JLL hired Sean Salas as Vice President, Energy Advisory Sales, to focus on strategic business development, strengthening client relationships and delivering energy advisory solutions across the United States.
In his new role with JLL’s Energy Advisory and Sustainability team, Salas will leverage his extensive experience in and knowledge of energy sourcing, energy performance and optimization, renewable development, new technologies and the infrastructure financing landscape across the Americas. He’ll deliver strategic advice to JLL real estate investor and occupier clients regarding energy strategies, portfolio and asset monetization and cost savings solutions. Salas is based in Houston, Texas, and reports to Josephine Tucker, JLL Head of Energy Advisory and Sustainability, Americas.
With 12 years of sales and business development experience, Salas has spent a decade focused specifically on the energy sector. A former diver within Naval Special Operations, he joins JLL from Galehead Development, where he led new revenue opportunities for portfolio M&A, Development Service Agreements (DSA) and Joint Development Agreements (JDA) and worked with utilities, data centers, asset management and investment funds. He also negotiated and structured portfolio offers for more than 3.4GWs of mid-stage development projects, which were valued at $190 million.
