Conference Speakers
Speakers 2025
Programme Director
Address
Vuyolwethu Dubese
Founder
InnovTel
Alderman Xanthea Limberg
Mayoral Committee Member: Energy
City of Cape Town
MODERATORs
Jonathan Berman
Managing Director
Autonomi Capital
Jacquelyn Mando
Chief Operating Officer
Clean Technology Hub
Guy Lundy
Country Manager
Spencer Stuart
Dave Wright
Consultant
Dave Wright Consulting
Dr Rod Crompton
Visiting Adjunct Professor
Wits Business School
Helen Robinson
Global R&D Manager & Regional Manager Africa
International Geothermal Association
Ndivhuho Raphulu
Director
National Cleaner Production Centre
Sy Gourrah
Senior GM: Smart Technologies
Actom
Gaylor Montmasson - Clair
Founding Director
Southern Transitions
Sean Cleary
Chairman
Strategic Concepts (Pty) Ltd
Wendy Green
Country Head, South Africa
Daystar Power
Dr Vusumuzi Dlamini
Chairman and Director
Energy Intensive User Group SA
Sthembiso Phakathi
Managing Director
SP Enterprises
PANEL MEMBERS
Ana Hajduka
Chief Executive Officer
Africa GreenCo
Janek Winand
Managing Director
Siemens Gamesa
Peter Attard Montalto
Managing Director, Global Lead, Capital Markets, Political Economy & JET
Krutham
Vuyo Ntoi
Co-Managing Director
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)
Victor Utedzi
Director
ATC Development Group
Eudes Panzo
Director
RNT – Rede Nacional de Transporte de Electricidade
Simphiwe Jantjies
Head: Outside SADC Region
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Peter Viljoen
Regional Director, Energy
HATCH
Fedde Zwart
Senior Investment Officer
FMO
Konstantin O. Papailiou
President
CIGRE
Dr Brian Mushimba
CEO
GL Africa Energy
Eric Mwangi
Senior Advisor
Office of the Climate Envoy - Kenya
Mzi Tyhokolo
Group CEO
SLG
Marcel Brühwiler
Manager - Infrastructure and Natural Resources, Southern Africa
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Ben Young
Business Developer Africa and Middle East region
Xcalibur Smart Mapping
Kanika Chawla
Chief of Staff and Director of External Programmes
Sustainable Energy for All
Dr Michael Boulle
Senior Specialist: Climate, Energy & Just Transitions
ICLEI Africa
Dr Ansuya Rungasamy
Senior Technical Advisor on Power Sector Reform
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Dr Gildas Siggini
Technical Advisor
GIZ GmbH/GET.transform
Oliver Andrews
Chairman
FG Gold
Gerhard Brown
Principal Engineer
City of Cape Town
Mohamed Serry
Chairman & CEO
Indigenes Mining and Oil & Gas Company Ltd
Phil Harms
President
4th Resource Corp
Amine Idriss Adoum
Director for Infrastructure, Industrialization, Trade and Regional Integration
African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD)
Dr Towela Nyirenda-Jere
Head of Secretariat
Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP)
Dr Zenzile Rasmeni Masipa
Project Manager
CSIR-National Cleaner Production Centre
Dr Giw Zanganeh
VP - Energy & Mining
Tether
Dr Calistus Ramotoroko
Lecturer, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Botswana International University of Science & Technology (BIUST)
Dr Patrick Agese
CEO
Pam Africa
Felisters Makumbinde
ACEO
Rural Electrification Agency
Paul N. Mbuthi
Managing Director
Energy for Life Ltd
Tumelo Ramalebana
Managing Director
Puma Energy South Africa
Abel Tella
Director General
APUA - ASEA
Hon. Minister Teddy Lwamba
Minister of Hydraulic Resources & Electricity
DRC
Taelo Mojapelo
Chief Executive Officer
bp Southern Africa
Stephen Dihwa
Executive Director
Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) Coordination Centre
Santesh Pillay
Strategic Account Manager (Renewable Energy & Construction)
Aon South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Emeka Umeche
Engagement Manager
Ntiyiso Consulting Group
Dr Taufeeq Dhansay
Manager: Minerals and Energy
Council for Geoscience
Dr Claude Kabemba
Executive Director
Southern Africa Resource Watch
Dr Romao Xavier
Oxfam in Southern Africa Economic Justice Lead
Oxfam