  • GPU / accelerator fleet economics — training vs inference
  • CSP contracts: committed vs reserved vs on-demand
  • Data-center unit economics — PUE, power, land, cost segregation
  • Hyperscaler CapEx strategy (AWS, GCP, Azure)
03 / Planning

FP&A

  • Budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis
  • C-suite-ready investment memos ($100m – $1Bn)
  • 3-statement models, IRR & waterfall structuring
  • Advanced Excel, Python, SQL, Tableau dashboards
Track record

A decade structuring infrastructure.

  1. 03 / 24 — Present

    Director — Energy, Renewables & Infrastructure Project Finance

    Crédit Agricole CIB · New York

    • Lead independent risk and commercial analysis on 30–35 utility-scale infrastructure financings a year (100 MW–1 GW+; $500M up to $10Bn), from deal structuring through downside scenarios.
    • Review financial models and design lender-protection packages: covenants, cash sweeps, reserves, and DSCR sizing.
    • Assess tax-equity and tax-credit-transfer risk — flip partnerships, bridge-loan sizing, cash-diversion triggers, and recapture exposure — quantifying sponsor, investor, and lender outcomes under stress.
    • Write investment memos behind C-suite credit decisions on $100M–$1Bn commitments, and negotiate conditions precedent and credit-protective terms (recapture indemnities, PPA assignment, tax-equity transfer).
    • Evaluate EPC, PPA, O&M, and independent-engineer reports across ERCOT, CAISO, and PJM, pricing market risks like curtailment and basis risk.
    • Co-manage a five-person deal team (two VPs, one associate, two analysts), allocating deal flow, reviewing work product, and mentoring junior staff.
  2. 04 / 23 — 03 / 24

    Senior Project Finance Analyst / Manager — Solar, BESS, EV Charging

    InCharge Energy · New York

    • Led financial modeling and deal structuring for distributed energy infrastructure (Solar, BESS, EV charging, 1–4 MW stations, $55m Term Sheet negotiations) from origination through financial close.
    • Owned planning, budgeting, forecasting, and budget-vs-actual variance analysis for project-level cost centers in a high-growth, demand-volatile environment; built KPI dashboards and CapEx/OpEx benchmarks to track performance.
    • Top performer, promoted to Project Finance Manager.
  3. 11 / 17 — 10 / 22

    Senior Associate — Energy Structured Finance

    BNP Paribas CIB · New York

    • Structured and executed large-scale energy, renewables & infrastructure financings between $250-$800m in the conventional power, LNG, utility-scale renewables industries; served as lead financial analyst on 15-20 deals per year.
    • Built financial models informing capital allocation decisions; negotiated terms with sponsors, developers, counsel, and co-lenders. Led due diligence and presented recommendations to investment committees.
  4. 09 / 15 — 11 / 17

    Inspector — Central Inspection

    BNP Paribas CIB · Paris

    • Designed and audited enterprise-wide financial controls and governance frameworks. Reported findings to C-suite.
  5. 11 / 13 — 09 / 15

    Analyst — Energy Structured Finance

    BNP Paribas CIB · New York

    • Built financial models for large-scale energy infrastructure project financings (analysis, waterfalls, debt sizing…).
Education

MSc Corporate Finance

EDHEC Business School

English-French bilingual.

Certifications
Let's talk

Open to the right infrastructure finance role.

Whether you're hiring, building out a team, or want to compare notes on data-center and GPU economics, send a note and I'll get back to you within one business day.

romain.tinland@gmail.com(917) 801-9837
New York, NY
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