Tomas Anker Christensen is the Climate Ambassador of Denmark at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities. He has been Under-Secretary for Global Challenges, where he was at the head of the establishment of the 3GF – an international partnership for green growth, partnerships and transition. Subsequently, he was Senior Advisor for Partnerships to UN…
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Per Olsson Fridh is Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden. Minister Per Olsson Fridh oversees Sweden’s international development cooperation efforts, humanitarian aid, and global development policy. He was previously State Secretary for Environment and Climate, State Secretary for International Development Cooperation, State Secretary for Culture and Democracy, Chair of the…
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H.E. Nancy Tembo is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Malawi. Until earlier in 2022, she served as Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources and has twice been elected Member of Parliament of the National Assembly of Malawi, first in 2004 and then again in 2019. Holding a Master of Science in Leadership and Change Management, her national priorities include, but are not limited…
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Christian Jaramillo has undergraduate studies in Physics and Mechanical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes, and Master’s Degree and PHD in Economics from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. With more than 20 years experience in both public and private sector, he’s also served as DeputyDirector at Colombia’s National Statistical Department – DANE, for its Spanish initials, and Director of…
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Manu Srivastava is an Indian Administrative Service officer with B.Tech. and M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Delhi. Out of 30 years, Manu has worked for 15 years in energy sector and has lead path-breaking innovative projects in solar energy. His 750MW Rewa Project is an inflection point in the history of solar energy in India, being the first project to break grid-parity. The…
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Demetrios Papathanasiou is the Global Director for the World Bank's Energy and Extractives Global Practice. Dr. Papathanasiou leads more than 100 professionals at the Global Units of the Energy and Extractives Global Practice of the World Bank. He coordinates the overall strategic direction of the Practice, advances the knowledge and learning agenda for the Bank’s energy and extractives…
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Paul Gruenwald is the Global Chief Economist at S&P Global Ratings based in New York. He leads the economic research agenda and serves as the primary spokesperson on macro-economic matters for the company. Before joining S&P Global Ratings in 2013, Paul spent almost five years at the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) as the Asia Pacific Chief Economist, where he was…
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Sanja Kapetina is the Head of Department for Secondary Energy and Projects at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is in charge of implementing EU Energy and Climate Regulations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As such, she is involved in activities related to the fulfilment of BiH obligations defined by the various international agreements, with a…
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His Excellency Mahamane Sani Mahamadou is Niger Republic’s Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energies since April 2021. Prior to this appointment, Sani Mahamadou held various senior roles in both private and public sectors. In June 2016, he was appointed Special Advisor to the President of the Republic of Niger, in charge of communications, press and ICT. In June 2018, he was appointed…
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Shri Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy in May 2020. Shri Chaturvedi is a 1987 Batch IAS officer and belongs to Jharkhand cadre and succeeded Shri Anand Kumar in the Ministry who earlier took charge Secretary, Ministry of Culture. Prior to this appointment, Shri. Chaturvedi was serving as Additional Chief Secretary and Additional Secretary…
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