Ms. Heintz is Head of Energy Infrastructure and Fund Head for Actis Energy Fund 5 (AE5). She has over 25 years of investment experience in growth markets, investing in and managing power businesses. As part of her role, Ms. Heintz is responsible for coordinating ESG and impact related effects for the Energy Infrastructure Team, working closely with Actis’ specialist Sustainability Team. Prior to…
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Julie Gichuru is a media professional, entrepreneur and Founder/CEO of Arimus Media Limited, a media company focused on “igniting possibilities” through informative, educational and entertaining African content, events and engagements. In addition to her nearly two decades of experience across multimedia platforms, she established the Great Debaters Contest, a high school debate platform and the…
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Alok Sharma was appointed full-time President for COP 26, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, on 8 January 2021. He was previously Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and President for COP 26 between 13 February 2020 and 8 January 2021. He was previously Secretary of State for International Development from 24 July 2019 to 13 February 2020, and Minister…
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Ms Tone Skogen has been State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August 2015. From 2013, she was acting Director General in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, where she has also held various other positions since 1978. Ms Skogen was State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry from 2004 to 2005. From 1991 to 1992, she was Counsellor for Energy at the Mission of…
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Nour founded Tarjama in 2008 in Amman, Jordan. In 2011, she moved the company to Abu-Dhabi, guiding it as it grew into a regional company, employing 40 full time staff and 200 freelance staff in four Arab countries. Nour is a staunch advocate of women’s empowerment and Tarjama’s high impact business model is a reflection of this passion. The model involves training, hiring, and promoting women…
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Amani Abou-Zeid was elected AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy in 2017. Immediately before this she was the Director of the Africa Natural Resource Center and held other senior positions at AfDB. She has also worked with other international organizations on infrastructure and energy. She is a member of the Broadband Commission and the Stewardship Board for System Initiative on Shaping…
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Dr. Kawar started her professional life as a researcher at the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation during the period 1989-1991. She also served as an adviser to the Minister of Labor between 2006-2007. Minister Kawar has more than 25 years’ developmental and operational experience at global, regional and country level including in Asia, Africa and the Arab region. She has worked…
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Malik Amin Aslam is currently the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Climate Change (Federal Minister) as well as honorarily serving as the elected Global Vice President of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). He has previously chaired the flagship “Green Growth initiative” for the KPK in Pakistan – which included the mass a forestation “Billion Tree Tsunami” project. From…
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Marouane El Abassi is a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. A Senior Economist with the World Bank as from January 2008, he coordinated the Country Programme for Libya. In 2012, he was appointed Office Manager of the World Bank in Libya. He was Senior Adviser at the Arab Institute of Business Managers (IACE), Expert for the Tunisian Institute of Strategic Studies…
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Mostafa Madbouly is an Urban Planner and Architect by profession with extensive experience of 25 years in the field, out of which, 15 years with international organizations and partners. His experience is concentrated on technical and policy aspects of sustainable urban development, housing, land management and infrastructure, informal settlements upgrading in Developing and Arab countries. He…
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