Africa Investment Exchange

Reason assists African governments with negotiating projects in the African Development Bank- based ALSF’s power project portfolio (26 projects, with over 4GW total capacity). He also organises capacity building workshops for African governments on negotiating IPP projects. Prior to joining ... Read More

Muyiwa is a seasoned mechanical and electrical project manager with experience working on commercial, industrial, and residential projects. Between 2008 and 2015, while running several start-up companies that he went on to sell (Zories Solutions, Tranzit), he served as a ... Read More

Josef is a panellist at AIX Power & Renewables on 15 December 2020.

Joel shares his time between London and Abuja and joined Konexa as part of the founding management team and serves as a director of the Konexa development platform and its portfolio development assets. Joel has over 10 years of experience ... Read More

Isabel’s experience in renewable energies started at APREN, the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association, where she was director of the technical department. She later worked as policy adviser at the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC). Taking advantage of her national and ... Read More

Jectone’s working experience spans over 15 years, of which, seven years have been at senior management positions in the energy sector with a focus on engagement of Independent Power Producers, strategic management, project procurement, project management, structuring of IPP transactions ... Read More

Ayaan is a Senior Director at Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) & CEO of AFC’s wholly owned subsidiary, AFC Capital Partners. She has over 27 years of experience and a strong track record in emerging markets investment and asset management, private ... Read More

Tomas is a panellist at AIX Power & Renewables on 15 December 2020.

‘Gbite is a specialist energy and natural resources lawyer with expertise in policy, regulatory and commercial issues in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. He has advised the Government of Nigeria on several sector reform initiatives in the energy, ... Read More

Ezekiel is a Senior Business and Strategy Analyst at Nigeria LNG. A chemical engineer by profession, he is the current Executive Secretary of Africa Energy Study Group (AESG), a think tank, inaugurated in Hamburg, for the advancement of energy solutions ... Read More

Ademola is the founder of Rensource, a distributed energy company. He has lived and worked in Africa, the US, and Europe and has spent much of his career working with entrepreneurial management teams in challenging operating environments, focused on building ... Read More

Adjekai is a PhD Candidate at the Power Futures Lab located at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business. Her research considers the role of Chinese investment in power generation projects in sub-Saharan Africa and focuses on the ... Read More

Damilola joined AIIM in 2013 and supports the Pan-African investment team with origination and execution of transactions, primarily in West Africa. Damilola also provides regional support across all aspects of the business. Damilola was a member of the transaction team ... Read More

Wisdom started his carrier in the renewable energy sector in 1989 and has over the years developed his skills and capacity in the development and implementation of various renewable energy programmes for rural energy access. He was instrumental in the ... Read More

Sam specialises in advising major corporations on corporate finance, capital markets, energy and natural resources, mergers and acquisitions and project finance. He has in-depth knowledge of legal and contracting requirements in major projects and is a trained negotiator and mediator. ... Read More

Jimi provides consultancy and transaction advisory services on policy, legal, regulatory and financial matters to clients in East and Southern Africa. Current and former clients include Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company, the Tanzania Geothermal Development Company, UK’s DFID, World Bank and ... Read More

Dafe is a Commissioner (legal, licensing and enforcement) of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the regulator of the electricity supply industry in Nigeria. In this role, he is primarily responsible for issuing licences to all participants in the Nigerian ... Read More

Layth is a panellist at the AIX Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House on 1-2 November 2023

Yusuf is the embedded power sector advisor in the Office of the Vice President of Nigeria under the TBI/Power Africa Senior Advisors Group programme. In this capacity, Yusuf advises senior members of the Nigerian federal government on far-reaching power sector ... Read More

Recently described as “the physicist behind net zero,” Myles Allen developed the methods used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2001 to quantify the size of human influence on observed and projected changes in global temperature, for ... Read More

Ola is the Senior Partner and Head of the Energy and Infrastructure Team at Advocaat Law Practice. He studied at the University of Buckingham, UK, and holds a master’s degree in Natural Resources Law and Policy from the Centre for ... Read More

Longe has more than 20 years’ experience in both the public and private power sector, having worked for Enron, AES, NBET (Nigeria Government), Black Rhino and now with Globeleq. Longe’s specialist expertise in project development and plant operations has seen ... Read More

Daniel was appointed Advisor to the Chief Executive in September 2022. Prior to his new role, he was Director of Technical Services at Ghana Grid Company Limited for six  months (March – August, 2022), before which he was the Director, Southern ... Read More

Amal-Lee joined British International Investment as Climate Change Director, within the Value Creation Strategies team on February 2020. Previously, Amal-Lee worked for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), where she was Chief of Climate Change. Prior to joining the IADB, Amal-Lee ... Read More

Jonathan was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2017, having previously been Director of Technical Services of the Volta River Authority (VRA), where he also had oversight responsibility as General Manager of the VRA Schools. Jonathan worked for several years at ... Read More

Oscar is a panellist at the sixth annual Africa Investment Exchange: Gas meeting in 2020.

Fred probes policy space. His mainstays are climate change, the fourth industrial revolution and public-private partnerships – the trilogy that will define public space for decades to come. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow CIHT and holds a PhD in ... Read More

Thomas is a Chartered Engineer with expertise in the analysis of generation, transmission and distribution projects, access expansion studies, tariff and system planning studies, economic and financial analysis, power market design and regulation studies for utilities, governments, private companies and ... Read More

Ryan has more than 15 years of experience working within power and renewables in Africa. He specialises in renewable energy PPPs and the procurement of renewable energy projects in emerging and low-income countries. His team currently manages the implementation consultancy ... Read More

Oliver’s oversight functions at AFC include end-to-end origination and execution of transactions. An entrepreneurial engineer and transport economist with an extensive background in engineering, transport and project finance, Oliver has over 30 years of experience as an infrastructure project developer, ... Read More

Lazarus is responsible for developing and growing GE’s businesses in Nigeria and is also President & CEO of GE Energy Connections Africa, GE’s transmission and distribution businesses. Lazarus joined GE in 2004 and held several leadership positions within the GE ... Read More

Najim specialises on energy and extractive industry policy and regulation, with emphasis on renewable energy policy and projects. He has over 18 years experience in the development sector working with international agencies such the United Nations, projects funded by the ... Read More

Chris has extensive experience in developing power and infrastructure projects in Africa, having overseen initiatives valued at more than $4bn, combined. He has been CEO of Lekela since March 2015. Before joining Lekela, Chris spent eight years as Group Vice ... Read More

Tas has more than 25 years of experience, with a proven track-record in sourcing, structuring, negotiating and closing multi-million-dollar infrastructure transactions in emerging markets, with a focus on Africa and Asia. She previously served as the first CEO of Africa50, ... Read More

Patricia was appointed to GRIDCO’s Board in July 2021. She has played key leadership and political roles including Deputy Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Member of Parliament for the Asokwa Constituency and first female Mayor of Kumasi Metropolitan ... Read More

Ladé is a senior development finance professional with over 16 years of experience. In addition to her work with Convergence, she co-chairs the advisory board of EED Advisory. She previously served as technical adviser to the minister of finance of ... Read More

Orli is a development finance and impact investing specialist with over 20 years of experience in these fields. Orli’s specific areas of leadership have included: development finance; project and structured finance within funds, financial institutions, and advisory firms; and impact ... Read More

Cliff is an energy policy and investment professional with 38 years of experience advising on energy efficiency and renewable energy policy and regulation, scoping out energy project development opportunities, and co-ordinating investments for a wide variety of private investors and ... Read More

Fatima Arthur serves on EDM’s board as Executive Director for People and Corporate Services. Prior to her current positon, she was from 2012 to 2016 Director for Corporate Performance Management with responsibility for information flows and processing, statistical reporting, corporate ... Read More

Giuseppe joined EPS in late 2014, with the mission to drive EPS’ (now ENGIE EPS) strategy in the global energy markets. Prior to ENGIE EPS, Giuseppe founded and led Cautha, a Milan-based project development and advisory company active in the ... Read More

Solomon is an investment professional with over 25 years of experience originating and executing transactions in both developed and developing markets. He has personally led over $4bn in transactions across the African continent. In April 2017, he was appointed the ... Read More

Lisa is Director of Lendahand Ethex – Energise Africa, a UK impact investment platform backed by UKAid and Virgin Unite to accelerate energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa. It enables everyday people to invest into solar businesses expanding their PAYG operations ... Read More

Tonbofa received an LLB from the University of Lagos and has a Masters of Law from Harvard Law School where she was involved in clinical work involving the energy and international finance sectors. She also studied economic analysis of policy ... Read More

Dikko leads the growth strategy of Neoleum Energy, an E&P and midstream infrastructure development company focused on monetising stranded and flared gas in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dikko was most recently Head of Gas and Business Development at Afren, a UK listed E&P company, ... Read More

Hoda is responsible for enhancing MIGA’s support for the private investors in Africa and strengthening key partnerships. She was previously senior counsel in the legal and claims group at MIGA, where she worked closely with underwriters to structure political risk ... Read More

Mohammed is an economist with a background in energy & utilities advising on the transition to a more digital and sustainable future. He has experience in economic and financial analysis, regulation and restructuring, market design, demand side management and digitalization. ... Read More

Richard is a Director of Business Development at Infinity Power. He leads the late stage development of utility scale wind, solar and BESS projects across Africa as well as building Infinity Power’s mid-stage development pipeline through acquisitions and partnership agreements ... Read More

Soji is head of the Energy & Natural Resources practice group at Aelex. He specialises in energy transactions and advisory work and mainly advises clients on oil and gas, environmental, power and infrastructure, project finance, and company law. Over 40 ... Read More

Yemisi co-heads Templar’s energy and projects practice. She holds a Master of Science (with distinction) in Energy Studies from the University of Dundee in Scotland and a Master of Laws in Commercial Law from Cardiff Law School in Wales. She has extensive ... Read More

Kweku has over thirty years of work experience having occupied various managerial positions in both national and multinational organisations notable amongst them being the Volta River Authority, Tullow Oil and Ashanti Goldfields Company.

NJ Ayuk is a panellist at the AIX Gas meeting at RSA House, 11-12 April 2018.

As the pioneer CEO, Chinua’s role involved the establishment of InfraCredit in 2017 on behalf of the sponsors, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and PIDG (GuarantCo), as its first employee. Over the past 5 years, Chinua has been responsible for ... Read More

Adel has worked on energy and infrastructure transactions in Europe, Middle East and Africa for nearly 15 years. He has been involved in origination, development and project financing of more than 1 GW of photovoltaic (PV), biomass, geothermal, wind and ... Read More

Ahmed is the Director of the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) Project Facilitation and Support division. The division offers members dedicated project implementation support. Mr. Badr joined IRENA in April 2020 and brings more than 30 years of international experience ... Read More

Jon is responsible for developing technical specifications, EPC selection and tendering. He also brings forth valuable experience in regards to interpreting technical studies, and overseeing different aspects to construction and operations. Jon’s 15 years in the clean energy sector has ... Read More

Michael’s key focus areas include project origination, evaluation, and development of gas to power, hybrids, and battery energy storage projects. Michael is currently based in Helsinki, Finland. His educational background includes a Mcomm in Economics and Finance from the University ... Read More

Obbie is an insurance professional, experienced in general, political risk, and trade credit insurance. His background spans various key areas, including underwriting, claims, and project management. In his current role with the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI), Obbie ... Read More

Soumya is Regional Industry Manager for Infrastructure at IFC, based in Nairobi, with a focus on investments in the infrastructure space covering the East Africa region. His coverage includes energy projects (particularly renewable energy), distributed energy, municipal infrastructure, TMT, transport ... Read More

Frédéric is a panellist at the sixth Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House, 13-14 November 2019.

Murefu is the Managing Partner at EED Advisory (Nairobi, Kenya) and a fellow at the Energy for Growth Hub (Washington DC, US). He has led several multi-dimensional studies on energy and energy access across several countries in Africa including the ... Read More

Bill joined ARCH in 2018 and is responsible for development and execution of ARCH’s Africa renewable power investment strategy. Bill has over 20 years of experience in emerging market power project development and finance, having worked previously in senior roles ... Read More

Monya is a Senior Investment Officer in the energy debt team at responsAbility Investments, an asset manager focused on investments in emerging markets. The energy debt funds managed by responsAbility directly finance Renewable Energy (Project Finance and Commercial and Industrial) ... Read More

Jason is a Director in the finance, investment and trade team, which seeks to catalyse private investment through strengthening the environment for private enterprise.  Prior to this role, he established the private sector initiatives team which was charged with creating ... Read More

Christopher is responsible for all commercial activities related to WAPCo, including sourcing of gas supply and transportation agreement negotiations. Christopher has 25 years of experience in the energy and chemicals industry, mostly with Chevron Corporation, in various roles in the ... Read More

Rogers founded Fortesa in 1997 and since early 2005 has acted as Project Country Manager of what’s now Fortesa’s >200 employee onshore E&P project in Senegal, West Africa. The Senegalese project was commenced as a high domestic content gas-to-power project, ... Read More

Emmanuel is known by his colleagues as an ‘Energy Access walking Wikipedia’, and a zealous evangelist for African markets, the environment and social change. While studying, he set up a social solar business in rural Senegal, carried out business intelligence ... Read More

Moustapha started working for the national oil company: Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures et de Patrimoine Minier (SMHPM) as a development engineer in 2004 and subsequently held several senior positions including, Production Department Manager and Director of Downstream. During his thirteen years ... Read More

Fred is Managing Director of ECA advising on commercial, regulatory and policy issues in the energy sector. He is an experienced power market economist leading ECA’s Markets and Commercial service line. Fred currently advises on investment strategies for generation and ... Read More

Bertrand leads InfraCo Africa’s co-development practice, bringing a deep knowledge of renewables development to the team as well as overseeing InfraCo Africa’s increased involvement in water initiatives. Bertrand joined InfraCo Africa from Solar Century, where he was an International Business ... Read More

Christian Bellgardt is a certified professional banker working for more than 25 years in the commercial and non-commercial banking sector and about 20 years in project financing. He started his courier in the international finance sector of WestLB AG focusing ... Read More

Benon is responsible for off-grid renewable energy development at the Rural Electrification Agency Uganda, a semi-autonomous government agency responsible for facilitating access to electricity in rural areas. He has over 20 years of experience working on energy policy development, rural ... Read More

Douglas has been involved with GuarantCo since 2007. He started his career as a lawyer and has been advising, structuring, financing and arranging transactions, mainly in emerging and frontier markets, for almost 20 years. GuarantCo provides contingent solutions to help ... Read More

Roberto is a senior business developer for Scatec Solar, responsible for the private and corporate off-taker segment in Sub Saharan Africa and particularly focusing on promoting Release. He joined Scatec Solar in 2013 based in Cape Town, South Africa and ... Read More

Hillary and her legal team are responsible for advising on the legal aspects of ENGIE’s businesses in Africa.  Recent successes include achieving financial close of the 250MW Gulf of Suez wind farm in Egypt (MENA Wind Deal of the Year ... Read More

Jonathan is a panellist in the “Financing energy transition infrastructure” session at the AIX Energy in Transition 2023 meeting.

Stephanie has over 12 years’ experience in renewable energy policy strategy, regulation, and market development with a core specialisation in solar PV. Stephanie is an Environmental Engineer with a MSc in Renewable Energy Systems. Prior to GET.transform, she worked as ... Read More

Jit is the co-Founder and CEO of BasiGo, a company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya working to electrify Africa’s public transport system. Jit has been a leader in electric vehicle and lithium-ion battery technology for the past 15 years starting. He ... Read More

Jay Bhattacherjee is a Reservoir Engineer with 18 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. In the earlier part of his career he worked for Pengrowth, Apache, and the Bank of Nova Scotia. Subsequently he was VP Operations ... Read More

Paul has been involved in sub-Saharan African infrastructure work for over 25 years and has extensive experience on a diverse range of projects within the energy, power, electricity, ports, airports and general infrastructure sectors. He has recently been engaged on ... Read More

Gregor is a panellist at the sixth annual Africa Investment Exchange: Gas meeting in 2020.

Charlie has worked in disruptive energy technology innovation or 15 years, for large power companies and with start-up technologies.   Edinburgh-based energy storage technology developer Gravitricity’s unique underground technology has very fast response, low levelised cost of storage and an exceptionally ... Read More

Anders is a Senior Investment Manager within Norfund’s Clean Energy team. With 14 years’ experience from across the energy space, he is now deeply involved in financing the energy transition in developing markets, primarily in the distributed generation space. Anders ... Read More

Kwaku Boakye-Adjei, a UK and Ghanaian national, is an established entrepreneur with nearly 20 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas sector. His specific focus is natural gas and LNG.In 2016, he formed a consortium with Helios Investment ... Read More

Timo is an investment specialist and spent most of his career focusing on emerging markets and Africa. Before joining H2 Global, he worked for the AfDB (African Development Bank) to foster collaboration and co-financing with strategic private and public-sector partners. ... Read More

Nicolas is an oil, gas and mining consultant and lawyer, who has provided strategic advisory and M&A legal and tax services in Africa over the past 20 years. He is the managing director of Africa Oil & Gas, a consulting ... Read More

Mathilde has 15 years’ experience in development finance in the energy industry. She joined AFD in 2005 where she managed power projects with state owned utilities notably in Africa. In 2015 she joined AFD private subsidiary, Proparco. She now heads ... Read More

Tarik is a panellist at the fifth Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House, 14-15 November 2018.

Darrell is a panellist at the AIX Power & Renewables 2022 meeting.

Harry leads a team of over 35 professionals promoting EBRD’s transition mandate in the electricity generation, renewable energy, transmission and distribution sectors. He has more than 20 years’ experience in financing and investing in emerging markets and transition economies with ... Read More

Since joining Vitol in 2007, Steve has served as a member of the company’s global investment team and more recently the global origination team, with a focus on gas and power solutions across MENA and the Asian subcontinent. He was ... Read More

William is a climate solutions evangelist and cleantech entrepreneur. He is currently Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Husk Power Systems, the leading net-zero energy company serving rural Africa and Asia, and operator of the largest fleet of community solar minigrids. ... Read More

Roger joined Seplat as Chief Financial Officer in 2013. He has over 20 years’ experience in the financial sector, primarily focused on emerging markets with extensive experience in structuring energy and infrastructure transactions on the African continent. During his time ... Read More

Ian has over 20 years’ commercial, transactional and management experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Seven Energy, he worked for BG Group, holding various positions including Vice President Legal for BG Kazakhstan, Legal Director of Karachaganak ... Read More

Gabriele graduated in mechanical engineering at the University of Pisa (Italy) and has over 15 years of experience in commercial roles with major companies in the energy sector. In 2005 he joined Ansaldo Energia to manage the sales and local ... Read More

Lars is Founder and Managing Partner at Solizer, a development specialist for utility-scale solar projects in the MENA region. He was previously Senior Vice President at Scatec Solar, where he took global and regional responsibilities for EPC and project development ... Read More

Nickson’s roles and responsibilities at the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority include renewable energy policy and regulation formulation, leading sector research, standards development, technical audits, and certification of renewable energy and energy efficiency sector practitioners. Nickson holds a Bachelor’s Degree ... Read More

Luka is the Managing Director for Africa and member of the investment committee of the Africa Renewable Energy Fund (AREF). He is an experienced energy industry executive with a strong focus on emerging markets, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, and has a ... Read More

Tom has been living and working in West Africa since 2004. Over the past years, he has assessed opportunities and executed investments in a range of sectors, including financial services, agriculture and energy. Tom previously worked for Lansdowne Partners, a ... Read More

Prior to Alcazar Energy, Daniel worked at Masdar as the Head of Origination and Investment Management, where he played a leading role in deploying $7bn in wind and solar projects.  He also worked at General Electric for 10 years in ... Read More

Andy is engaged with FutureEnergy.Global helping audiences understand the global energy supply transition journey as it plays out on the regional and national economies on six continents. He is based in London.  Until recently he was the first Secretary General ... Read More

Youssouf is a Principal in the Energy Infrastructure group at Actis, where he is responsible for originating, executing and managing energy infra investments in the Middle East and Africa as well as investments in hydrogen and other emerging infra business ... Read More

Florian has 8 years of experience in financial engineering and fundraising in renewable energies in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a Director at Finergreen based in Nairobi, he has led financial modelling, PPA tariff negotiation, structuring and fundraising activities for numerous large-scale ... Read More

Luciano has more than 15 years of experience in the design and implementation of hydroelectric schemes and hydraulic structures. He is currently involved in a number of dam and hydropower projects supported by the World Bank in the Africa, particularly ... Read More

Tony is CEO of StarSight Power Utility a leading off-grid power and cooling provider focused on the Nigerian commercial power sector with more than 360 operational projects in 35 States of Nigeria. StarSight is backed by Helios Investments LLP and ... Read More

Mark is the Coordinator of the U.S. Government’s Power Africa program. Power Africa now is the world’s largest partnership for development, with 160 public and private partners who have committed $56 billion to double access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. ... Read More

David runs and is responsible for all Quantum Power’s business and project development activities operations in East Africa. For the last eight years he has been based in Nairobi and has built up extensive experience in the development, contracting, financing ... Read More

George is the Director of Communications and Government Affairs at Globeleq. Prior to joining Globeleq, he was the Head of Corporate Affairs at Tullow Oil plc, a FTSE250-listed oil and gas company focused on Africa. He has extensive experience in ... Read More

Eng Lebbi Mwendavanu Kisitu Changullah was born on 27 March, 1955 in Mwatasi Village, district of Kilolo in Iringa Region, Tanzania. In 1978 he went to Moscow the capital of the then Soviet Union (USSR) for a scholarship at Lumumba ... Read More

Richard Charlton joined British International Investment in July 2013 in our Infrastructure Equity team. Prior to that he worked at PwC in London and Kenya for nearly six years in the infrastructure and government, and banking and capital markets teams. In ... Read More

Samuel has over 18 years of investment banking and investment management experience and is an expert in the debt capital markets, project finance, asset backed securitisation, credit investing, structuring and fundamental investment analysis. Samuel has extensive experience in both the ... Read More

Sagarika leads on finance for the UN Climate Change High-level Champions, HE Ms Razan Al Mubarak (UAE) and Ms Nigar Arpadarai (Azerbaijan). The Champions catalyse climate action and act as a bridge for non-state actors to parties to the Paris ... Read More

Tarek trained as an engineer and started his career designing low carbon buildings and sustainable city masterplanning across EMEA and North America. He transitioned into finance in 2017, joining British International Investment (formerly CDC Group) where he currently works as ... Read More

Lucy holds over 20 years of extensive experience in project and infrastructure finance. She was previously Head – Energy, Environment and Information Communications Technologies (ICT) at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and was Divisional Executive and advisory committee ... Read More

Godfrey is a panellist at the AIX: Power and Renewables meeting in London, 13-14 November 2019.

Millicent is Jinkosolar‘s Sales Manager for the SADC region. She has been in the renewable energy industry since 2012, starting off in Germany with maxx solar energie and the maxx solar academy. She has worked extensively throughout the solar value chain ... Read More

Alison received a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Power Systems from Kharkov Institute in Ukraine in 1992. He worked for the Department of Energy in Zimbabwe as an Energy Research and Development Officer. He then joined the national utility ... Read More

Benjamim has a degree in Business Administration from Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM). He joined the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) in 1983. While at MIREM, he held various positions, including Head of the Labor Organization and Wages Section (OTS); Head of the Department ... Read More

Idesbald is the General Director of the National Agency for Electrification and Energy Services in Rural and Suburban Areas – ANSER – of the DRC. A socio-economist by training, he has 20 years of experience in dealing with issues related ... Read More

Pierre-Louis is COO at Sirona Technologies, a Direct Air Capture (DAC) company. DAC is a technology to remove CO2 from the air. It is a proven carbon removal technology, that has been listed by the International Panel on Climate Change ... Read More

Ebipere is presently the Special Adviser (Infrastructure & Industry) to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), serves as the Adviser to the CEO of the Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (InfraCorp) – established by the CBN, and is ... Read More

Ilana is a panellist in the Energy as a consumer service panel at our Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi meeting, which will be held on 3-4 October 2018.

Joe is an electrical engineer with over 30 years’ global experience in utility management, project delivery and power system design, operation and maintenance. Most recently he worked in Ghana for ESB International as Engineering Technical Advisor. Previous experience includes providing ... Read More

Andreas is head of department at DEG and responsible for the infrastructure and energy operations in Africa and Latin America. He has been active in financing for over 15 years, working as financial advisor and manager in equity, corporate finance ... Read More

James is an infrastructure finance expert specialised in financing energy transition projects across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean, as a consultant for project developers, development banks and financial institutions. On top of developing energy transition projects, James has helped ... Read More

Sonume is a senior legal and investment executive with substantial international experience across multiple legal disciplines and a track record of shepherding high impact structured finance and equity transactions to maturity or exit. She currently manages a diverse milieu of ... Read More

A chemical engineer with over 20 years’ experience in energy management and optimisation, Nii is responsible at the Ghana Energy Commission for the development of standards, codes and regulations in the electricity and natural gas sectors.  He was previously also ... Read More

Prior to CrossBoundary, Gabriel worked as an Associate at Augusta & Co., a London-based investment firm focused on renewable energy, where he was part of the investment banking team. At Augusta & Co., Gabriel advised developers, utilities, and institutional investors ... Read More

Mariana manages the data strategy and work that drives GOGLA’s partnerships and market support programmes, bringing in a broad understanding and skill set in the off-grid solar sector. Prior to joining GOGLA at the end of 2018, Mariana worked as ... Read More

Ignacio is based in London, where he leads a team responsible for managing some of IFC’s key European-based clients.  Prior to his current posting, Ignacio was based with IFC in Istanbul, Cairo and Washington DC. During his 15 years at ... Read More

Jason leads the Solarcentury Africa team who have now secured significant solar PV & BESS opportunities in Africa with both utilities and the mining sector.  With over 22 years of solar experience and a decade of African experience Solarcentury recognise ... Read More

Based in London, Isabelle works in the fundraising team and also participates in designing fund structures and in fund planning. She previously worked for four years at JP Morgan in London as an associate in the high yield credit research ... Read More

Gabriel is responsible for developing the EBRD’s power and renewable energy activity in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region. This includes structuring debt and equity investments as well as leading policy engagement with governments in the region. Gabriel has worked ... Read More

Paolo has over 20 years’ experience in renewable energy, project finance, private equity and emerging markets. He has worked with Globeleq since 2010 and currently heads the company’s renewable energies business in Africa. During his career Paolo has led the ... Read More

Johan spent 20 years with Sasol, initially in the mining division and from 1995 as Project Director, Natural Gas. He was responsible for the Pande and Temane development contracts between Sasol, the Mozambican and the South African governments, and the ... Read More

Rich was appointed as UKRI’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Low Cost Nuclear Challenge Director in April 2020, having served as a policy advisor in BEIS immediately prior to this. In his current role he delivered the approval of the ... Read More

Michèle is Regional Head at UK Export Finance where she leads the International business development of the department in Europe, Africa and South Asia. She joined UKEF in 2017 as Head of the renewables and high-tech branch before moving to her ... Read More

Alban is an Executive Director in Asset Management at Cygnum and based in Nairobi. He leads transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa within the off-grid renewable energy and the energy efficiency sectors. Prior to joining Cygnum, Alban spent 6 years at Goldman ... Read More

Tobias is the Head of Capital Raising for PowerGen Renewable Energy, based in Nairobi. His most recent deals were with Cross Boundary Energy Access – long-term project finance for mini-grids – and InfraCo – $6.9m equity investment in Sierra Leone. ... Read More

Garry has more than 25 years’ international energy industry experience in a variety of executive, finance, M&A, asset management, technical and commercial roles with Halliburton, Total, Shell and Orsted, across a variety of geographies. He began his career in engineering ... Read More

Joyce is the Team Leader of the DFID/AFD Green Mini-Grid Facility Kenya.  As a consultant for Innovation Energie Developpement, she leads the managing entity’s day-to-day operations of the programme including development of terms of reference, managing technical assistance programmes, development ... Read More

Audrey is Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of SunFunder, a leading specialized debt provider for solar companies and projects in Africa. The company’s investments have provided over 6 million people with access to energy. Audrey is based in Nairobi, where ... Read More

Issa is an electromechanical engineer with over 34 years’ experience at Senelec, of which 22 years have been in generation and 10 years in project development (including generation, grid networks and civil engineering). Between 2015 and 2018 he was Director ... Read More

Khilna Dodhia is a Senior Investment Officer at the IFC as part of the Infrastructure & Natural Resources Team for Africa, based in Nairobi. Prior to joining the IFC, Khilna served as the CEO and co-founder of Kenergy Renewables, an ... Read More

David has worked for over 30 years in the fields of economic development, privatisation, and investment in infrastructure, focusing mainly on Africa. He started with IFC as an economist and then spent nearly a decade with IFC’s PPP Advisory Services, ... Read More

James has primary responsibility for the managing the African Local Currency Bond Fund (www.alcbfund.com). Through this and other initiatives, he originates and executes transactions in financial services, housing, renewable energy, infrastructure and agriculture. Since 2015, the ALCB Fund has raised ... Read More

Alex has more than 25 years’ experience in the energy sector, including successfully advising on and developing private power projects in Africa, Asia, the UK and mainland Europe. With a strong engineering and commercial background, he has worked in various ... Read More

Kevin is responsible for the oversight of Virunga Power’s compliance with environmental laws and regulations, conformity with social safeguards, health and safety, and land acquisition for its renewable energy projects across East Africa. Previously, he served as the Community Engagement ... Read More

David is a Managing Consultant with Gas Strategies, a leading specialist business consultancy serving the gas and LNG industries. His consultancy interests include LNG, project finance advisory support and North African gas, and he has acted as commercial advisor to ... Read More

Samuel is a partner at Dubik and Associates law firm and has over 12 years of working experience serving in Executive roles. He has been in Ghana’s business industry for almost two decades and has worked in both the private ... Read More

Hizkyas leads and supports energy policy, project development and power sector reform initiatives. He comes from the US private sector and has a strong leadership and entrepreneurial background in the energy and aerospace industry. At the Ministry of Water Irrigation ... Read More

Conal leads Alliant Insurance Services’ Emerging Markets practice, having more than 20 years experience underwriting and brokering political risk, trade credit, and parametric insurance solutions. Formerly OPIC’s (now, DFC) senior insurance officer for Africa and the Middle East, Conal has ... Read More

Paul is responsible for Standard Bank’s oil and gas sector coverage activities for Southern Africa (11 countries), across upstream, midstream, downstream, services and process industry clients. He has 20 years of energy corporate and investment banking experience, covering the oil ... Read More

Anton’s research and teaching focuses on governance and regulatory incentives to improve utility performance, the political-economy of power sector reform, investment challenges, and linkages to sustainable development. A recent focus has been the design of renewable energy auctions. He has ... Read More

Charles is part of the leadership team of CrossBoundary Clean Power, which provides project finance advisory services to a portfolio of over 2GW of IPPs and PPPs across Africa. Services include capital raising, financial modelling, structuring, and negotiation support to ... Read More

Birgit is a Senior Investment Manager within Norfund’s Clean Energy team involved in the sourcing, structuring and portfolio management of mainly debt transactions in the on- and off-grid space. She has 14 years of experience in the energy space with ... Read More

Erica is a Managing Director on the Structured Finance team at the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the U.S. Government’s Development Finance Institution. Erica finances energy, infrastructure and other projects in emerging market countries, evaluating their financing proposals, and ... Read More

David is actively involved in designing and rolling out blended finance vehicles to catalyze financing for solutions to fight against climate change and foster clean, affordable and reliable energy in Africa. With more than 20 years of global experience, including ... Read More

Mohammed has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of energy, environment, and academic activities and has a wealth of experience in drafting renewable energy laws and regulations. In addition to his position at NREA, he is also ... Read More

Raihan is participating in the AIX Power & Renewables meeting on 17 November 2020.

Alex is the Senior Economist within energy advisory at SLR and holds an MSci in Geophysics. He has over 15 years’ of experience in the oil and gas industry in petroleum economics and commercial analysis and previously worked at BG ... Read More

Joanne has gained extensive experience in advising sponsors, governments and financiers on complex cross-border project development and project finance transactions, including projects in the renewable power, conventional power, hydroelectric power, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.  Although she predominately focusses on transactions ... Read More

Uri Epstein joined Fortescue Future Industries in 2021, bringing with him over 20 years’ experience in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors, including green hydrogen and ammonia, solar and wind.  He has successfully brought more than 1GW worth of renewable ... Read More

Elvira was appointed director of FMO’s energy department in December 2014. She started her career at FMO in 2007 as an investment officer in the Europe and Central Asia division, focusing on corporate clients and financial institutions. In 2010, Elvira ... Read More

Prior to establishing eegr, Mohamed held executive job roles at several companies, including BG Egypt, BP Egypt and Union Fenosa/Gas Natural. Over the last 20 years he has also acted as senior advisor to major oil and gas players and ... Read More

Eric started his career in the energy industry in 1995 and has since held various positions within Total, both at Paris headquarters and regional offices, across a wide range of disciplines including upstream operations, engineering, strategy and business development. Before ... Read More

The Energy Contract Company is a leading commercial consultancy in the global oil and gas industry, providing specialist advice and support to clients across the value chain, from reservoir to burner-tip. Andrew has over 25 years’ experience in the energy ... Read More

Gasfin Developments is a company pioneering the use of mid-scale LNG infrastructure to deliver gas to smaller, isolated energy markets. Prior to founding Gasfin, Roly was CFO at TGE Group, a specialist cryogenic gas engineering business he helped acquire in ... Read More

Ingar is a senior energy economist and program manager, specialized in energy markets and projects in East-Africa and the Nordics. He has advised on a number of sector reform efforts in African power sectors, conducted financial and economic analyses of ... Read More

Chris leads Gridworks’ business development team. He has extensive international project development and M&A experience which spans Africa, Asia and Europe. Prior to joining Gridworks, Chris spent five years at CDC Group, the final three of which included a focus ... Read More

Augustus works for the Government of Liberia as the Deputy Minister for Economic Management at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. His position covers managing the aid portfolio, debt (domestics and external), macroeconomic and financial policies of the government ... Read More

Kevin has had a 40-year career in the resources industry. He has worked in five continents and has been responsible for developing mines in remote locations. He was the founder of Victoria Oil & Gas Plc in 2004 and was ... Read More

Zackarie focuses on the development of small-scale LNG supply chains in Africa and Asia. Prior to this position, he played an instrumental role in the development of the Stolt LNGaz liquefaction project in Montreal, Canada. He graduated from University of ... Read More

Michael is currently based in Brussels as the Team Leader of GET.invest. GET.invest is a European programme, funded by the EU, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria, with the purpose of supporting project and business developers of decentralized renewable energy ... Read More

Robert has worked for Cresco Group for the past 12 years across industries but with a strong focus on mining and infrastructure. He focuses particularly on financial modelling and finance structuring for cross-border opportunities. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant ... Read More

Preyavart is a panellist at the sixth Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House, 13-14 November 2019.

A lawyer of over 20 years standing, Cephas has taken part in negotiating and structuring all the power-related transactions for Electricity Company of Ghana. A Notary Public and a member of the Ghana Bar Association, Cephas has worked in a renowned ... Read More

Mark has more than 20 years’ experience in the power sector in the USA, Asia and Africa, with a particular focus on power development projects in Tanzania. His energy sector experience has involved developing power projects in China and advising ... Read More

Ragnar heads DEG’s energy operations for Africa and Asia with a loan book of more than $500m. In his previous position as director of manufacturing industry and services he was responsible for structuring and contracting DEG’s business in various industry ... Read More

Mathilde is part of BII’s infrastructure and climate group where she leads innovative transactions in the energy access and efficiency space, providing finance to a variety of distributed renewable energy companies including C&I businesses. She has been instrumental in developing ... Read More

Andrew is based in Nairobi and oversees SunFunder’s regional lending portfolio in East Africa. His focus is to drive business growth within the C&I sector in the region. Prior to joining SunFunder, he was the senior relationship manager for energy ... Read More

Shaun is a Business Development Manager at Gridworks, a developer and investor in African electricity networks. Shaun has 10 years’ experience in African infrastructure as an investor and advisor. Prior to joining Gridworks, Shaun worked at CDC Group within the ... Read More

Madeleine leads Nithio’s data team in utilising machine learning for consumer credit intelligence across Africa. Madeleine was previously at Dharma.ai where she led data management software implementation for major iNGOs and companies. Previously, she was a policy and advocacy officer ... Read More

Wayne is the Business Development Manager for Wärtsilä Energy Solutions Southern Africa. He has been in the business development field for 8 years prior to which he has undertaken project development; project management; consulting; and engineering roles with BioTherm Energy ... Read More

Daniel is the Co-founder of Lendable, an off-balance sheet debt platform for alternative lenders in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Prior to founding Lendable, Daniel was partner at Greenstart, a seed stage venture capital firm in San Francisco, where his investment focus was ... Read More

Antony is a political risk and government affairs specialist with 25 years of experience working with Africa. A former journalist and Africa Editor of the Financial Times, Antony has been providing advice and business intelligence to the private sector, including ... Read More

Ben is an engineer with 20 years’ experience in the renewable energy and utility sectors. He has undertaken a range of senior operational, commercial, financial, and corporate finance roles with various businesses and projects across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the ... Read More

Michel is a panellist at AIX Gas at RSA House on 2-3 May 2019.

Pervelan is a professional engineer, registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa.  He obtained his BSC in Electrical Engineering from the University of Natal in Kwazulu Natal. With over 23 years of experience within the electricity and energy sector, ... Read More

Erik has 25 years of experience in developing, structuring, financing, constructing and managing energy infrastructure investments worldwide and has closed over $5.2BN of project transactions. Prior to launching Milele Energy in 2019, Erik was Managing Director and Deal Execution Leader ... Read More

William is a renewable energy investment specialist with 18 years’ experience from a wide variety of markets, projects and transactions. He began his career as an advisor to investors in African carbon offset projects under the UNFCCC Clean Development Mechanism ... Read More

Garth’s background includes studies in law, economics and maths. His career has been focused on banking and financial markets, but has also included being a partner at Deloitte and the CEO of the Bond Exchange of South Africa, where he ... Read More

Vilde has extensive experience in the financial sector and in structuring international long-term financing within renewable energy in Africa. Before joining Multiconsult’s Renewable Energy Advisory Services in January, she worked 8 years with the Norwegian export credit agencies. She has ... Read More

Andres joined BP in 2005 working in oil supply and trading for Latin America, based in Chicago. He moved to London in 2007 to work in upstream business development for Russia and Central Asia and in 2009 he went on ... Read More

Harry is the lead investment manager for the Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (OGEF), which is deploying local currency debt to support household energy access companies across Africa. He also provides investment expertise and strategic advice to a range of clients ... Read More

Fiona trained and qualified as a solicitor at CMS Cameron McKenna and was an associate in the projects team at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, where she gained experience advising borrowers, commercial banks, ECAs and development banks on numerous ... Read More

Nhlanhla was appointed as Full-Time Regulator Member primarily responsible for Electricity Regulation at NERSA, with effect from 1 April 2020. Mr Gumede holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Wits Business School (WBS), a Management Development Programme from ... Read More

Johannes joined Maris Capital as a partner in 2010.  Following Maris Africa Fund’s conversion into an investment holding company in 2014, he became interim CFO for Maris Ltd.  He now sits as the Commercial Director of Maris Ltd and is ... Read More

Bonnie has over 20 years of experience in infrastructure development, consulting, and project finance.  Her energy sector work includes development, acquisition, and financing of solar power projects in numerous markets for companies including AES Corporation and Foresight Group.  Most recently, ... Read More

As Chief Executive and Board Member of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) – the largest electricity distribution company in Nigeria by customer population since November 2013 – Jamil is responsible for formulating and executing long-term strategy, and interacting with customers, ... Read More

Alexandra is the Deputy Director of Power Africa’s Energy Office based in South Africa. A career member of USAID’s diplomatic corps, she has covered regional environment and economic growth portfolios in El Salvador, Germany, France, and Kenya. Prior to USAID, Alexandra ... Read More

Ana Hajduka is the founder of Africa GreenCo, which calls for the set-up of a public-private partnership in the form of an independent, regional, renewable energy offtaker. Funded by The Rockefeller Foundation and Convergence, Africa GreenCo aims to increase private ... Read More

Richard founded Support Green Communities to consult and develop competences in the developing world for power and telecommunication initiatives. He has over 25 years of experience in pioneering industries focused on telecoms and clean energy. He has held senior operations ... Read More

Tarik was previously Vice President at Total Eren (part of TotalEnergies) in charge of worldwide hydrogen development activities. He led the development of numerous green hydrogen projects worldwide; more than 60 GW of electrolysis capacity projects in (Morocco, Egypt, Mauritania, ... Read More

Mansoor was born in Pakistan, was raised in Sweden and studied Electrical Engineering at Imperial College London. While studying at Imperial University, Mansoor met our two other Bboxx co-founders – Christopher Baker-Brian and Laurent Van Houcke. Through their experiences travelling, ... Read More

John is an experienced analyst on North Africa’s energy markets. He plays an active role in African Energy’s business development, ensuring clients are provided with high-quality quantitative and qualitative research. John has worked in every part of African Energy’s business. ... Read More

Paul has more than 30 years of experience in power industries across the world. Prior to his appointment as Globeleq’s CEO, he founded and subsequently sold American Capital Energy & Infrastructure, a private equity group focused on global investments in ... Read More

In 2010, as Regional Director for the Middle East, Zeynep led the operation of the world’s first floating power plant (Powership) project in Iraq. Karpowership now has a total of 25 Powerships, with 20 of them operational in 11 countries ... Read More

Ed has focussed on the financing of large infrastructure projects in Africa for more than 15 years and has advised sovereigns, state-owned entities and contractors on over $25bn of infrastructure projects in Africa alone. Before joining GKB Ventures in May ... Read More

Svein Erik has more than 23 years of work experience in environmental and social issues across all stages of the project life cycle in infrastructure projects predominantly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since 2014, he has been the Environment and Social Lead ... Read More

Gbenga has over 27 years of private equity and corporate finance experience in West African and international markets. He has managed various electric power, natural gas and energy infrastructure transactions in excess of US$3billion and also manages Àrgentil’s principal investment ... Read More

Chris, along with his brother Simon, has pioneered the renewable energy industry in South Africa and has successfully built and led a number of successful business and non-profit entities. As the first chairperson of SAPVIA, Chris was instrumental in seeing ... Read More

Chris is an electrical engineer with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Oxford. As a co-founder of Aurora Power Solutions and a shareholder and director of two of South Africa’s first independent power producing solar facilities, Chris ... Read More

Dr. Charles Haworth is a seasoned energy industry veteran passionate about sustainability, technology, and science. As a business leader, Charles has led teams across a multiple-billion dollar portfolio. He holds a PhD in Laser Physics from Imperial College London and ... Read More

Marcus is the founder of Abuja and London-based Pan Africa Solar (PAS), a business which is focused on providing both on-grid and off-grid solar power solutions for commercial, industrial and household customers through three business verticals. Marcus and his team have ... Read More

Jesper is a panellist in the online AIX Gas meeting on 13 October 2020.

Prior to joining Africa50, Kimberly was Vice President and General Counsel of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution. As an appointee of President Barack Obama and the second most senior official at OPIC, she ... Read More

Lucy joined Actis’ predecessor organisation CDC in 2001 and is responsible for Actis’ renewable generation activity globally. She also leads Actis’ energy activities within Africa and co-ordinates Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) -related efforts for the energy team, working closely ... Read More

Rajesh has over 10 years of investment experience in emerging markets across energy, transport, education & healthcare sectors. Prior to joining CDC, he was a Senior Associate with IDFC Capital Singapore, an investment manager for a $900m infrastructure focused fund. ... Read More

Prior to joining Power Africa, Andrew served as USAID’s mission director in Ecuador from 2011 to 2013, and as deputy mission director in Peru from 2009 to 2011. In 2008, he served as USAID’s supervisory regional legal adviser for Colombia, ... Read More

Andy is a globally recognized leader and organization builder, with huge global credibility. He spent more than 20 years as one of the US Government’s most senior development diplomats, having lived and worked on four continents. He brings extensive expertise ... Read More

Katrien is responsible for business development, project preparation and evaluation, and supervision of USTDA’s energy activities in East Africa. She is also a member of the agency’s renewable energy sector team and smart grid sector team. Katrien previously worked as ... Read More

Katan joined Société Générale in 2006, having previously spent five years in the industry with BG Group including commercial roles based in Brazil, Tunisia and Iran. He has cultivated a wide experience of advisory and arranging roles across the energy ... Read More

Eitan has worked in financing renewable energy at the Connecticut Green Bank and with mobile payments at the start-up TagPay. Before that, he worked in private equity and venture capital at IFA, where he focused on renewables and clean tech ... Read More

Simon has a wealth of experience making and managing direct investments in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Prior to Gridworks, Simon held leadership roles at a London-based family office and spent 11 years with IPS (part of ... Read More

Jonathan joined Globeleq in 2010 and in 2020 was appointed Chief Development Officer taking responsibility for origination and managing investments. Jonathan leads the growth of the business by ensuring its strategy results in successful outcomes. Jonathan sourced and led Globeleq’s ... Read More

Crispin has extensive experience in new power project business development activities across sub-Saharan Africa, and led the Aldwych participation as co-developer and investor in the 450MW Azura greenfield IPP in Nigeria, which has now entered commercial operations. With Aldwych for ... Read More

Julian has 24 years’ experience in the energy industry, primarily in renewables.  He now leads Savannah Energy’s renewable energy division, developing wind and solar projects across Africa with a focus on Savannah’s key markets in Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. Previously, ... Read More

Founding partner of Thunder Energy (Mauritius), a specialised energy sector transaction advisory business focused on energy project development in Sub-Saharan Africa, including significant experience with independent power producer (IPP) project development, structuring and financing, including both renewable energy and gas ... Read More

Deputy editor Marc Howard’s journalism covers the African energy space, including transition minerals, upstream and downstream, power projects and commodities. He also writes on commercial and industrial power projects, particularly in the mining space. Marc also carries out an array ... Read More

Prior to joining Tesla, Zukui worked for Scatec Solar, developing and financing multiple large-scale solar projects throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. He has also been involved in project development in the French solar and wind markets. Zukui holds a dual ... Read More

Gillian-Alexandre Huart is the CEO of ENGIE Energy Access, ENGIE’s Access to Energy business in Africa, born out of the successful integration of solar home system companies, Fenix International and ENGIE Mobisol; and mini-grids provider, ENGIE PowerCorner. He began his ... Read More

Benjamin is co-founder of Camco’s climate and impact fund management business, leading the clean transition in emerging markets. At Camco he has worked on setting up two funds totalling $330m and led a diverse range of debt and equity transactions ... Read More

David is a panellist at the AIX Energy in Transition meeting at RSA House on 27-28 April 2022.

At DFID, now the FCDO, Steven has worked on policy, including leading the UK’s position on the energy SDG process, the development of Results-Based Financing for Low Carbon Energy Access (RBF) and Green Mini-Grids Africa. He acted as a senior ... Read More

Steve has worked on a very broad range of gas and power developments in Africa including projects in Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. Clients have included international oil companies, governments, international financial institutions and infrastructure ... Read More

Erasmus is a panellist at the fifth Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House, 14-15 November 2018.

Shakiru is the manager for planning and projects at Tanzania Geothermal Development Company, (TGDC) a subsidiary of Tanesco. He is responsible for soliciting project financing, planning, managing and monitoring the implementation of geothermal development projects. In his career, Shakiru has ... Read More

Roxana has been working with FMO for 4 years, with a focus on energy projects in East Africa.  As Investment Officer at FMO, she has been involved in several transactions in in the region, especially in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. ... Read More

Ije brings over 18 years of leadership experience in the fields of investments and infrastructure finance. She is currently a founding team member and Chief Financial Officer of CEC Africa Investments, a multi-country infrastructure investment platform (with approximately $1bn in ... Read More

Oti is the founder, CEO and Executive Vice-Chairman of Proton Energy, a leading Nigerian based Independent Power Plant (IPP) developer with a focus to develop and operate power plants across Nigeria and Sub Saharan Africa. Proton Energy is sponsoring the ... Read More

Willy is responsible for leading the Nariobi-based team in making investments into the power projects across SSA. Willy has over 25 years of global experience. Prior to joining Milele, Willy worked at GE Capital’s Energy Financial Services (EFS) where he ... Read More

Edward has over 18 years’ experience in finance at a senior management level in both public and private sectors. In his current role at the Electricity Regulatory Authority he provides strategic leadership in corporate and regulatory finance in the promotion ... Read More

Elijah has over five years’ experience in climate finance. Prior to joining SUNREF East Africa, an Agence Française de Développement (AFD) programme with the mandate of providing cheap and long-term financing through partner banks and technical assistance to green projects ... Read More

Augustine is a panellist at the AIX Gas meeting at RSA House, 11-12 April 2018.

Hiro Iwanaga is co-founder of Talus Renewables, where he has led the creation of the world’s first-to-market modular, carbon-free green ammonia system, which has applications in the agriculture, manufacturing, and renewable fuel industries. Hiro is a member of the Board ... Read More

Tim currently identifies and manages power project developments for InfraCo Africa where he is responsible for the investment in the Corbetti Geothermal power project. He has over 25 years of experience developing conventional, industrial and renewable power stations and has ... Read More

Vibhuti is a panellist at the sixth Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House, 13-14 November 2019.

Ben is an energy lawyer with a particular focus on the oil and gas sector. He has advised clients on the development, sale, purchase and financing of oil and gas assets across the value chain, from wellhead to market. Ben ... Read More

Tom is a project development and finance partner in the London office of Bracewell LLP.  Tom advises developers, financial investors, banks and multilaterals on all aspects of the project cycle, from structuring and negotiating the commercial contracts through to financing, ... Read More

Julian is a Senior Director at Fluence. He leads the strategy, market development, marketing, and policy teams in the EMEA region. Julian is responsible for commercial strategy, as well as expansion in the region working with customers and industry stakeholders ... Read More

Kathleen manages the strategic growth and pan-African operations of CrossBoundary Energy, Africa’s first financier for C&I solar. She develops CBE’s partnerships with public & private stakeholders across the industry, directs the daily operations of CBE’s distributed energy platform, and leads ... Read More

Audrey is the Deputy Managing Director of Falcon Corporation Limited, a company which she co-founded with her husband in 1994. Falcon Corporation Limited is a leading wholly indigenous midstream and downstream energy, gas distribution & trading company. An accomplished professional, ... Read More

Gibbs has nearly 20 years of experience working on energy and infrastructure projects, including a significant period of time working in the electricity sector in Africa. He has worked on behalf of project developers, equity investors, governments and lenders, including ... Read More

Tord has been in different management positions within Wärtsilä Energy Business for more than 30 years. He is presently the General Manager Strategic Relations and Business, South & East Africa. He holds an Electrical Engineering Degree from the Chalmers University of ... Read More

Oliver has over 7 years’ experience in the full development cycle of solar PV projects in Africa, from origination to commercial operations, and has worked on over 315MW of awarded utility-scale PV projects. Oliver has a deep understanding of both utility-scale ... Read More

Magali specialises in the energy sector with a focus on electricity markets. She has around 6 years of market modelling experience in European markets and several other countries, including Kenya. In addition to her experience with Energy Exemplar, Magali has ... Read More

Pieter is a panellist at our Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi meeting, which will be held on 3-4 October 2018.

Joyce supports the activities of GH2 in Africa and provides coordinating support to the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance (AGHA) to ensure that African countries have a strong voice in the global and regional policy dialogue on green hydrogen and large-scale ... Read More

Robert has a 20-year leadership experience in the electricity supply industry. His leadership acumen and technical qualities as a seasoned executive were demonstrated at ErongoRED, where he served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from July 2013 until January 2017 and ... Read More

Eric has over 20 years in depth-experience in emerging and frontier market investment with a focus on Africa. Based at DEG’s headquarter in Cologne, Germany, Eric is responsible for originating, structuring and executing long-term funding solutions for energy-related projects (mainly ... Read More

Born as Prince Kudra Kalema Kimbugwe of Buganda, Uganda, Kudra is an engineer and entrepreneur who creates and invests in socially impactful opportunities in global emerging markets. He is the Managing Partner and founder of CP-EM, and CP-EM Uganda, which ... Read More

Chalker and Justin Pengilly Co-Founded GridX to focus on servicing the power demand of C&I consumers across Africa and to update the conventional utility-scale approach to power development in Africa. Chalker has led successful fundraising and project development processes from ... Read More

Kevin is a power engineer with 30 years post-qualification experience.  He is passionate about the development of privately financed infrastructure and has since November 2002 led IPS in the development of privately financed infrastructure totalling around $2bn.  Kevin doubles as ... Read More

Simen serves as the team lead for Integrated Energy Systems in Multiconsult. This technical team oversees the company’s projects involving complex configurations of consumption, production and storage of energy, enabling sustainable development and efficient solutions in the green energy transition. ... Read More

Celestine is a social safeguards specialist at the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) where she coordinates social safeguard studies for transmission lines, and ensures that projects are implemented in accordance with international best practices. She contributed to the development of ... Read More

A geologist by profession, Vincent is an Assistant Commissioner at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, where he undertakes management and administration of geothermal exploration and development. Vincent has more than 18 years of experience in geothermal exploration and ... Read More

Alex is a specialist in leadership, strategic planning, partnership agreements, PPA and EPC negotiation. Prior to joining InfraCo in 2013, Alex was based in Dubai as the Regional Head of Strategy & Communications for International Power-GDF SUEZ in the Middle ... Read More

Roy was appointed CEO in March 2020. He is based in London and has over 35 years of technical, commercial and managerial experience in the international energy industry and was previously Partner, Head of Technical, at Kerogen Capital, a specialist ... Read More

Zaidoon is a private sector development specialist and part of the Finance, Investment, and Trade (FIT) Group in the Department of Compact Operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Zaidoon has over 15 years of experience developing partnerships with public ... Read More

Ronoh is a panellist at the AIX Nairobi meeting at the Serena Hotel on 12-13 March 2024.

Caroline is a carbon specialist with over 7 years’ experience working in nature-based solutions and technical carbon development in natural climate solutions and household energy efficiency. As a Senior Associate, Carbon Markets, at Climate Action Platform Africa (CAP-A), she supports ... Read More

Caroline’s responsibilities include leading the strategic aspects of the long term and annual planning processes of EPRA’s Renewable Energy Department and providing leadership on research on regulatory issues on renewable energy in the country. She also oversees the formulation, review ... Read More

John is an experienced infrastructure investment professional with specialised focus on power infrastructure, renewable energy, mid-stream oil and gas infrastructure, transport infrastructure (including roads, seaports and terminals and airports) and related sectors. He has expertise in deal origination and negotiations ... Read More

Daniel is a consummate energy professional, he is a lawyer by training but an energy specialist by trade. He has vast experience in the electricity and petroleum sectors with a specific focus in policy formulation, legislative drafting, regulation, negotiation and ... Read More

Charlotte is a recognised specialist in the renewable hydrogen and ammonia sector, with additional market and technical expertise in the deployment of Power-to-Liquid fuels, hydrogen supply chains and large-volume international trade. Her scientific experience stems from her PhD research analysing ... Read More

Mershil’s role involve overseeing regulatory compliance, board secretarial activities, legal advisory services, risk analysis and mitigation. He was closely involved in the incorporation of TGDC in 2013 and its commencement of business in 2014. Prior to his current position, Mershil ... Read More

Laura Kiwelu is an energy project finance lawyer based in London. She focuses on advising developers, lenders, governments and investors on power projects in Africa, in particular for project documents, finance documents and joint development arrangements. She has advised on several first-in-country ... Read More

Andrew is the principal founder of Savannah and has been the Group’s CEO since inception. As such, he has led all of the Group’s key growth initiatives, including the acquisition of the Niger PSCs, the Group’s expansion into Nigeria and ... Read More

Titus is a registered electrical & electronics engineer with over 7 years’ experience in renewable energy industry in Sub Saharan Africa. He holds an Msc in Renewable Energy Enterprise and Management (REEM). His experience in the renewable sector has been ... Read More

Ebenezer currently serves as Chief Executive of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) with a mandate to provide leadership, strategic direction, and progressive growth for the power transmission company in Ghana and the sub-region. He oversees a workforce of about 1,000 ... Read More

Eng. Jamila A Kombe has 18 years’experience in power systems and energy trading experience in the Southern African region and specializes in power systems studies. She’s currently the lead at East African Energy Program (EAEP) under USAID/ Power Africa, focusing ... Read More

Leonard is the Market Engagement Manager for the GSMA-supported Mobile for Development Utilities Programme for Africa (M4D Utilities). The Utilities programme aims to unlock commercially sustainable business models that leverage mobile networks, infrastructure and payment systems to deliver affordable and ... Read More

Gabriel is the Head of Engineer at Impower, which provides Solar PV and Battery solutions of up to 30MW as distributed and embedded generation predominantly to the C&I markets. Gabriel holds over a decades’ worth of experience within the broader ... Read More

Wikus is the director, research lead and lecturer on power sector investment in sub-Saharan Africa at the Power Futures Lab, based at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business. His research focuses on measures to accelerate investment, in ... Read More

Paul is a panellist at the AIX Power & Renewables meeting on 16-17 November 2022.

Julius is a panellist at the fifth Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House, 14-15 November 2018.

Glada has 14 years’ experience in international oil and gas investment and resource governance policy. Working closely with stakeholders in the Middle East, Africa and India, she has helped formulate policy recommendations on sustainable resource strategy and water, food and energy ... Read More

Vincent is a Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist at the World Bank, where he works in the Infrastructure Finance & Guarantees team. He has been structuring credit enhancement instruments in sub-Saharan Africa for the past six years. Prior to joining the ... Read More

Olusola was appointed Co-Managing Director in August 2020 and has more than 16 years of corporate finance and infrastructure equity investing experience across European and African markets. Over the last decade, after founding the Nigerian office for AIIM, he was ... Read More

Christophe joined Total in 1992 and has since held various positions in the Group in engineering and business development. For the last 15 years he has been involved in gas and LNG projects on the marketing and commercial side. He ... Read More

Margot joined Total Eren in 2014 and is in charge of development and investment opportunities in renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa. She initially focused on private PPAs and notably hybrid power projects for mining companies. As such, she led ... Read More

Ricardo is the chief executive of several African companies within the energy sector. He has 15 years’ experience in a variety of managerial and advisory roles from a diverse background of sectors including engineering, energy, agriculture, asset management, finance and ... Read More

Bill joined Zola Electric in March 2015 and currently serves as CEO where he oversees product, operations, finance, expansion and corporate development. Under Bill’s leadership, Zola has expanded from 1 to 7 countries, 200 to over 1000 employees and now ... Read More

John has over 15 years of experience in the credit and political risk sphere, as well as prior entrepreneurial experience. During his first year at ATI, the firm underwrote $2.4bn of exposure and registered a 52% increase in Gross Written ... Read More

Aaron is responsible for building out the organisation’s ability to deliver on its objectives of radically growing both financing and political support of decentralised utilities across the continent. Aaron also serves on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for ... Read More

Olivier is the co-founder and partner of Echosys Advisory, a leading advisory firm specialized in the structuring and financing of green projects: renewable energy, industrial decarbonation and sustainable agriculture. Echosys launched the Afrigreen fund, a €100 million senior debt fund ... Read More

Chris has a passion for working with clients along gas and power chains in Africa, from state organisations to private sector independents and investors, to create and implement strategies to enter and build gas and gas-to-power businesses. Over the last ... Read More

Rick has over 30 years’ experience and a successful track record of creating equity value in upstream and mid-stream energy projects through origination, development and operations. A petroleum engineer by background, Rick has worked across the energy value chain an ... Read More

Andy joined STANLIB in 2013, as Principal in the Infrastructure Investments Franchise. He was previously Executive Vice-President in the Infrastructure Equity team at Standard Bank, where he was responsible for all infrastructure equity investment-related matters. After qualifying as a chartered ... Read More

Rodney is the Co-founder of Monetizing Gas Africa, a midstream natural gas infrastructure company. During his career he has been general Manager of Vaalco Energy in Gabon (2011-2014); Managing Director of the Africa Middle Market Fund (2008-2011); CEO of the ... Read More

Scott heads Denham Capital’s power team. Denham has backed the successful development of numerous power projects across the globe, from wind and solar in South Africa, Italy, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Australia to thermal generation in the Philippines, Ghana and ... Read More

William is the Program Management Specialist, Energy at USAID Kenya, responsible for design, development, and management of the Power Africa program in the country from June 2014. Prior to this, William worked with the Kenya Power & Lighting Company Ltd, ... Read More

Mateus is a speaker at the Africa Investment Exchange: Power and Renewables meeting at RSA House, 14-15 November 2018.

Sylvie’s career in the energy and finance arena spans over a decade, beginning at the World Bank, where she supported public sector operations for 5 years, before joining the African Development Bank (AfDB) in 2013. She has worked with several ... Read More

Tinashe joined PIDG as General Counsel in September 2021. Tinashe is a senior lawyer with over 15 years’ experience advising developers, international banks, development finance institutions, private equity funds and state-owned enterprises in complex, cross-border transactions. Tinashe joins us from ... Read More

Jan joined BII in 2019 as an Investment Director covering infrastructure finance opportunities across Africa and South Asia, with primary responsibility for origination in Southern Africa. He has 15 years of finance experience across power, transport, water and natural resources ... Read More

Christophe is the Managing Director of Chinese independent energy company Hanas’ Singapore-based LNG procurement, trading and marketing entity Hanas LNG. His experience in the LNG Industry over the last 14 years with Hanas, Yamal LNG, Excelerate Energy and Shell covers ... Read More

Rivhatshinyi Mandavha is a senior investment manager for Norfund, the Norwegian Investment Fund for developing countries with a mission is to create jobs and to improve lives by investing in sustainable businesses, overseeing investments into renewable energy projects. Her finance ... Read More

Steven is responsible for origination, structuring, valuation and execution of investments in the global power sector. Based in London, Steven joined Denham Capital in 2011 and currently serves on the board of directors of BioTherm Energy, Themis and Jenner Renewables. ... Read More

Astrid joined AfDB in February 2017 from Deutsche Bank, where she was Managing Director for Sustainable Investments Europe and Africa. She has more than 20 years of investment banking and development finance experience in emerging markets, including over ten years ... Read More

Wallace is a business development manager at Wartsila Southern Africa, focusing on Mozambique as a key emerging energy market. With over 18 years business development experience in the infrastructure sector, Wallace’s focus is on the energy sector where he has ... Read More

Mutuma is a panellist at our Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi meeting, which will be held on 3-4 October 2018.

Stefano is CEO of Renergen a dual-listed helium and natural gas company with substantial gas reserves in the Free State of South Africa (the “gas fields”). He was part of the team which acquired the gas fields from Molopo Energy ... Read More

Jon founded African Energy in 1998 and has overseen its evolution from a respected B2B newsletter into a trusted provider of consultancy services. A political scientist with a deep understanding of energy markets and politics, Jon’s wide-ranging experience allows him ... Read More

Dan is a Research Fellow in energy security. His research focuses on national security dimensions of the energy transition in the United Kingdom and internationally. Prior to joining the institute, Dan was the power editor at African Energy, a division ... Read More

Hanaan is Chief Strategy and Investment Officer at KOKO Networks, a carbon-financed renewable fuel utility operating in Kenya and launching later this year in Rwanda. She has 20 years of investment experience leading transactions, strategic partnerships and portfolio management with ... Read More

Samson is an energy specialist with USAID Power Africa with over 10 years experience in energy systems design, planning and implementation. He works within the energy office to advance Power Africa’s goals and objectives of new generation capacity and access ... Read More

Nomfundo is responsible for the economic regulation of the gas industry and serves in other committees that take regulatory decisions on matters relating to petroleum and electricity subcommittees at NERSA. She is also a member of the National Consumer Tribunal, ... Read More

Nemes joined EWURA in December 2014 having previously worked for 20 years with Tanzania Electricity Supply Company Limited (Tanesco). He has vast experience in power distribution systems and is also experienced in the technical regulation of the electricity sector. Nemes ... Read More

Mohamed is an Associate Director within GuarantCo’s Investment Team and is based in the London office. He joined GuarantCo in 2021 and is developing and executing GuarantCo’s business in North and Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining GuarantCo, Mohamed was a ... Read More

Dr. Eng. John Mativo works as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO). His overall mandate in KETRACO is to plan, design, construct and maintain high voltage transmission infrastructure in Kenya. John has ... Read More

Bodom is a panellist at the AIX Power & Renewables 2023 meeting in London on 1-2 November.

Patrick is team leader of KPLC’s PPA Negotiations Task Force, where he is responsible for drafting and negotiating PPAs for existing generation, new generating capacity (public and private) and for export/imports. He has negotiated PPAs for both competitive procurement and ... Read More

Juliet is a panellist at our Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi meeting, which will be held on 3-4 October 2018.

Okechukwu is the Managing Director of ANOH Gas Processing Company (AGPC), a midstream gas company set up by NNPC and Seplat Energy. He brings to the role, a diversified background covering commercial, planning, finance, business leadership and project delivery. Prior ... Read More

Aldworth has a clear vision focused on achieving energy security and stability that offers responsible (cleaner) and sustainable (cheaper and abundant) energy solutions for Africa. Aldworth boasts an impressive résumé, with the most distinctive feature being his building of a ... Read More

Elsie is the Founder of Elcy Investments with its power subsidiary Leadwood Energy; a specialist energy advisory company focused in renewable energy projects. She is also one of the financial transaction advisors to the Government of Kenya on the country’s ... Read More

Anthony is based in Nairobi and leads business development in Eastern Africa for Tesla’s energy division. He has over 17 years’ experience in operations across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, DR Congo, Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana and Mauritius, spanning the energy, fast-moving ... Read More

Joe McGladdery is a partner in the Maritime team based in London. A specialist in the offshore and LNG markets, Joe has direct industry experience having worked as general counsel for Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd. Joe advises high profile ... Read More

Guluma is responsible for hybrid and storage sales in the East African region as well for Ghana and Nigeria. Before joining SMA in 2014, Guluma worked as a project engineer in the renewable energy sector for 4 years at CUBE Engineering. ... Read More

Paul Melly is a journalist focusing on development, politics and business issues in Africa and the Middle East, contributing to Africa Confidential, MEED, the EIU and Oxford Analytica. He takes a special interest in francophone Africa and Madagascar, and has ... Read More

With more than 10 years of experience, Stanislas is now at the forefront of solar PV innovation. He is currently undertaking an Industrial Ph.D. together with Multiconsult and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology on the design and optimisation ... Read More

Jonathan heads up the hydrogen business unit for PwC in Southern Africa. His role forms part of PwC’s larger Energy, Utilities and Resources team, working with both the local and global teams to assist clients with exploring opportunities along the hydrogen value ... Read More

Gokce is Senior Expert in heavy industry transition and low-carbon hydrogen at South Pole and leads the Hydrogen for Net Zero Initiative (H2NZ). H2NZ aims to unlock carbon finance for hydrogen projects. She also leads the policy and advocacy efforts ... Read More

Steve is CEO of the estimated $2bn 500MW Corbetti geothermal power project in Ethiopia. Steve has a long and successful career in the power industry and has developed and financed numerous renewable and thermal power projects on four continents. Before ... Read More

Danna is a qualified process engineer with over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. She has extensive experience in the project development lifecycle including design, commissioning, and operations support. Prior to moving into the power industry, ... Read More

Simbarashe is the founder of Oxygen Africa, a Zimbabwean renewable energy development company focused on commercial and industrial rooftop solar photovoltaic projects. Oxygen is currently developing a 50MW rooftop solar project with Old Mutual Property, the largest property investment managers ... Read More

Christoph joined the International PtX Hub in Brussels in September 2022 after he has spent more than 20 years as a partner at KPMG advising the financial industry. He is an expert on de-risking of large scale PtX project finance ... Read More

Chidi Mike-Eneh is a consummate Credit Risk Management professional with over two decades of Credit Risk evaluation experience across local and international banks. His specialisations include Corporate & Project Finance, Credit Risk Assessment & Measurement, and Remedial Management with expanded ... Read More

Michael is a renewable energy and climate finance professional with many years of experience managing investments in emerging markets. He is the lead investment adviser to the £5.8bn International Climate Fund (ICF) at the UK’s Department for Business, Energy & ... Read More

Vivek is CEO of AfIDA – a non profit association of leading infrastructure developers and investors in African energy and infrastructure projects.  In a career spanning twenty-seven years, he has co-founded and led three renewable energy companies in India, CEE ... Read More

James joined Actis in 2015 following one year working with the team as a consultant. Prior to joining the Actis energy team he was part of the investment team at FTSE 250 private equity investor SVG Capital, where he focused ... Read More

James is a multidisciplinary financial professional with a background in accounting, asset management and wealth management. A graduate of UNAM and Rhodes University, James plied his trade in the private sector for over a decade auditing a wide variety of ... Read More

Modi has over 18 years of experience working in various emerging markets in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. He has extensive experience in project finance, structured finance, credit investments, debt raising, debt restructuring, and venture capital. At the Mauritius Commercial ... Read More

Jacob was appointed Chairman of NERSA in 2014. He spent nine years as a director on the board of Eskom beginning in 2001 and was also a director on the board of EDI Holdings. He spent the mid-90s as a ... Read More

Motsei is client coordinator for the oil & gas clients within the corporate and investment banking division. She is also responsible for sector analyses and business development in the South African oil & gas sector, across the whole value chain. ... Read More

Farid has 35 years of project financing experience working with both public and private sector clients in Europe and, for the past 30 years, in Africa. He has detailed knowledge of structuring multi-currency project financing for new projects and for ... Read More

Ali is an environment and development expert with over 30 years of experience in the public service of Kenya and has strong analytical skills and deep knowledge of the interlinkages between environment and development from both international and national perspectives. ... Read More

Amit Mohan is the Head of Private Credit responsible for managing CFM’s refinancing facility, Climate Credit Fund (CCF). He is also responsible for the management of distressed assets in accordance with the CFM’s risk management framework. In addition, he represents ... Read More

Obakeng is director of business development for PEG. He holds a B. Com in Investment Management from the University of Johannesburg. Before the founding of Pele, Obakeng was an interest rate derivatives trader for Standard Bank with a focus on ... Read More

Jesse is the co-founder of M-KOPA, a world leader in empowering homes and small businesses through connected technology. M-KOPA has pioneered and scaled an advanced pay-as-you-go platform that unlocks solar, information, technology and finance to upgrade lives in over 600,000 ... Read More

Yoven Moorooven is the Chief Executive Officer of Engie Africa business unit. He was previously in charge of the International Division within the Global Energy Management Business Unit in Engie, being responsible for the development of all new energy market ... Read More

Tunde has over 20 years’ experience in Environmental and Social Governance (ESG). Based in London, he works in a wide range of sectors including oil and gas, power, manufacturing, agriculture and infrastructure development. His recent experience with hydropower in West ... Read More

Timothy is the US Chair of DLA Piper’s Renewable Energy Sector Practice, focusing on energy M&A and infrastructure development and finance. His work includes the representation of domestic and international lenders, private equity and project developers in the financing, development, ... Read More

Rachelle has been involved in structuring and arranging complex first-in-kind transactions that have shaped the landscape of project finance in West Africa. With over 18 years of project and corporate finance experience in emerging markets, her experience covers both project development ... Read More

Pauline is a Senior Project Developer at Wärtsilä Energy, a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions with 76 GW of power plant capacity and 110 energy storage systems delivered to 180 countries around the world. Pauline has 14-year ... Read More

Daniel has spent the past twelve years working to build economic and policy solutions powerful enough to adequately address the climate crisis. He is currently the Program Coordinator for the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Program ... Read More

Prince is a panellist at the Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables online meeting on 22 September 2020.

Norman is currently a Group Executive at Econet, a Pan African Telecoms, Media and Technology Company. Within this role, his responsibilities include being substantive CEO of Cumii Technologies, a Pan-African Internet of Things (IoT) company and CEO of Distributed Power ... Read More

Adrian joined Actis in 2009 and is responsible for originating and managing investments in the infrastructure sector. He transitioned from the energy sector where he has been heavily involved in all of Actis’ distribution investments, including Umeme in Uganda, Eneo ... Read More

Based in Nairobi, Benjamin manages ATI’s portfolio of international financial partners, supports the business development initiatives of ATI and is also an Underwriter for political and credit risk insurance with a focus on energy projects. Since joining ATI in 2010, ... Read More

Alan is Group Managing Director of Azura Power, which is the exclusive platform company for thermal projects in Africa, for Actis Energy Fund 4 and Amaya Capital. The anchor investment for the company is the 450MW Azura Edo gas fired power ... Read More

Kate joined JLT in 2010 (Marsh JLT Specialty from April 2019) and has worked in the insurance industry for over 10 years. She is regional coordinator for Sub Saharan business and support’s financial institution clients in this region with various ... Read More

Allan joined Meridiam in 2016 and is responsible for development of the investment pipeline, investing in projects and asset management In East Africa. Allan has over 10 years’ experience in the infrastructure sector in East Africa and across the power, ... Read More

Brian is a panellist at our second annual Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi meeting, which will be held on 2-3 October 2019.

Anthony is an investment professional who has looked at various types of infrastructure investments in the region. He has worked on ports, transmission, but his primary focus has been on generation projects that have ranged from utility scale solar, geothermal ... Read More

Amyn heads the firm’s projects and infrastructure department and is also one of the co-heads of Africa Legal Network (ALN)’s energy and infrastructure sector group. Under his leadership, A&K has developed a dynamic energy and projects practice and is regularly ... Read More

Olivier is participating at the annual Africa Investment Exchange: Energy in Transition meeting in April 2022.

David is a distinguished business strategist with tested experience in power sector strategy formulation and implementation. He holds a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, MBA in strategy, post-graduate diploma in project appraisal and management and a certificate in advanced ... Read More

Beatrice has over 15 years of experience in Project Development, Infrastructure and Climate Finance. As a Business Development Manager at PIDG – InfraCo Africa, she brings her expertise in managing sustainable investments and supporting the design of investment strategies for ... Read More

Rose is the Research Director for the Energy for Growth Hub. Her research interests are especially focused on net zero modeling, electric vehicles, and emerging energy technologies. Previously, Rose was a Senior Fellow in the Office of International Climate and ... Read More

Pinehas served as the Chairperson of the Economic Regulation Subcommittee of the Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA). He has 19 years’ electricity regulation experience in the Namibian and the Southern Africa electricity markets. At ECB, Pinehas is ... Read More

Margaret has vast experience in the packaging, negotiating and managing of complex infrastructure projects, focusing on environmental sustainability, technical feasibility, commercial viability, legal architecture and financial bankability. She is a partner in Mutschler Consulting Services (MCS), a cross-sectoral consultancy providing ... Read More

Eric has 25 years’ experience in advisory and investments in the public and private sector across a number of key industry sectors including energy, telecoms, infrastructure, agriculture and education. In addition to acting as an adviser to the Cabinet Secretary ... Read More

David has 41 years of experience in the power sector as an Electrical Engineer professional and 9 years as Independent Energy Consultant. His areas of experience include general advisory on energy sector and power sub-sector issues; technical and financial due ... Read More

Laurent is responsible for the development, construction and operation of Virunga Power’s portfolio of renewable energy projects across East Africa. Prior to joining Virunga Power, he worked in Canada as the commercial director for Enercon, one of the largest wind ... Read More

Alessandro has over 18 years’ international experience as a commercial, negotiations and business development manager in the energy sector managing, from a legal, commercial, fiscal and contractual point of view, some of the world’s most complex energy projects in Africa, ... Read More

Baysa leads the Global Climate Finance Tracking workstream. Her work focuses on assessing global climate finance flows on the how, where, and from whom finance is flowing toward low-carbon and climate-resilient actions globally. Baysa and her team supports decision makers ... Read More

Gadi Taj is the Head of the Power Sector Division at the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), an organisation hosted by the African Development Bank which provides transactional support to numerous African governments in the context of power sector projects. ... Read More

Peter provides bespoke venture building support to climate-tech founders across Africa. He has over a decade of experience in strategy, project management, product innovation, and venture capital investing. Peter has a wealth of experience building and scaling technology enabled products ... Read More

Bilha is dedicated to the transformation of Africa through the building of multiple industries and platforms. She is a notable thought leader and solutions architect who is driven to bridge gaps in climate, technology, education, youth and leadership for the ... Read More

Naomi has 13 years’ experience managing energy projects with KenGen. She has a solid understanding of the Kenyan energy sector business environment having developed projects worth over $500m from various generation modes including hydro, geothermal, thermal and the development of ... Read More

Jean-Jacques is an expert in private equity and in advisory, specialized in the structuring and financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Africa. Before joining Finergreen, he spent several years with Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), one of the ... Read More

Toukam’s work spans the emerging e-mobility sector and he drives investing and venture building efforts across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Previously, Toukam held various roles at Mastercard in both New York and SSA with functional experiences spanning general management, finance, strategy, ... Read More

Pedro is an economist with more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector with an emphasis on structuring, developing and financing thermal and renewable generation projects as well as transmission projects. Over the past 10 years he has been ... Read More

Cliff  has 13 years of experience in the electricity distribution sector under Zimbabwe’s national power utility ZESA, including network planning and construction, operation and maintenance and commercial activities such as energy management and general customer service. For eight years he ... Read More

Mikhail has over 15 years of international business experience in energy and finance, including as CEO and co-founder of Bushveld Energy since 2015. He spent seven years with McKinsey & Company in Moscow and Johannesburg, advising national governments, utilities and ... Read More

Chimuka has over 11 years’ experience in investments and banking. Prior to joining IDC, he was a corporate relationship manager at LuSE-listed ZANACO Bank, where he successfully closed deals in excess of €250m and $20m. He has worked for Standard ... Read More

Since late 2017, Matt has lead Africa and Middle East business development activity from Wison Offshore & Marine’s London office. A graduate in Geology, Matt started his career in upstream oil and gas exploration. He went on to hold senior ... Read More

Ann has spent nearly two decades directing investments into sub-Saharan African economies across various sectors including oil and gas (midstream and upstream), agriculture, infrastructure, banking, hotels, the airline industry and renewable energy. Additionally, she has played an integral role in ... Read More

An energy professional with 11 years of extensive experience in the energy sector. Sbu is currently employed by eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa, responsible for leading energy policy and procurement of new generation capacity from Independent Power Producers (IPPs). ... Read More

Ward works on debt financing of renewable energy initiatives, with a focus on Eastern and Southern Africa for project finance transactions and a pan-African focus for distributed energy transactions. Over the past years he has originated, structured and executed financing ... Read More

Philip has over 30 years’ experience in the energy industry, including 20 years in advisory services, and has led numerous consultancy projects, advising international oil and gas companies, governments and financial institutions on strategy, gas pricing and tariffs, commercial negotiations, ... Read More

Chanda is a Director in Harmattan Renewables, a consultancy focused on providing technical, commercial and environmental advisory services as well as asset management for renewable energy projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. Chanda is the Spokesperson for the South African PV Association, ... Read More

Anne is an Academy Mo Ibrahim Fellow at The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in the UK. Her research interests lie on the links between sustainable energy transitions and energy governance, and how these impact on human wellbeing and contribute ... Read More

Charles is Chief Gas Regulatory Officer at the African Development Bank’s Africa Natural Resource Center (ANRC), a non-lending entity mandated to advise regional member countries on how to derive optimal outcomes from gas resource exploitation. In this role, he provides ... Read More

Under Jasandra’s leadership, South Africa-based renewable energy independent power producer BioTherm Energy has grown from 4MW in PPAs to 400MW in the last four years. Recently, BioTherm has expanded its development activities into the rest of Africa, including Zambia, Burkina ... Read More

As Managing Director of Business Development for OPIC’s Global Energy Group, Brian divides his time between leading the group’s early origination and customer relationship management and serving on due diligence teams for power finance transactions in developing countries. Brian joined ... Read More

Eugene is a Development Manager with Serengeti Energy based in Nairobi. His role involves the origination, development and structuring of renewable energy projects to financial close. He has over 20 years’ experience in the sector with over 10 as an ... Read More

Cosmas is an expert in natural resource governance and economic development in Africa. Before joining the African Development Bank, he was Professor of the Practice of Global Development Policy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University. He has ... Read More

Sophie is a Government and Stakeholder Relations, Business Strategy and Communications expert with multiple years’ experience across both private and public sector. She currently holds the position of Group Head of Public Affairs at KOKO Networks where she is responsible ... Read More

Ogbemi  is responsible for a portfolio of investments spanning upstream oil and gas, energy infrastructure and distributed power generation. Prior to Helios, he worked in the natural resources investment banking division of Goldman Sachs International, where he executed M&A, debt ... Read More

Ademola is Executive Vice President of Oando Clean Energy, a subsidiary of Oando Plc. He is also an Executive Council Member and General Manager of the Business Support Group at Oando Energy Resources. He has a Certificate in Business, International ... Read More

Prince has over 10 years of experience in commercial and technical operations in telecommunication and renewables. Prince has a BSc from the Federal University of Technology Owerri. He studied MBA at Lagos Business School, Nigeria.  

Alexander was appointed the Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) on April 13, 2017. Prior to his appointment, Alexander was the Managing Partner of Ashford & McGuire Consulting, a wholly indigenous management consulting firm. The DG, who ... Read More

Akinwole II has board-based expertise in infrastructural project development, business management, financial economics and strategic leadership in gas and power sectors, where he has demonstrated proven track records spanning several countries. With over 20 years’ experience in the energy sector, ... Read More

Samson is an energy economist with over 12 years in research, policy and strategy formulation around both grid and off-grid electrification. He has been instrumental in the development of the Kenya National Electrification Strategy, Rural Electrification Master Plan and various ... Read More

Pam is an accomplished executive and successful entrepreneur spanning with more than 20 years of leadership and international business experience. Responsible for the overall management and operations of Renewvia in Sub Saharan Africa, Pam is constantly identifying and forging new ... Read More

Osaruyi is a panellist at the AIX Power & Renewables meeting on 15 December 2020.

Osaruyi is responsible for AFC’s project development efforts, business development and project origination. He also has in the past managed the AFC-FMO joint project development facility, which deployed early stage investment to projects to achieve bankability. He is the Alternate ... Read More

Before joining SEforALL, Anita was previously the Head of the Project Management Unit of the $550 million Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP), under the Rural Electrification Agency, which aims to accelerate the private market for the development/deployment of mini grids, captive ... Read More

Gbemi joined Actis in 2016 as a member of the Energy team focused on originating and managing investments in Africa. He is currently an investment manager overseeing Actis’ investment in Azura, a pan-African baseload power generation business. Prior to Actis, ... Read More

John has nearly 30 years of global experience in project management, banking and advisory in infrastructure, renewable energy. Prior to joining AMDA as COO, John was the founder of Stimaken SAS, a developer in solar and wind energy, before joining ... Read More

Andrew has over 15 years of experience in the delivery of regional Environment, Social, Health and Safety solutions. He is currently the ESG Manager for Kipeto Energy, a special purpose vehicle for the construction of a 100MW wind-farm in Kajiado ... Read More

Cathy has more than 20 years of professional experience in the infrastructure and renewable energy sectors, both as a principal and an adviser, having trained as a project finance lawyer at Allen & Overy before transitioning to a commercial role ... Read More

Anshul’s role at BBOXX is to manage the expansion of new markets and opportunities. Prior to his current position he was Managing Director of BBOXX Kenya, which he started in 2011 as a franchise, with BBOXX buying the business from ... Read More

Gregor is an independent fund establishment expert in the renewable finance and social impact sectors. He acts as a board member and investment committee member and adviser with clients including the European Investment Bank, the European Union, the UNCDF, Mergence, ... Read More

Louise’s appointment to Sasol commenced in October 2022 when she joined from Vestas South Africa, where she was Managing Director and the only women to lead a renewables-specific OEM. During her tenure, she systematically facilitated the attaining of Vestas’ BEE ... Read More

Will advises Camco’s deal team on investment-related policy and regulatory issues and helps devise country and sector strategies for new investments. Based in the London office, he also contributes to the company’s business development and fund conceptualisation and formulation activities. ... Read More

Mitesh Pema is the Executive Director and Fund Principal of Mahlako Financial Services, an African women owned, alternative investment management firm focused on socio-economic developmental assets, which delivers sustainable impact and a superior risk adjusted return profile over the long term. ... Read More

Mike has served on numerous Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards over the past 20 years, including Chairman – International Project Finance Association (SA Chapter), Advisor – The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (Southern Africa), Member of the Governing ... Read More

Izael is a panellist at the Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi meeting, which will be held on 2-3 October 2019.

Lasitha is the CEO of The Green Guarantee Company, the world’s first climate focused guarantor, which will use guarantees to mobilise climate finance into emerging markets from global capital markets. Lasitha previously worked for GuarantCo (as Chief Executive Officer) focused ... Read More

Professor Pérez-Arriaga has been the Interim Director of the African School of Regulation (ASR) since July 2022. He was a Commissioner at the Spanish Electricity Regulatory Commission (1995-2000) and an independent member of the Single Electricity Market Committee of Ireland ... Read More

Oge is a panellist at the AIX Gas meeting in October 2020.

Kishan serves on the boards of the South African Oil & Gas Alliance (SAOGA) – a public private partnership that aims to promote the interests of firms operating within the oil and gas industry in Southern Africa – and on ... Read More

Daphne is working as an independent consultant for her own company Pit Pure Power, focusing largely on energy access in Africa and some Asian countries. With roles for a.o. GOGLA, TCX, GET.invest Finance Catalyst, SIMA Funds, UNCDF, Lendahand and ElectriFI ... Read More

Federico is Program Director at FEEM, Eni’s Research Foundation. He leads the research program on technologies for energy transition. Federico teaches energy and environmental economics at Bocconi University. In addition to his academic work, Federico is a member of the ... Read More

Sergio is an energy specialist with 16 years of experience who works as the Technical Lead for the Senior Advisors Group, the energy programme that TBI manages in partnership with Power Africa (USAID). Sergio is based in Cote d’Ivoire, and ... Read More

Ian is a qualified Mechanical Engineer with 25 years in the power industry. During this time he has worked on multiple technologies from PV, CPV, wind, nuclear, gas to power and BESS. More recently he has worked on gas fired ... Read More

Judith has spent the majority of her career working with multinational businesses, primarily in emerging markets, and brings to EXIM Bank more than 25 years of business leadership experience in corporate and marketing communications, public affairs, and business development. From ... Read More

In 2019 Pradeep joined Konexa, a business – borne from his experience working at Shell Foundation (a social investment charity) for nine years and over 10 years in Strategy and M&A in large energy companies – that aims to accelerate ... Read More

Romain is responsible for originating and executing investments into infrastructure projects and companies for AIIM’s infrastructure funds. The AIIM team manages circa $1.9bn across six infrastructure funds, which are designed to invest long-term institutional unlisted equity in African infrastructure projects. ... Read More

Rebecca has over 30 years’ experience, acting as a lender, advisor, bond guarantor and equity investor in corporate finance as well as project and infrastructure finance, for global financial institutions. She has worked in the UK and Europe (25 years), ... Read More

Pierre has over 25 years of operational and management experience in energy industry, with specific expertise in the development of natural gas projects in Africa. Pierre was previously Head of Business Development at Orca Energy Group, playing a key role ... Read More

Anne-Sophie started her career in 1998 as an auditor and then a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Paris. From 2005 to 2009 she worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department for SNCF, the French Railways company. She joined Proparco in 2009 as ... Read More

Rajesh has been a member of the business and project development team at AMEA Power since 2019 where he looks after a portfolio of 710 MW spanning solar PV, wind, geothermal and battery energy storage projects. Prior to this, Rajesh ... Read More

Ricardo is responsible for financial analysis, origination, structuring, execution and monitoring of investments. He brings 10 years of experience to the firm and joined Denham Capital in 2019. Ricardo monitors Endeavor Energy, a Denham portfolio company developing and operating thermal ... Read More

Rajen is Deputy General Counsel for CrossBoundary and Chief Legal Officer for CrossBoundary Energy. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Rajen spent over 15 years practising in tier 1 international law firms where he held various senior positions including that of Administrative ... Read More

Judy is a panellist at Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi, on 3-4 October 2018.

Kaushik is a partner at Trinity International LLP and co-heads its Finance, DFI and Francophone practices.  Kaushik trained and qualified as a solicitor at Allen & Overy LLP, working for seven years in its Projects, Energy and Infrastructure group, both ... Read More

Since 2011, Andrew has pursued a ‘portfolio’ career in renewable energy and private equity investment, in Africa and Asia. Today, he serves on the investment committees of Berkeley Energy, Catalyst Principal Partners and Energy Access Ventures Fund. He is a ... Read More

Divaldo is a panellist at the sixth Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House, 13-14 November 2019.

Evan is a panellist at the AIX Power & Renewables 2022 meeting.

Damien spent five years as an investment manager in a private equity fund of the Edmond de Rothschild Group before creating Finergreen in 2013, a financial advisory boutique specialised in the renewable energy sector (solar, wind, hydro, biomass). The company ... Read More

Geoffrey is a co-founder and director at Ofgen with over fifteen years of experience in the renewable energy sector. He also serves a Director at Electricity  Sector Association of Kenya (ESAK), a role which involves  championing for an active role of ... Read More

Matthew is a global leading expert in energy storage, a Principal Consultant, and currently Head of Department for Energy Storage across Europe, the Middle East and Africa at DNV GL. Matthew is a chartered engineer and has a PhD in ... Read More

Ahmad Rufai Zakari is the Special Adviser to the President of Nigeria on Infrastructure. Prior to his current role, Ahmad spent his career at General Electric. Ahmad spent 15 years working across the then vast conglomerate portfolio of General Electric ... Read More

Erick earned his bachelor degree in electrical engineering from the University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in 2004. From 2005 to 2017 he worked with the Ministry of Energy in Tanzania as an Energy Engineer. He completed a master’s degree in engineering ... Read More

Patrick has been at PanAfrican Energy Tanzania since September 2013. Prior to this he served as permanent secretary in government ministries including the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Ministry ... Read More

Christopher is a senior power and renewables analyst at Multiconsult. He has experience with nearly all aspects of renewable energy and power sector development, both in East Africa and in the Nordics. This includes hydro, solar, wind and grid infrastructure ... Read More

Victoria leads the institution’s efforts to secure the vision of a prosperous, enterprising, and resilient Africa. Having been raised in rural Kenya, Victoria aspires for a time when market systems will work for Africa’s poor. Under her leadership, AECF is ... Read More

Kemoli is a panellist at the AIX: Nairobi meeting on 2-3 October 2019.

Ritu has over 20 years’ management experience with international and regional organisations. She was in management positions in various institutions in Africa including Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), USAID, ASCA and now with Greenville LNG. She has hands-on experience in all ... Read More

Prior to joining Renewvia Bahaa Samy was a senior manager at Lightsource-BP-HA, a major renewable energy investor and developer. Prior to LSBP-HA, he was a Project Developer with Scatec, a leading global renewable energy investor focused on emerging markets. Previously, Samy ... Read More

Japheth is a panellist at Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi, on 3-4 October 2018.

Susie is a seasoned specialist in all aspects of development finance, from debt structures and equity investments, to raising capital through bond issuances and investments funds. She has worked on complex projects across Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Balkans, Africa and ... Read More

Michel is working as Senior Investment Officer at the Dutch Development Bank FMO in the Energy Department focussed on the MENA Region and West-Africa. He holds a track record of over 15 year in international project financing in the power, ... Read More

Dr. Jules Schers is a visiting researcher at the Energy Systems Research Group at the University of Cape Town (UCT) supported by Expertise France as part of scientific cooperation between France and South Africa. His research concerns the question of ... Read More

Mike is the CEO of Globeleq and previously served for 3 years as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. He has been working in the power sector for 25 years and has developed, built, financed, led businesses, ... Read More

Dr. Daniel-Alexander Schroth is the Acting Director for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency and the Advisor to the Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth at the African Development Bank. In this capacity he oversees the Bank’s lending ... Read More

Claudia Schwartz is Power Africa’s sector lead for the distributed solar sector, managing the initiative’s partnerships across off-grid solar and productive use of energy. She provides subject matter expertise on issues in the sector, provides technical oversight to large-scale funding ... Read More

Dr Rabah Sellami has managed numerous solar energy and energy efficiency research projects. He is a member of a number of national working groups and committees related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, environment, climate change and sustainable development. Before working ... Read More

Stanley started his career at Central Energy Fund where he was a trainee Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Specialist, he later became a CDM Developer at Central Energy Fund. In 2012, he was appointed as a Carbon Manager in the private ... Read More

Adel has over 10 years of work experience in sustainability and green finance with a focus on emerging and frontier markets. At Africa Go Green, Adel is in charge of origination, structuring, and execution of transactions in energy efficiency and ... Read More

Tarik is Market Development Manager, Africa at Wärtsilä Energy, a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for energy markets with more than 72GW of power plant capacity delivered in 180 countries around the world. Tarik has an ... Read More

Ameet has considerable experience in executing and implementing solar IPP and C&I projects in multiple emerging countries. He works with Astonfield Solar’s financial, technical and client team to ensure profitability and implementation of each solar project. Under Ameet’s leadership, Astonfield ... Read More

Snehar has more than 20 years of expertise in investment, finance, and business development, with a particular focus on African markets. He has been the General Manager for Azuri East Africa since 2016 and was previously the Regional Chief Financial ... Read More

Meera manages Shell Foundation’s Household Energy portfolio.  Meera has worked with a number of early stage social enterprises across Africa and India, supporting them to scale up their businesses. Meera’s depth of experience in last mile distribution of products and ... Read More

Jonathan is the founder and CEO Nuru (previously known as Kivu Green Energy), a renewable energy developer in eastern DR Congo. Nuvu is the first Congolese-founded startup to receive a Series A round of investment, the first to bring a ... Read More

Sameh leads origination, execution and portfolio management of transactions across a wide range of sectors and products at AFC. With over 27 years of experience in infrastructure investments, project development and fundraising in international capital markets, Sameh has a deep ... Read More

Maggy heads the Exploration, Production and Promotion Division within the Petroleum Directorate of the Ministry of Mines and Energy. She has twelve years’ experience in the exploration and production sector of the oil and gas industry and two years’ experience ... Read More

Abhishek is the Head of Systems Modelling at TransitionZero. He has over a decade of experience in building, maintaining, and applying energy systems models. Prior to joining TransitionZero, Abhishek was a senior energy systems modeller within the UK’s Climate Compatible ... Read More

James supports the firm’s investment platform which finances clean economical solar based power systems for businesses across Africa. An American-Nigerian, he is currently based in Nairobi and has also worked in South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda, and The Middle East. Prior ... Read More

Wale has over three decades experience spanning Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa in Investment Banking and Consulting. He joined the African Development Bank (AfDB) in 2017 as the inaugural Director responsible for Energy Financial Solutions, Policy and Regulation. The ... Read More

Prior to joining OPIC, Stephen served as a financial advisor to the Loan Programs Office at the US Department of Energy, providing support in the areas of transaction origination, underwriting and loan monitoring for innovative energy companies. Stephen previously spent ... Read More

Cassandra is a professional accountant and experienced project manager with particular expertise in the African power sector. She has spent her career with Manitoba Hydro International (MHI), holding a variety of roles in finance and accounting, project management, and business ... Read More

Rahul is the Vice President and Head for Larsen & Toubro (L&T)’s Power Transmission & Distribution Africa Business Unit, managing all aspects of the business across the continent. Rahul graduated from NIT(K) in 1981 with a mechanical engineering degree. He also ... Read More

Tichakunda is a panellist in the online Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meetings.

Amith is the Co-Head of the Energy Finance business unit within Nedbank CIB. A chartered accountant with a Master’s degree in international financial accounting, Amith has been transacting in the energy sector for more than a decade concluding a large number ... Read More

Sam is CEO and co-founder of PowerGen Renewable Energy, a micro-grid builder, developer, and operator based in East Africa. Over the past seven years, PowerGen has installed several hundred renewable power systems throughout seven East African countries, including over 50 ... Read More

John has 20 years’ experience working in the energy & infrastructure sectors.  He leads Globeleq’s business development activities in Southern Africa and recently led the 450MW Temane gas fired project in Mozambique, which reached financial close in December 2021.  Prior ... Read More

A regular contributor to the BBC, the Guardian, the Observer, the Economist and other international media, Patrick has been editor of Africa Confidential since 1991. Founded in 1960, Africa Confidential has a longstanding reputation for original reporting and analysis of ... Read More

Based in South Africa, Susan has two decades of diverse emerging market experience across the energy, environment, and development finance sectors. She has been active in the power sector in Southern Africa since 2017 and currently serves as Chief of ... Read More

Vincas is focused on investment banking in the conventional and renewable power, infrastructure and energy efficiency sectors. Prior to joining Whitehall, he was co-head of energy project finance at Dexia Bank where he was responsible for originating, structuring and executing ... Read More

Shahbano is an Economist who specialises in the drivers of innovation and trade in low-carbon technologies. Her work seeks to show how countries can seize the opportunities of clean growth through a low-carbon industrial strategy, with a geographical focus on ... Read More

An expert and senior consultant in renewable energy, Bolade is the Founder and CEO of Rubitec Group, BAS Consulting, and Bolar Pharmaceuticals. He has a B Pharm from University of Ife, Nigeria and an MBA degree from New York University. Rubitec ... Read More

Andreas is a panellist at the fourth annual Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting, which will be held in London on 15-16 November 2017.

Erwin is the founder of Redavia, a leading rental solar power provider with a focus on East and West Africa. Prior to founding Redavia, Erwin was a director of Q-Cells’ solar farm construction business for the EMEA region. At Q-Cells, ... Read More

Stephen has over 15 years of experience in investment banking across M&A, trading and cross capital structure investment strategy. Before joining Trine in 2021, Stephen worked at William Blair in the US and Deutsche Bank in London. He has a ... Read More

Lars is a market and regulatory expert for microgrids and energy storage solutions globally. Trained as a political scientist he holds multiple degrees from universities in Germany and the Netherlands. Before joining Aggreko, Lars worked in communications for the European ... Read More

Jessica is an entrepreneur, with almost a decade of experience starting-up & running businesses in East Africa.  She has over 12 years of experience working in rural and peri-urban African communities, in an array of capacities in private, non-profit, and ... Read More

Svetla is responsible for project finance transactions in sub-Saharan Africa at the European Investment Bank (EIB). EIB has been involved in the financing of several landmark PPP energy projects in Sub Saharan Africa, including the 300MW Lake Turkana Wind Farm ... Read More

Susann focuses on studying the impact of solar energy initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa. She has gained profound professional experience as an international account manager for the technology sector at a global corporation and managing solar and hydro energy projects in ... Read More

Rinus is CEO and co-founder of Emesco, a full life-cycle energy services company, building generation capacity in Southern Africa with the aim of becoming a leading private energy utility in the region.  The company, established in 2019, develops, implements, owns ... Read More

Chris is a Chartered Civil Engineer in the UK with more than 18 years of experience in hydropower, dam, and other hydraulic structure installations across Africa, the UK, and Asia-Pacific, at all stages of the project life cycle.  His recent ... Read More

Tom is based in London and General Manager for Shell’s LNG Marketing and Origination activities in South America, Europe and Africa. This position is responsible for all existing and future long-term LNG sales and purchases for the Shell LNG portfolio. Prior ... Read More

Laura serves as the Programme Manager for GOGLA’s ‘Facilitating Access to Finance’ programme, which aims to help increase investments that will allow it to scale up and accelerate the development of the off-grid market, leading to more people benefiting from ... Read More

As of August 2020, Jurie joined Gigajoule as its CEO, working closely with Johan de Vos, the Executive Chairman. Gigajoule is a project developer and owner active in the natural gas and gas-to-power industry primarily focusing on Mozambique. Jurie was ... Read More

JP is a member of the project finance and development practice group at Latham & Watkins. He advises clients on a wide range of transactions in the energy sector, with a particular focus on oil & gas transactions in Africa. ... Read More

Lynn has been with OPIC for over 23 Years. As Deputy Vice President of SME Finance and the Head of the Global Energy Group, she focuses on supporting small- and medium-sized American companies investing in emerging markets. She covers multiple ... Read More

Professor May Tan-Mullins is an expert on China as a rising power, with research interest in China and Africa relations, political ecology of rising China, environmental and energy justice and poverty alleviation for the poorest and most vulnerable. She is ... Read More

Yann is focusing on decentralized renewable energy and coordinating the WBG DARES initiative for IFC. Prior to joining IFC in 2018, Yann held various positions at the World Bank in Washington DC, respectively in the Climate Change, Urban Development and ... Read More

Helen is widely known and respected across the African continent by both host governments, development finance institutions and multilaterals. She has worked at board and senior management levels for over 20 years, firstly in M&A and then in the power ... Read More

Roland is an energy and infrastructure investor and executive with 25 years’ experience. His previous roles include: Managing Director of Mubadala Infrastructure Partners; Founding Member of the listed private equity infrastructure fund, PMEA Infrastructure Opportunities; and Adviser to I-Squared Capital. ... Read More

Joe is partner in Covington’s Projects and Infrastructure practice, resident in the firm’s New York office. For more than 20 years, he has represented independent power producers, equity investors, project sponsors, financial institutions and governments in the development and financing ... Read More

Exuperius is an experienced infrastructure private equity investment professional focused on investments into utility-scale renewable energy power plants in Africa. He has spent most of his career de-risking renewable energy projects across Africa to the satisfaction of a broad set ... Read More

Adam has 18 years’ experience in the renewable industry, specifically wind (on and offshore), solar, hydro and energy storage. His experience spans development, financing, construction, operations and due diligence. He previously held positions with developers, multi-national consultancy firms and worked ... Read More

Marie is an impact finance specialist with almost 10 years of experience in the energy sector of which 6 years in the energy access market. She is dedicated to mobilising funding by structuring projects with DFIs, impact investors and commercial ... Read More

Kim has more than 14 years of experience in M&A, consulting, and business development. After graduating from Copenhagen Business School, Kim joined a strategy consultancy in 2006 where he successfully led engagements in shipping, logistics and private equity. He joined ... Read More

Aleem is a partner and a member of the M&A and projects practice at Bowmans Kenya. He specialises in energy and infrastructure development and finance and has developed unique expertise advising on large projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors ... Read More

Kenneth is the Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Dalex Finance is currently No. 17 in the Ghana Club 100. In 2016, Kenneth was declared Businessman of the ... Read More

Frederik joined Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (“CIP”) in 2016, with a focus on onshore renewable energy investments in North America. Since 2020, Frederik has been part of driving CIPs emerging market strategy forward through a dedicated USD 1 billion global investment fund ... Read More

Matt is a panellist at the fifth Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House, 14-15 November 2018.

Raphael oversees B2C and B2B activities, including Solar Home Systems solutions (through FENIX which joined Engie in 2017) and minigrids solutions (through ENGIE’s PowerCorner initiative). Raphael has more than 15 years of experience in the energy sector, having worked on ... Read More

Andrew is a Technical Director at ECA with oversight for all of ECA’s work in energy access and water. Andrew’s project experience at ECA includes leadership of market due diligence and feasibility studies for new renewable generation projects (covering both ... Read More

Victor Tivane is a Mozambican local content and investment expert with more than 15 years’ experience in developing indigenous companies and Foreign Direct Investment promotion for the country. At ENH his main role is to lead and co-ordinate company policy ... Read More

Pekka has 23 years of international business experience in power generation and business development consulting. His background is in nuclear engineering, including MSc degree from Lappeenranta University of Technology (Finland), as well as an Executive MBA from Instituto de Empresa ... Read More

Nigel Topping, CMG has led and been involved in many of the global initiatives uniting business and governments in tackling climate change. He is cofounder of AmbitionLoop, a not-for-profit organization working to facilitate systemic change through radical collaboration between businesses ... Read More

Gilles, a project development and finance professional, prides himself on a decade of international experience focused on power and energy infrastructure in Africa. Throughout his career, Gilles has held management & leadership positions in infrastructure construction management, project finance, M&A, ... Read More

Alan has worked for the World Bank Group for 20 years. He is currently a senior industry specialist with IFC, supporting investments in LNG-to-power, renewables, and electricity T&D globally. He is trained in regulatory economics and has a deep understanding ... Read More

Dr. Twesigye Peter is the Senior Lecturer and Research Lead in Power Market Reforms and Regulation at the Power Futures Lab in the Graduate School of Business (GSB) of the University of Cape Town. He is also a guest Lecturer ... Read More

Nico is a panellist at the AIX: Power and Renewables meeting in London on 13-14 November 2019.

Ajay’s role is to conduct and oversee research and analysis for African Energy’s consultancy work, with a focus on power sector forecasting and data analytics. His work gives clients insights and understanding of African power markets to help them identify ... Read More

Ed serves as the Director for the Decade of Gas Secretariat, coordinating the joint industry and Nigerian government gas acceleration initiative. Prior to his current position, he held the role of Managing Director at Shell Nigeria Gas, leading the company ... Read More

Chiedu is an electric energy law specialist. He qualified as a lawyer over 28 years ago and possesses an extensive experience in electricity industry reform, power project documentation and privatisation. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Senior Special ... Read More

Francis has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector covering infrastructure, trading and renewables. He has specialised in leading teams for complex energy and infrastructure projects across both the private and public sectors. He has an MBA from IESE ... Read More

Björn works for his team and their customers in the region to blaze the trail toward more sustainable and profitable energy systems. His leadership has seen fundamental shifts in mindset and ground-breaking opportunities in the energy sector, and continues to champion ... Read More

Olga has responsibility for the development of renewable energy on- and off-grid systems and implementation of energy efficiency programmes aligned with the government’s objective to achieve universal access to energy by 2030. Olga joined EDM in 2010 as a trainee ... Read More

Ifechukwude has more than a decade of experience leading both on-grid and off-grid renewable energy project development and power sector planning in Africa. He specialises in renewable energy project finance, project management, contract structuring and negotiation, energy sector economics, policy ... Read More

Gilles joined InfraCo Africa from Engie. He has 20 years of experience working in the private sector in the manufacturing and energy industries. His expertise ranges from engineering, operations and project development to strategy, business development and investments. Gilles is ... Read More

Wilfred is the Head of Investments at responsAbility Renewable Energy Holdings (rAREH) – a developer of renewable energy projects up to 50MW in Sub-Sahara Africa headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. He has large experience in financing and developing renewable energy projects ... Read More

Eddy is the Chairman of Greenville Liquefied Natural Gas Co, the pioneer of the first mini-LNG plant in Africa situated in Rumuji, Rivers State Nigeria. This project was established with the aim to expand the natural gas infrastructure, using an ... Read More

Maarten has over 20 years’ experience in power generation and energy services. He started at ENGIE Group in 2000 as an engineer responsible for operations and maintenance of combined heat and power installations. Over the past 15 years Maarten has ... Read More

Greg is a panellist at the AIX Webinar on 30 April 2020.

At Dutch development bank FMO, Bernhard and his team focus on providing financing for energy projects, with an emphasis on the Least Developed Countries and on renewable energy. The team is considered to be one of the main players in ... Read More

Rentia joined Standard Bank in 2014, with a focus on developing and implementing a new strategy for the bank to become the leading funder of renewable and power projects in Africa. Earlier in her career, Rentia worked for Absa bank ... Read More

Jef brings over 20 years of experience in the credit insurance business working in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern and Western Europe. He is currently a Senior Advisor at African Trade Insurance (ATI), where he implements the Regional Liquidity Support ... Read More

Sebastian is a trained engineer and renewable energy finance specialist who is heading the Finance Advisory activities at GET.invest. He worked in various management positions such as Managing Director of Orbeo South Africa, a joint venture of Société Générale and ... Read More

Starting his professional experience with naval operations and foreign affairs, François turned later to the LNG industry where he held several positions in construction, engineering, and project development roles, with EPC contractors, consultancies, shipowners, and developers. He is today in ... Read More

Ziria is a registered engineer with the Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers and the National Engineers Registration Board, as well as a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) of New York. She possesses 23 years of ... Read More

Kaniaru is based in Nairobi, where he is part of a team that oversees project development and investment efforts in the broader East Africa region.  Prior to joining Globeleq, Kaniaru spent over 10 years at JP Morgan in New York, ... Read More

Sadio joined Actis’s Energy Infrastructure team in 2019. He started his career in mergers and acquisitions at Nomura in London where he covered financial institutions across EMEA for four years. He worked on transactions involving banks, insurers and asset managers ... Read More

Wale is the Managing Director, Wärtsilä Marine & Power Services Nigeria. He is also the Business Development Manager, Wärtsilä Energy Business, Africa West with main focus on Nigeria and Ghana. Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions ... Read More

Duncan is a geologist with over 20 years of experience in the sector and joined Chariot in 2013 as Exploration Manager. He has overseen the Company’s upstream activities since then, including two high profile deepwater exploration wells in 2018 and, ... Read More

Erik is participating at the sixth annual Africa Investment Exchange: Gas meeting in 2020.

Richard is a member of IFC’s Africa Region infrastructure investment team. He has more than 12 years of experience in the infrastructure space, ranging from upstream PPP project development advisory work to downstream project investment transactions, across multiple jurisdictions in ... Read More

David is responsible for originating, evaluating, structuring and monitoring investments, with a focus on power and energy infrastructure. AP Moller Capital is a private equity fund manager set up to facilitate infrastructure investments in emerging markets. The first fund will ... Read More

Edouard Wenseleers is Globeleq’s Managing Director, Business Development, Head of East Africa and is in charge of Globeleq’s activities in Kenya amongst others. Overall, Edouard has focused on the IPP business in Africa over the last 13 years. He joined ... Read More

Ashwin joined AIIM in 2010 and is responsible for originating deals, analysing, assessing, structuring and negotiating investment opportunities, as well as the execution, performance monitoring and realisation of investments with the Pan-African investment team. Ashwin has worked on infrastructure finance ... Read More

Marcus has been in his current role at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) since November 2017, prior to which he was Acting Global Head and Lead Operations Officer. From 2004-2014, Marcus was Adviser to MIGA’s Executive Vice President and ... Read More

Justin is primarily responsible for leading JCM’s development activity. He played an integral role in expanding JCM’s international presence through partnerships and co-development opportunities. Prior to his current role, Justin led the development, construction, and financing for JCM’s projects in ... Read More

Christian is the founder of Orion Infrastructure Advisors, a bespoke advisory group helping various stakeholders navigate the increasingly challenging African power sector. He has over 27 years developing, project financing and operating power over 1GW of IPP projects across Africa, ... Read More

Nicholas founded the Winch Energy Group in 2008. Winch has successfully developed, constructed and operated over 300MW of solar plants in Europe and is currently focused on the off-grid market having developed world leading off-grid technology with its Remote Power ... Read More

Lai is a leading public policy advisor to senior government officials, international donor agencies and corporate investors. His areas of expertise include energy transitions and sector reform; infrastructure development; and public private partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa. He was most recently ... Read More

Yara has 16 years’ experience in the technology, sustainability and energy sectors in capital raising, private equity, and equity research. Before founding Ekta Partners, Yara was a principal at Deutsche Bank, London, where she worked within the energy and infrastructure ... Read More

Prior to his current appointment, Faruk acted as special adviser to the Minister of State for Power (Sept 2010-2014). Faruk has served in the Ministry for over 14 years, during which period he served in several critical committees that drove ... Read More

Crispen is Principal Energy Advisor at the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) based in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, seconded by the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP). Before that he was based at the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ... Read More

Ali is in charge of developing South-North, South-South and Middle East and North Africa partnerships at Masen. After graduating from HEC and Mines Paris with a computer engineering diploma, specialising in the management of information systems, he went on to ... Read More

Shirvine joined Hive Energy in May 2021 and leads the development and delivery of green hydrogen and hybrid pipeline globally.

Nikhath is the Business Development Director and Country Manager at Fortescue, where she is responsible for leading Fortescue’s green ammonia project in Kenya. She joined Fortescue in January 2024 from BTE Renewables, a pan-Africa renewables company owned by Actis Energy. ... Read More

Sosten has more than 15 years’ experience dealing with renewable and energy efficiency issues at policy level, as a researcher and consultant. Before joining government in 2016, he worked for Bindura University, University of Fort Hare and the Scientific and ... Read More