Edmund Martinez

Chief Executive Officer, Helios (PH) Sustainable Energy

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Bio

Edmund Martinez is Chief Executive Officer of Helios (PH) Sustainable Energy Corp., a Manila-based startup bringing rooftop solar within reach of Filipino households across the income spectrum. Fewer than 50,000 of the country’s 14 million grid-connected homes generate their own power.

Residential solar in the Philippines has largely remained a cash purchase for households that could already afford it. Helios addresses this on two fronts: affordability, through accreditation with more than 20 financing partners offering payment options from 36-month credit card installments to multi-year solar mortgages; and reach, through an installer-partner network serving markets well beyond Metro Manila.

Since Helios began selling at scale in 2025, it has grown to compete with the country’s longest-established residential installers, achieving comparable monthly installation volumes on a fraction of their headcount. Its operating platform, Hyperion, makes that performance repeatable as the network expands.

A capital markets executive turned energy operator, Martinez spent 15 years in Philippine finance, including as President and Chief Executive Officer of Seedbox Securities and Chief Operating Officer of Bonds.ph, with earlier senior roles at HSBC, COL Financial and Citibank. He is a Registered Financial Planner and a certified solar installer.