COMMUNITY PROFILE

Adele Ara

Chief Technology Officer

Lightsource bp

Adele is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Lightsource bp, which was recently acquired in full by the energy giant, having formerly been a joint venture organisation.

She joined the business in the summer 2014 and served as Head of Global Business Operations, leading the business transformation and digitalisation strategy, until she was promoted to CTO in June 2023. 

Previously, Adele served as Director of Asset Management for Lightsource bp, leading a team managing over 900MW of solar PV assets globally.

Prior to joining Lightsource, Adele was a Senior Manager at Platina Partners, a private equity fund specialised in renewable energy investments across Europe, where she was responsible for the asset management of a portfolio of wind and solar PV assets. At Platina, Adele was also an Investment Manager with responsibilities over the development and acquisition of solar PV projects in Southern Europe. Prior to this role, Adele served as a corporate and investment bank analyst at Citi.

Since January 2020, Adele has chaired the Lifecycle Quality Workstream at Solar Power Europe.

Adele holds an MSc in Economics for Arts, Culture and Communications Summa Cum Laude from L. Bocconi University in Milan.