Speaker list

KAREN BREYTENBACH is a Senior Project Advisor in the Public Private Partnership (“PPP”) Unit of the National Treasury of South Africa and Head of the Finance Desk. The National Treasury PPP Unit has a dual role as the regulator of PPPs and the provider of technical assistance to national, provincial departments and local government, and public...

Anupam Datta, is currently a Vice President in charge of a 3 X 250 MW power plant of CESC Limited, (India) which is responsible for generation & distribution of electricity in the city of Calcutta (Now renamed as Kolkata). He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate and has more than 30 years experience in erection and commissioning of power plants of ...

Dr. Latsoucabé FALL is senior expert in the energy sector with about 30 years of experience. He is currently World Energy Council (WEC) Regional Manager in Africa, and previously, WEC Regional Coordinator for Africa and Secretary General of WEC Senegal National Committee. Before joining WEC, Dr. FALL was Chairman of the National...

Chris Faulkner, President and Chief Executive Officer Breitling Oil and Gas, has a diverse background in oil & gas industry. Mr. Faulkner studied at the University of North Texas and Baylor University and received his Doctorate Degree from Concordia College. Mr. Faulkner has extensive past experience in all aspects of oil and gas operations...

Thomas is responsible for establishing Exxaro Energy to grow the Energy Business as a new portfolio of Exxaro. Projects in the growth portfolio are: Exxaro On-site: Various co-generation projects Wind: 100 MW wind farm at Brand se Baai, West Coast Solar Thermal: 200MW CSP near Lephalale, Limpopo Coal Bed Methane: CBM as primary fuel to...

Mr Georg Herz, Sales Diesel and Gas Systems, MTU Onsite Energy, South Africa

Md. Moazzem Hossain is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He has over 25 years of core experience in Generation, Transmission and Distribution sector with specialization in system operations. He received his Bachelor degree in Electrical & Electronics engineering from Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh. He began his career as a...

Nick Jackson was educated in the UK, gaining an honours degree in Biochemistry. He started his career in sugar at the Thames Refinery in London as a Shift Manager with Tate and Lyle, moving to Scotland, Australia and Saudi Arabia where he was the General Manager, Manufacturing for the United Sugar Company. He then moved to the Caribbean as CEO...

Andrew Johnstone Managing Director of African Infrastructure Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd; Andrew joined the Macquarie Capital Funds team in Cape Town in 2001, dedicated to the African Infrastructure Investment Managers (“AIIM”) joint venture, and was appointed as the Managing Director of AIIM in 2005. Andrew sits on the boards and management...

Peter Jørgensen has been employed in the Danish power supply industry in more than 20 years. In this period Peter Jørgensen has mostly worked with planning and development of the electricity system, but was also in charge of designing and opening of the Danish electricity market from 1999 to 2004. Peter Jørgensens current responsibilities mainly...

Tebogo holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from the University of North West, South Africa, and he completed a Graduate Program in Utility Management with Stanford University through Eskom Leadership Development Centre in Midrand. Tebogo gained utility experience in Eskom, where he started as Graduate In Training, and focused on Energy...

Manager Finance and Administration / Company Secretary Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) May 2002 to date Key role: To Design and implement financial management procedures, produce timely financial statements according to IAS and statutory requirements, and provide adequate and safe work facilities as per policy guidelines

Grain Malunga is a Member of Parliament for Chikwawa North. He was Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment in Malawi from 19th June 2009 to 19th August 2011. He served as Principal Secretary for Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development, from August 2005 to January 2007, after serving as Secretary for Industry Science and...

CHARLES P.F. MARAIS Commercial Attorney, Eversheds, Sandton Charles Marais is a qualified attorney with postgraduate qualifications in Income Tax Law and Financial Markets & Instruments. He has experience in all aspects of project finance and has been instrumental in the successful closure of projects in virtually all areas of economic...

Jon Marks is chairman of Cross-border Information Ltd. (CbI), a UK-based political risk and business consultancy, and publisher of the respected fortnightlies African Energy and Gulf States Newsletter. Jon created African Energy while at FT Energy and has developed it as CbI’s flagship publication. He has a wide and deep knowledge of the...

STEVE MARTIN Steve Martin is a distinguished sales and business development executive with 18 years of energy projects experience in Turkey, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa. Steve has a solid technical and managerial background, and became a Partner in TUTEN Ltd in 2005. Steve is the CEO of Kalahari Energy / KS Energy, a Botswana based ...

BA (Honours) Economics, Madras University M.A - Economics - New York University 10 years in the civil service including 7 years as Permanent Secretary. 5 years as Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister Director of, inter alia, the Central Bank of Kenya, East African Airways Kenya Power & Lighting Company. Currently Chairman of Kenya...

Rajiv Ramlugon – 38 yrs, Sustainable Development Coordinator at Omnicane Ltd  Holder of a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Mauritius and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Newcastle (UK).  13 years of experience in the environmental field in Mauritius with special focus on waste...

 17 years’ experience as Protection Engineer in Transmission Systems Protection.  Conversant and experienced using the Digsilent Powerfactory power systems simulation software, utility experience in the design, installation and commissioning of power system protection and control schemes for substations, power transformers, reactors, capacitor...

Managing Director Investment Development and Coordination Prior to assuming his new role at OPIC, John Moran was the agency’s Director of Investment Development for Central and Eastern Europe, and served as OPIC’s regional representative for Southeast Europe, based in Zagreb from 2000 to 2003. He also served in OPIC’s Insurance Department as a...

Damien Navizet is a civil engineer from the French Ministry for Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development. He’s been working with the French Development Agency (AFD) since 2001. From 2001 to 2006, at AFD’s headquarters in Paris, he was posted at the Corporate Strategy Department and then at the Operations Department, where he was in charge of...

Ferdi Nell is a registered Professional Engineer. He holds a B.Eng (Electrical) from the University of Pretoria. He started his career as an Engineer in Training with ESKOM in 1983, and was a member of the Management Team of the then North Eastern Region of ESKOM Distribution before going into private practice in 1992. Following this, he gained...

Ms. Nyker manages the direct investment portfolio on behalf of the PCG Clean Energy and Technology Fund and plays an integral role in transaction sourcing, due diligence, investment execution and postinvestment management. At part of this role, she has reviewed and evaluated over 700 investment opportunities and invested in 13 companies across...

Anton-Louis Olivier is a project developer in the clean and sustainable energy sector and has worked on energy projects in over 20 countries in Africa and Latin America. Anton-Louis was born and bred in Pretoria, South Africa. After qualifying as a Mechanical Engineer, he completed a Masters Degree in Development and Environmental Economics, both ...

Vice President Energy & Utility, Echelon Board member, Treasury, ESNA Mark B.M. Ossel (1955), Vice President Echelon, is focussed on developing the Energy and Utility market for Echelon in West Europe, Middle East and Africa, by extending the network of partners and growing the customerbase. He is involved in AMR since 2001, when the Enel AMR...

Eng. Julius Riungu is Chief Executive Officer of Tsavo Power Company Ltd. Julius is a Board Member of Kenya Engineers’ Registration Board and the 1ST Vice-Chairman of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya. Graduating from University College, London with a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1973, Julius worked as an Engineer for ...

Gustav Rhode manages all aspects of project delivery as Aurecon’s Chief Operating Officer, including financial, operational and people performance to meet operational and strategic business goals. A member of the Aurecon leadership team, he is also a professional engineer, with a PhD from Texas A & M University in the USA. He completed an...

Abubakar Sani Sambo, a professor of energy studies, received his B.Eng degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria in 1979 and a D.Phil degree from the University of Sussex in the U.K. in 1983, both in mechanical engineering. Before his current appointment of Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria in 2005 he served as...

Owen is responsible for organic business strategy and development as well as other commercial aspects of the business at Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC). Having served in various positions within CEC, including System Planning Engineer, Projects Engineer, Projects Manager and Business Development Manager, Owen has risen through the ranks to...

Professor Ad Sparrius has been teaching engineering management, project management, systems acquisition and engineering since 1982. Ad hold a BSc BEng, MSEE, MBL. Ad was trained as an electronics engineer and has a BSc BEng from University of Stellenbosch, MSEE from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBL from the University of South...

PhD at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland; IEC/T82 W3 PV Expert Committee Member;Board Member PV Regional Task Force, Asia Development Bank;PV Committee Member , SEMICON China. 2012: Panelist Topic “China Focus” & “Innovation in Solar Industry” at 5th World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, Jan. 2011: Session...

Mark Tanton is the Managing Director of Red Cap investments (Pty) Ltd, a private company active in the energy sector with consulting and project development divisions that operate almost exclusively in the area of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Mark Tanton has a B. Sc. (hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and...

Helen is joint founder of Aldwych International, along with Mark Fitzpatrick. Helen was appointed Managing Director on 1 July 2010. Previously, as Deputy Managing Director and Commercial Director, she had overall responsibility for development, project financing and commercial oversight. Helen co-led the arrangement of the original financing for ...

A trained development worker who spent a lot of time implementing and co-coordinating community projects in the former Midlands Region of KwaZulu Natal, the Deputy Minister of Energy, Ms Barbara Thomson was born on 03 February 1954 in KwaZulu-Natal. She joined politics at an early age in the Midlands in the KZN where she also served as the...

Omar Vajeth is currently the Head of Power and Energy for Absa Capital. He has been at Absa Capital since 2006 and has worked on various power projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. Previously he worked in the South African electricity industry across the Generation, Transmission and Distribution sectors. Whilst at the National Electricity...

NAME: Francois Viljoen CA(SA) Cresco Project Finance (Pty) Ltd Period: September 2008 – current Position: Director JOB DESCRIPTION  Transaction Advisor and arranger of project finance transactions, focusing on the power sector. Recent assignments include: o Financial Advisor for 200MW Wind portfolio o Finacial advisor for 30 MW Solar PV...

Richard Weeden is the editor of African Energy News Review, a web and email based roundup of energy news relevant to the African continent. Richard has a background in both business and the non-profit sector, with expertise in energy, environmental health, economics and politics. Richard has been reporting on energy related environmental...

Bernhard van Meeteren works with the Dutch Development Financing Company FMO ('Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V.'). Within FMO he and his team focus on providing financing for energy projects with an emphasis on the Least Developed Countries and on Renewable Energy. FMO is based in The Hague, The...

Dr. Agostinho Zacarias is currently the United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in South Africa. Prior to his appointment he held a similar position and that of Humanitarian Coordinator in Zimbabwe (2005 to 2009) From 2003-2005 He was the Director of the Office of Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Africa. From...