2024 Speakers Niveshen Govender Chief executive officer SAWEA Bernard Magoro Office head IPP Abigail Kuluse programme manager: economic inclusion NBI Devan Pillay Executive Manager: institutional support PCC Kai Howie General Counsel G7 Renewable Energies Tokollo Tau Associate principal: energy finance Nedbank Keith Bowen Senior Manager: market operator ESKOM NTCSA Mpho Mookapele Chief Executive Officer EWSETA Popi Njapha chief engineer: transmission grid planning and development department eskom ntcsa Zelrese Brair Head of people & culture Nordex Energy Sout Africa Francis Jackson Special Advisor: power sector Energy Council Lester Garth Bouah Chief Director InvestSA Liandra Scott-Shaw Principal Environmental Consultant SLR Consulting Joanne Yawitch Head: Just Energy Transition PRESIDENCY JET PMU Mark Tanton Chief Executive Officer Red Cap Energy Tshepo Tshivhasa Head Of Grid Engineering EDF Renewables Chanda Nxumalo Managing Director Harmattan Renewables Johannes Lange Sales Manager & Business Development Geo-Net Jonathan Frick Director Globeleq Nontokozo Nkosi Director: project development AMEA Power Jose Mestre GET .invest Mozambique Country Coordinator Getinvest/giz Vuyo Ntoi Joint Managing Director AIIM Abulele Adams Environmental Scientist CSIR Albert Froneman Specialist Ornithological Consultant Afriavian Environmental Caryn du Rand Head of ESG & Sustainability G7 Renewable Energies Zola Hlatshwayo deputy chairperson Polasa - Powerlines and substation association John Shija Senior business development manager Infinity Power Holdings Libby Hirshon Head of sustainability/ESG Engie Africa Kishaylin Chetty Senior manager sustainable finance Endangered wildlife trust Matthew Law Senior Project Manager Red Cap Energy Mvumikazi Vimbani Energy Policy Expert DMRE Prof Prathaban Moodley General Manager for applied energy R&D and Innovation SANEDI Sipho Mdhluli Principal Researcher CISR Energy Researcher Center Kevin Minkoff Head of business development EDF Renewables SA Luyanda Jonas-Kortjaas Chief Executive Officer Aurora Wind Farm Naniki Nzuza Principal Grid Engineer Mainstream Renewable Power Robert Skjodt Managing Director: Renewables Engie Africa Wendy Parsons Asset Manager Greenstreet Carla Hudson Programme Manager Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency Frank Spencer Regional Director of Southern Africa Cainmani Mercia Grimbeek Director: Project Development Enetrag South Africa Peter Venn Chief Executive Office Seriti Green Tanya Engels Corporate International Tax Partner KPMG James Cumming General manager Aced Tom Skinner General Manager Clean Energy Eskom Annelize Van der Merwe Director: investment promotion (green economy) DTIC Cordelia Mgidi Managing Director Modetech Services Evan Rice Chief executive officer Etana energy Aradhna Pandarum Head of Department: Just Energy Transition Impact Catalyst Mukesh Ramjee Business Development Manager: Machinery, Equipment and Electronics IDC Noma Qase Director: Renewable Energy DMRE Novani Ganess Johnson Managing director Vestas Maloba Tshehla Head Of Advisory ED Platform Alistair McMaster Director: sustainable energy Eastern Cape Dedeat David Moncasi Head of sales africa & Global Key Accounts Manger Nordex energy south africa Fernando Iwan Glazer Senior Director Vestas Dr Rebecca Maserumule Chief Director: Hydrogen and Energy DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION Heloise van Schalkwyk Director: appeals and legal review DFFE Hebren James Country Manager - Southern Africa Sany Renewable Energy Patricia Schröder Chief Executive Officer Circular Energy Chris Lloyd Offshore Wind Advisor World Bank Sam Cook Project Manager and Project CEO Aced / EIMS Africa John Gibbs Project Leader: Birds and Renewable Energy Project BirdlifeSA Luanita Snyman - van der Walt Environmental and Geospatial Scientist CSIR Dr Rethabile Melamu Chief Executive Officer SAPVIA Jason van der Poel Partner and Head of projects practice webber wentzel Dr Vikesh Rajpaul General Manager of the Just Energy Transition Eskom Simon Hansen Offshore Wind Advisor Danish Energy Agency Manuele Battisti country manager southern africa enel green power sa Jan Fourie Chief Executive Officer Mulilo Energy Lena Chirwa Head of legal & corporate affairs Enel Green Power Megan Jarvis Partner, construction Webber wentzel Dr Holle Linnea Wlokas Managing Director Inspire Caroline Nhlane Head Of Communications Enel Green Power SA Bianca Jordan social specialist AMEA Power Happy Khambule Director: environment and Energy Business Unity South Africa Boitumelo Kiepile Head of regulatory affairs Enel Green Power SA Nthabiseng Jonas Lead Manager Public Affairs Vestas Celiwe Mabaso Head of social performance EDF Renewables Yumnaa Firfirey managing director towards uhuru Samantha Ralston-Paton Birds and Renewable Energy Manager Birdlife South Africa Titania Stefanus Chief Operating Officer: SA Mainstream Renewable Power Sunette Smith Business Development Executive Reatile Group Caroleen Naidoo chief planning engineer Eskom ntcsa Mamoso May Chief Executive Officer dorper wind farm Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone Ambassador Embassy of Denmark in south africa Wangari Muchiri Director: Africa GWEC Dzudani Makgopa Head Of Finance And Coperate Services IPPO Santosh Sookgrim senior technical advisor sawea Vincent Kok senior technical advisor sawea Morongoa Ramaboa Chief Communications Officer SAWEA James Mackay Chief Executive Officer Energy Council Dr Crispian Olver Executive Director PCC Priscillah Mabelane Chairperson Eskom NTCSA Dr Clinton Carter Brown Head of Technical Department ENERTRAG SA Jay Govender Chief Commercial and Legal Officer Etana Energy Kugan Thaver Head of Machinery, Equipment and Electronics IDC Rentia Van Tonder Head: Renewable Energy, Power and Infrastructure Standard Bank Franck Wandji Executive: Group Marketing & Commercial Coordination Arcelor Mittal Dr Khavharendwe Rambau Acting Director: Transport and Renewables DSI Maxoli Hlophe Senior Investment Officer DBSA Dhesen Moodley Managing Director Globeleq Kilian Hagemann Chief Operating Officer G7 RENEWABLE ENERGIES Steve Nicholls Senior Advisor: Mitigation pcc Lungile Mashele Energy and Infrastructure Specialist PUBLIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION Marlise Schmidt General Counsel GLOBELEQ Vutomi Mundalamo Executive Manager: Business Development ACWA POWER Nomsa Mojela Manager: Aerodrome Infrastructure SACAA Barry Wiesner Director/Owner Amathemba Environmental Management Consulting Compton Saunders General Manager INFINITY POWER HOLDINGS Sandiswa Dlomo Acting Director: Integrated Environmental Authorisations DFFE Fulgencia Garrido Ruiz EU Deputy EUROPEAN UNION Nkele Mabusela Senior Manager, Project Design and Costing CENNERGI Janek Winand Managing Director SIEMENS GAMESA Keshrie Reddy Rotor Blade Engineer SWIRE RENEWABLE ENERGY Simphiwe Ngwenya Senior Manager: Mitigation pcc Louise Paulsen Vice President Renewables SASOL Dr Nadine Kanu Vice President BWE Benjamin King UK Development Manager HEXICON GROUP Dr Gareth Erfort Associate Professor STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY Andretta Tsebe General Manager: Power Generation PETRO SA Amanda Ngwenya Energy Advisor DANISH ENERGY AGENCY Wezi Gondwe Head Of Business Development GREENCO Mbulaheni Mbodi NUMSA National Secretary at Eskom NUMSA Lindiwe Johnson Project Manager PCC Pedro Huarte Mendicoa Tato Head of Public Affairs MED VESTAS Jacob Demeyer Managing Director HIRUNDO ENERGY Nonhlanhla Miya Regional Manager: GAU (WC&EC) ESKOM Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa Minister of Energy & Electricity Republic of South Africa Adhila Mayet Head of Project Development Pele Green Energy Khotso Selokoma Stakeholder Relations Manager THE SOLA GROUP Eustace Mashimbye Chief Executive Officer Proudly South African Siyabonga Zondi Project Manager: Renewable Energy DMRE 2024 MEDIA PARTNERS