List of 30+ panellists joining us at RSA House on 25-26 April 2024

The following panellists are participating at our 3rd Africa Investment Exchange (AIX) Energy in Transition meeting in London:

Wisdom Ahiataku-Togobo, Director, Executive Office, Bui Power Authority

Dafe Akpeneye, Commissioner, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission

Richard Avery, Business Development Director, Infinity Power

Steve Brann, Head of LNG Origination, Vitol

Youssouf Camara, Principal in Energy Infrastructure, Actis

Sagarika Chatterjee, Department Director, Climate Finance, UN Climate Change High-level Champions

Pierre-Louis Christiane, Chief Operating Officer, Sirona Technologies

Dan Croft, Regional Industry Manager, Infrastructure, Central Africa & Anglophone West Africa, IFC

William Davison, Ethiopia Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group

Gabriel de Lastours, Regional Head of Energy, EBRD

Conal Duffy, Practice Leader – Political Risk, Alliant Insurance Services

Paul Eardley-Taylor, Oil & Gas, Southern Africa, Standard Bank

Erik Granskog, Chief Executive Officer, Milele Energy

Tarik Hamane, Acting Chief Executive Officer, MASEN (Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy)

John Hamilton, Managing Director, African Energy

Charles Haworth, Chief Operations & Finance Officer, CWP

Julian Horn, Managing Director – Renewables, Savannah Energy

Tore Horvei, Director, Thunder Energy

Steve Husbands, Head of Commercial, Oil & Gas Advisory, SLR

Jon Marks, Chairman, African Energy

Danna Mhango, Business Development Manager, Globeleq

Amit Mohan, Head of Private Credit, CFM

Alessandro Nanotti, Head of Gas, LNG and Low-carbon Energy, Vivo Energy

Chanda Nxumalo, Director, Harmattan Renewables

Cathy Oxby, Chief Commercial Offer, Africa GreenCo

Mike Peo, Head: Infrastructure, Energy & Telecommunication, Nedbank

Lasitha Perera, Chief Executive Officer, The Development Guarantee Group

Farah Petit, Director, Structured Finance – Renewable Energy & Infrastructure, DFC

Federico Pontoni, Program Director, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Ian Potgieter, Business Development Director, Globeleq

Abhishek Shivakumar, Head of Systems Modelling, TransitionZero

John Smelcer, Managing Director, Business Development, Head of Southern Africa, Globeleq

Nigel Topping, Founder, Ambition Loop and UN Climate Change High Level Champion, COP26

Gilles Toukam, Manager, Project Development, Africa and Europe, Wärtsilä Energy

John Smelcer, Managing Director, Business Development, Head of Southern Africa, Globeleq

Ed Ubong, Director, Decade of Gas Secretariat

Duncan Wallace, Technical Director, Chariot Energy

Christian Wright, Managing Director, Orion Infrastructure Advisors


About the African Investment Exchange (AIX) meeting

  • We are focused on producing meetings that establish an enduring dialogue for energy industry professionals, with the aim of stimulating business engagement and long-term partnerships.
  • The established AIX format has been running since 2013, and is known for its robust debate and knowledge-led approach.
  • Panel sessions and roundtable discussions under the Chatham House Rule address key market opportunities and examine how to break down barriers to investment.
  • AIX is organised by African Energy, a consultancy that has been involved at the heart of the debate surrounding the development of the energy sector in Africa for more than 20 years.

Register online or email Lauren Slater for an invoice.