Dr. Robin Hirschl studied physics in Vienna, Austria, and Lyon, France, and holds a PhD in Computational Materials Science from Vienna University. He started his career at Booz Allen Hamilton (today Strategy&), joining the European Utilities Team, where he lead energy projects throughout Europe as Senior Project Manager. Since 2007 he has held management positions at Kioto Photovoltaics and KPV Solar, before co-founding ENcome Energy Performance in 2012 where he was as a managing director until 2019. After five years serving as Chief Technical Officer at Danish investment company Obton A/S, he came back to Austria. From beginning of 2024 Robin has re-joined PV-Invest group, where KPV Solar is a 100% subsidiary, as CEO .