Nicholas Padgalskas is the Chief Financial Officer of Summit Power International, which is the largest Independent Power Producer in Bangladesh. Prior to joining Summit, he was an Executive Director in ABN AMRO’s Asia-Pacific Energy team in Singapore and previously worked at Citigroup’s Energy Investment Banking division. Nicholas has an MBA from the Sloan School of Management, a Master of…
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Mahua Acharya is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of state-owned energy transition company, Convergence Energy Services Limited of the Government of India. Mahua has two decades of experience in green finance, renewable energy, and carbon markets having worked in multiple countries. For the last few years, Mahua was the Assistant Director-General of 29-country intergovernmental…
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Dasho Chhewang Rinzin is the Managing Director of the Druk Green Power Corporation Limited, the public sector generation utility of Bhutan established in 2008.The Corporation is responsible for operating the country’s export-oriented hydropower projects. Before that, he headed Bhutan Power Corporation Limited, the public sector transmission and distribution utility of Bhutan. For his services, he…
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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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Gabriela Elizondo Azuela is Practice Manager of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) at the World Bank In this role, she oversees a global portfolio of analytical and advisory activities in the energy sector, as well as the Bank’s energy climate finance operations. Ms. Elizondo-Azuela, a Mexican national, joined the Bank in 2003. Prior to assuming her current position at ESMAP…
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Ms. Annick Muhama’s responsibilities include spearheading the implementation of the Ministry’s mission in the Energy Sector. She has over 10 years’ experience in Energy, having served in various positions in the Government of Rwanda from 2003 with Energy as her sole focus. Prior to joining MININFRA, Ms. Annick has served as the Director of Energy Regulation at the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory…
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Dr. Birol has served as Executive Director of the IEA since 2015. Under his leadership, the IEA has moved to the forefront of global efforts to reach international climate goals while ensuring that the social and economic impacts of clean energy transitions are at the heart of policy making and energy security is safeguarded. Dr. Birol has been named in the TIME100, TIME’s annual list of the…
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