Wale Shonibare
Director, Energy Financial Solutions, Policy & Regulations
Power, Energy, Climate & Green Growth Complex
African Development Bank
Scene Setters
Dr Rod Crompton
Director: Energy Leadership Centre
Wits Business School, South Africa
Dr Angela Wilkinson
Secretary General
World Energy Council
Andy Calitz
Secretary General Elect
International Gas Union
Dr Rebecca Maserumule
Chief Director: Hydrogen and Energy
National Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)
Aaron Leopold
Chief Executive Officer
Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA)
Lamé Verre
Founder
Alaric & Associates
Dr Christoph Frei
Partner
Emerald Technology Ventures
Jean-Pierre Barral
Directeur du département
Transitions énergétique et numérique
Stanley Semelane
Senior Researcher: Climate Services
CSIR
Moderators
Sean Cleary
Chairman
Strategic Concepts (Pty) Ltd
Rentia van Tonder
Head: Power, Client Coverage, Corporate and Investment Banking
Standard Bank
Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella
Member of Parliament (Sierra Leone) & Founder – TENN
John Rocha
Chief Director: Trade Invest Africa
Department of Trade and Industry of the Republic of South Africa
Kannan Lakmeeharan
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Dave Wright
Board Member
SANEA
Dr Clinton Carter-Brown
Energy Centre Manager
South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
John Smelcer
Business Development Director
Globeleq
Kiren Maharaj
Managing Director
Gibb Power
Jonathan Berman
Managing Director
Autonomi Capital
Prashaen Reddy
Director: SANEA
Senior Energy Principal: Kearney
Anja Casper-Berretta
Head of Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
Coenraad Bezuidenhout
Founder
Maverick Shared Value
PANEL MEMBERS
Johannes Tuwilika
Sales Manager Africa
Studer Innotec
Dr. Elham M. A. Ibrahim
World Energy Council Vice Chair For Africa,
Former Commissioner For Infrastructure & Energy, AUC
Prof Abubakar Sani Sambo
Chairman
Nigerian Member Committee of the World Energy Council (WEC)
André de Ruyter
Group Chief Executive
Eskom
Mohan Vivekanandan
Group Executive: Origination & Coverage
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Stefano Marani
Chief Executive Officer
Renergen
Hon. Kornelia Shilunga
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Mines and Energy, Namibia
Kudakwashe Ndhlukula
Executive Director
SADC Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (SACREEE)
Dr Carsten Rolle
Executive Director
World Energy Council – Germany
Director Carla Montesi
Director
European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA – formerly DG DEVCO)
Eng Ziria Waako
Chief Executive Officer
Electricity Regulatory Authority, Uganda
David Thompson
Deputy Coordinator
Power Africa
Dr Jarrad Wright
Principal Engineer
CSIR Energy Centre
Colin FitzRandolph
Director, Energy Infrastructure
Actis
Oratile Sematle
Head: Digital Program
Sasol
Mark Ossel
Member of the Board
OSGP Alliance
Lucy Chege
Head – Energy, Environment & ICT
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Dr. Daniel Schroth
Acting Director for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency and the Advisor to the Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth
African Development Bank
Lebohang Mosetu
Senior Underwriter
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)
Steven Gray
Country Manager – West Africa
UK Export Finance
Eghosa Mabhena
Chief Executive Officer: Africa Middle East, Asia Pacific, Global Aviation and Global Lubricants
Puma Energy
Nico Peterschmidt
Co-founder & Managing Director
INENSUS
Duncan Bonnett
Director Strategy & Business Development
Africa House
Thabo Molekoa
Managing Director
Siemens Energy Southern & Eastern Africa
Mashale Phumaphi
Chief Executive Officer
Shumba Energy
Niall Kramer
Member of the Board
AVA & CDI
Olusola Lawson
Co-Managing Director
AIIM
Jack CQ Fletcher
Executive Director
Hydrogen Energy Applications
John Tkacik
Director of Analytics and Technology
REEEP
Humphrey Wireko
Associate Principal
CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA)
Dr Louis van Pletsen
Director
InAfrica Holdings
Darryl Hunt
Managing Director
Dynamic Energy Consultants
Hasnayn Ebrahim
Managing Director
Africa International Advisors
Lizelle van der Merwe
Decentralised Energy Venture Lead, CIB Digital
Standard Bank
Dr Mkhulu Mathe
Programme Manager: Smart Places Cluster: Energy Centre
CSIR
Edington Mazambani
Chief Executive Officer
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA)
Seydou Kane
Managing Director: Africa
Eaton’s Electrical Sector
Geoff Sinclair
Managing Director
Camco Clean Energy
Dr Muzi Dlamini
Deputy Chairman
Energy Intensive Users Group of Southern Africa
Camilla Toulmin
Senior Fellow for Sustainable Energy
Africa Europe Foundation
Jonas Moberg
Head of Government Affairs
Trafigura Group
Amar Inamdar
Managing Director
KawiSafi Ventures
Ignacio Perez-Arriaga
Professor of Engineering, Economics and Regulation of the Electric Power Sector
Anton Eberhard
Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar
University of Cape Town
Mansoor Hamayun
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Bboxx
Ryan Collyer
Chief Executive Officer
Rosatom Central and Southern Africa
