Our team

Our team

Get to know the professionals who bring expertise and passion to every project.

Get to know the professionals who bring expertise and passion to every project.

Ignacio Gil

Chief Executive Office

United Kingdom

Ignacio Gil

Chief Executive Office

United Kingdom

In his career of over 30 years in the United States, the UK and Spain, Ignacio has founded several successful companies in Wealth Management, together with a Multifamily Office, focused primarily on the Hospitality and Real Estate sectors in the USA, Caribbean and Spain.

Ignacio has been with Optymass (formerly Quimera) from the outset, becoming CEO in 2023.

Ignacio holds a law degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and an MBA in Finance from the University of Miami, Florida. He also holds a masters in Legal Mediation from the Ministry of Justice in Spain.

Nick Hawkins

Managing Director

United Kingdom

Nick Hawkins

Managing Director

United Kingdom

Most of Nick's career has been in investment banking, where he was the top-rated analyst in his sector at Merrill Lynch and Dresdner Kleinwort five years in a row, and the top-rated analyst in any sector in Europe. He has experience in M&A, IPOs, and the replacement of CEOs. He ran a tech start-up for two years at Experian. He has a 1st in Business from Greenwich University.

José Luis Cárdenas

Director of Operations

Mexico

José Luis Cárdenas

Director of Operations

Mexico

Jose has more than 15 years of experience in the energy services and process optimisation. He has broad experience delivering energy efficiency and optimisation projects in the industrial sector as well as in the Commercial building; implementing digital technologies as well as deep retrofits in Europe, UAE, China, Mexico and Caribbean.


Jose holds a degree in chemical engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), a master’s degree in Energy Engineering from the Barcelona Tech (UPC) and an MBA degree from IESE Business School.

John Chambers

Director of Business Development

United Kingdom

John Chambers

Director of Business Development

United Kingdom

John has 40 years of business experience, starting at Haymarket Media Group, where he expanded operations globally. In 2006, he founded a consultancy focused on acquiring US media businesses and launching ventures in the Middle East.

He developed an interest in sustainability

in 2000 while chairing an environmental charity and holds a BA Hons in Geography and Politics from Portsmouth.

Enrique Laterre

Technical Director

Spain

Enrique Laterre

Technical Director

Spain

Enrique has over 20 years of experience

in energy efficiency and is one of Europe’s most recognized engineers in the field.

He has worked on projects across energy efficiency, renewables, and facilities design in various sectors. As a founding member of Quimera, he provides expert technical advice on complex projects worldwide.

Israel Torres

Chief Technology Officer

France

Israel Torres

Chief Technology Officer

France

With over 20 years of experience as a tech leader and startupper, Israel has developed and launched innovative SaaS platforms in the e-health domain, like Smart MedTech Platform. He is a passionate about creating and delivering solutions that solve real-world problems and improve lives.

Our team

Get to know the professionals who bring expertise and passion to every project.

Ignacio Gil

Chief Executive Office

United Kingdom

In his career of over 30 years in the United States, the UK and Spain, Ignacio has founded several successful companies in Wealth Management, together with a Multifamily Office, focused primarily on the Hospitality and Real Estate sectors in the USA, Caribbean and Spain.

Ignacio has been with Optymass (formerly Quimera) from the outset, becoming CEO in 2023.

Ignacio holds a law degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and an MBA in Finance from the University of Miami, Florida. He also holds a masters in Legal Mediation from the Ministry of Justice in Spain.

Nick Hawkins

Managing Director

United Kingdom

Most of Nick's career has been in investment banking, where he was the top-rated analyst in his sector at Merrill Lynch and Dresdner Kleinwort five years in a row, and the top-rated analyst in any sector in Europe. He has experience in M&A, IPOs, and the replacement of CEOs. He ran a tech start-up for two years at Experian. He has a 1st in Business from Greenwich University.

José Luis Cárdenas

Director of Operations

Mexico

Jose has more than 15 years of experience in the energy services and process optimisation. He has broad experience delivering energy efficiency and optimisation projects in the industrial sector as well as in the Commercial building; implementing digital technologies as well as deep retrofits in Europe, UAE, China, Mexico and Caribbean.


Jose holds a degree in chemical engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), a master’s degree in Energy Engineering from the Barcelona Tech (UPC) and an MBA degree from IESE Business School.

John Chambers

Director of Business Development

United Kingdom

John has 40 years of business experience, starting at Haymarket Media Group, where he expanded operations globally. In 2006, he founded a consultancy focused on acquiring US media businesses and launching ventures in the Middle East.

He developed an interest in sustainability

in 2000 while chairing an environmental charity and holds a BA Hons in Geography and Politics from Portsmouth.

Enrique Laterre

Technical Director

Spain

Enrique has over 20 years of experience

in energy efficiency and is one of Europe’s most recognized engineers in the field.

He has worked on projects across energy efficiency, renewables, and facilities design in various sectors. As a founding member of Quimera, he provides expert technical advice on complex projects worldwide.

Israel Torres

Chief Technology Officer

France

With over 20 years of experience as a tech leader and startupper, Israel has developed and launched innovative SaaS platforms in the e-health domain, like Smart MedTech Platform. He is a passionate about creating and delivering solutions that solve real-world problems and improve lives.

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Who we are?

Optymass (formerly Quimera Energy) is a sustainability services company, aiming to reduce carbon emissions, optimise user comfort and simplifying operational processes.

On average, we reduce our customers' energy consumption and expenditure by 15%.

Thanks to our experience, we have developed a digital IoT platform, which monitors and optimises energy consumption and user comfort by applying intelligent algorithms.

Our optimisation solutions allow the client to pay service fees from the savings achieved. We guarantee minimum savings; eliminating financial risk for our clients.

Our values

Mission

Drive the decarbonization of large buildings with sustainable solutions to reduce energy consumption through IoT technology.

Vision

Transform high-carbon-footprint buildings into Net Zero buildings, amortizing investments through the savings achieved.

Added Value

Optymass provides energy optimization and decarbonization plans for large buildings, financed by the savings generated.


We have transitioned from traditional energy engineering to cutting-edge digital solutions, integrating IoT devices and self-learning algorithms to monitor and control energy usage, enhance user comfort, and optimize operational processes.

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on our first meeting.

Stop missing out
on cost savings

Book a meeting with us and find out how much you can save on our first meeting.