The people behind Aquila
Stefano Pellegrino
Founder & CEO
3-time founder. Built Aspire’s presence in Vietnam as its Vietnam co-founder, then took on regional lending. Previously an M&A and project finance lawyer in Vietnam. PhD in law (Pavia), LL.M. (UC Berkeley). Co-author, with Vinnie Lauria, of Mind the Gap: Scaling Businesses Across Cultures (Wiley).
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Jarek Tkaczyk
Founder & CTO
Serial entrepreneur since 18, building software since 2010 for travel, finance, medical and other industries. Head of Engineering at Aspire (YC 2018) from 2019 to 2023, scaling the team to 100+ engineers across 4 countries. Long-time open-source contributor.
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Juvjen Mani
Chief Risk Officer
Head of Credit Risk at Aspire, where he built the SME and e-commerce credit scorecard and ran a $65M+ portfolio with NPL90 under 2%. Early employee at Lazada and one of Shopee’s first 50. M.Sc. in Finance, Bocconi.
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Lorenzo Fabbiano
eMobility Financing Director
10+ years in China’s automotive industry with European and American carmakers, including Alfa Romeo, Jeep, Maserati, and Peugeot. Leads Aquila’s EV financing across Southeast Asia and moderated the Climate Hero Club Dubai funding panel.
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Joshua Hong
Head of Capital Markets
Helped raise $30M in debt as Head of Capital Markets at Homebase (YC W21), then Chief Business Officer at 1Long. Earlier in investment banking, private equity and development finance at the US DFC. Johns Hopkins graduate.
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Tan Vu
Credit Risk Lead
Ex-Aspire Head of Credit with more than 5 years of experience building & scaling up credit portfolios across Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand. CFA charterholder.
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Oscar Rapin
Solar Financing Manager
Has run Aquila’s solar lending with developers and EPCs across Southeast Asia since 2024. Background in commercial lending and credit analysis. ESCP Business School.
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Alexis Monvoisin
Financial Analyst
Structures Aquila's EV asset financing deals across Southeast Asia. Joined in 2026 with a background in finance at Pernod Ricard and data at Boston Consulting Group. Double degree in engineering and business from École Centrale de Nantes and Audencia Business School. Muay Thai fighter.
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Sunny Tran
Head of Carbon Credits
Triathlete. Scholarship student at Pearson College UWC and Skidmore College, postgraduate at Southampton. Several years at London hedge funds, then carbon projects in Vietnam. Hosts the Climate Hero Podcast, TEDx speaker, and co-founded a youth confidence programme at SOS Children’s Villages Vietnam.
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Hoa Do
Product Manager
3 years at Aquila and the person who gets things shipped. Owns the product end to end: the Climate Impact Terminal, Aquila's internal tools and the infrastructure under them, and keeps the company ISO 27001 compliant. Along the way she has built solar sizing and savings models, advised on carbon credit methodology and run energy-savings audits. Fulbright University Vietnam alum.
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Annie Pham
Carbon Credit Specialist
Joined since the beginning to build products, projects, Climate Hero Club, and a wall of office memes. Currently leads carbon credit development and commercialization for recycling projects. Founded a start-up to build walkers for people with disabilities. Top 3 Shark Tank Student Competition. FUV alum.
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Hailey Pham
Community Lead
Joined Aquila in 2023 as its first full-time hire. Now runs Climate Hero Club, a community of 1,000+ climate-tech founders and investors across Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Generalist and builder at heart, she has worked alongside founding teams at multiple startups and projects across operations, business development, fundraising and community building. Fulbright University Vietnam alum.
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Caroline Marchand
Legal Counsel
Works with Stefano on Aquila’s legal side since 2024: the contracts behind our financing and carbon credit deals, and the loan security that protects them across six Southeast Asian markets.
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Lam Nguyen
Credit Officer
Credit risk analyst. Fulbright University Vietnam alum and one of 14 Social Impact Fellows doing impact-investing research and deal support.
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Quang Nguyen
Finance Manager
Keeps Aquila’s numbers clean across Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia, from the books and monthly accounts to the financial models behind our decisions. The person the team and partners go to when they need figures they can act on.
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Bao Tram Nguyen
Carbon Credit Specialist
Leads execution of Aquila’s EV carbon credit projects, with 50+ project assessments against Verra and Gold Standard methodologies since joining in 2025. UEH alum; her award-winning research on green credit in Vietnam is published by Springer Nature.
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