Mr. Anand Naidoo,
Head of Power and Energy
ABSA Capital

Anand Naidoo is a registered Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa. He has a BSc in Electrical Engineering (Cum Laude) and an MBA (with distinction). Anand started his career at Eskom's Matimba Power Station as a systems engineer. He was later seconded to Siemens AG in Germany to obtain specialised training in the planning of electricity supply systems. Anand rejoined Eskom, where he achieved the position of Chief Engineer in 2001, responsible for capital expansion projects. His involvement at Eskom included being the leader on various large projects exceeding billions of ZARs. During his tenor at Eskom, Anand obtained significant exposure to the distribution, transmission and generation and municipality businesses, electricity pricing and the restructuring of the electricity supply industry. Anand joined Absa Bank in 2004, to oversee Absa's penetration into the African power sector. In 2005, Anand was appointed Director responsible for Power & Energy at Absa Capital.

Appearing:

Conference Day 1, Tues, 16 March

12.25pm

Panel session: Investing now to ensure long-term survival and sector opportunity

FDI: making Africa the most attractive investment destination
What makes an investor invest? Advice for struggling utilities
PPP’s and other alternatives – a closer look at the investors needs

Mr. Paul Eardley Taylor,

Director: Investment Banking Coverage / Head: Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure -SA & Africa,
Standard Bank

Mr. Anand Naidoo,

Head of Power and Energy ,
ABSA Capital

Mr Sakkie Leimecke,

Principal: Energy,
Nedbank capital

Mr. Bernhard Westerouen van Meeteren,

Senior Investment Officer for the African Region ,
The Netherlands Development Finance Company

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Do you know how to do business with Eskom?

Sibongile Shongwe, Senior Manager - Compliance and Governance in Procurement and Supply Chain Management from Eskom, will be presenting at Power & Electricity World Africa on the 17th of March.

Shongwe will address the various compliance considerations when doing business with the utility as well as Eskom’s overall procurement system. Eskom will also detail its plans and agenda on opportunities for BEE and SMME supplier development.

For more information, please contact:

Tatum Willis
Audience Development Executive
Power & Electricity World Africa
+27 (0) 11 516 4026
tatum.willis@terrapinn.co.za

expo details

16 Mar 2010, 10:00 - 17:00

17 Mar 2010, 10:00 - 16:30

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Conference:

Day 1

15 March 2010 - An all-new Clean Technology Day

Day 2

16 March 2010 8am - 5:30pm

Day 3

17 March 2010 8am - 5:30pm

Day 4

18 March 2010 - An all-new optional Transmission and Distribution days

Workshops: Workshop dates
Both exciting and interactive classes on 19 March 2010

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