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Managing Director  |  Siemens Energy

Thabo Molekoa is mechanical engineer, with an MBA and has more than 22 years‘ experience - from a technical, industrial projects and maintenance background to directing organizations on growth strategies in over 40 African countries.

In 2020, Thabo was appointed MD of Siemens Energy – Southern & Eastern Africa.

Thabo serves on several boards in South Africa, notably in the renewable energy sector. He also served on the board of the EU-SA Business Chamber
and was the local ambassador for the Africa CEO Network.

Head of Wits Business School  |  Wits Business School
 

Maurice Radebe served as Executive Vice President: Energy and Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) at Sasol Ltd. until 2020, with global responsibility for Sasol's energy business.

Maurice earned a Bachelor of Science (Applied Mathematics and Physics and a Master in Business Administration (MBA). He also participated in the General Management Program at Harvard Business School in Boston, United States.

In 2013, he was appointed Executive in Residence at WBS.

He was appointed Director and Head of School of WBS in January 2021.

Director of African Energy Leadership Centre  |  Wits Business School

Lwazi Ngubevana is a chemical engineer, energy executive and academic with extensive global experience in renewable energy, investments, advisory, and water desalination industries. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where he is now the Director of the African Energy Centre at Wits Business School.

He has solid experience in policy and legislation, having worked with various government entities on Renewable Energy, Water and Environmental Policy development and implementation.

Chief Executive Office |  Bambili Group

Zanele has over 27 years of work experience in the renewable energy industry, mining industry and financial markets.

Currently CEO of Bambili Energy a manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell systems and their sub-components. Zanele is co-leading the development of the fuel cell industry and co-developing the first Hydrogen Corridor in South Africa with South African and international corporations for the roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell trucks and buses. Also co-developing the first Hydrogen Valley in South Africa with the South African Government and local and international corporations for hydrogen economic hubs.

Chief Operating Officer  | Industrial Development Corporation

Joanne Bate is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a bachelor of commerce and honours in taxation from the University of Witwatersrand.

Her career in finance began at Industrial Development Corporation where she worked for more than 8 years as the head of Project Finance. She then later worked at ABSA Group for more than 11 years. Currently she is the Chief Operations Officer at the IDC.

Head of New Energy for Middle East and Africa  |  Siemens Energy

Manuel Kuehn is currently the Head of New Energy for Middle East and Africa at Siemens Energy and is Chairman of the Board of Siemens Pakistan Engineering Co. Ltd.

He received an undergraduate degree from Technische Universität Ilmenau, an undergraduate degree from Federal University of Santa Catarina and an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from European School of Management & Technology GmbH.

Technical Director Industrial Verticals, Decarbonized Energy Systems  |  Siemens Energy

Stanley Dorasamy is Technical Director with a background in the Industrial Verticals. He brings his skills in energy, power plants, electrification and automation and sales management.  His expertise is strongly in the area of development of decarbonization concepts for the Industrial Sector.  Stanley holds a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Helsinki University of Technology, in Finland and an Executive MBA from the University of Maastricht, in the Netherlands.

COEGA Project Development Manager (Oil & Gas)  |  Coega Development Corporation 

Duane Mouton acquired his MBA from Stellenbosch University and started his career at Sasol Polymers as a Junior Process Engineer.

He then became a Senior Process Engineer for Sasol then after moved to Coega Development Corporation and is currently the COEGA Manager of Project Development in Oil & Gas.

Deputy Director General Programmes and Projects  |  Department of Mineral Resources & Energy

Jacob Mbele is an Engineering and MBA graduate with more than 20 years working experience spanning the power, gas and mining  sectors. Jacob is currently Deputy Director General for Programmes and Projects in the Department of Mineral Resources & Energy. In his current role Jacob includes overseeing the integrated National Electrification programme,  the energy efficiency programme, and the rehabilitation of delict and ownerless mines programme. In his previous role as Chief Director for Electricity Policy, Jacob oversaw the development of the IRP 2019 and he is now responsible for its implementation through the IPP Office

Group Chief Executive Officer |  RRS Trade and Investments

Ipeleng Selele is a qualified International strategist and entrepreneur. She specializes in foreign market entry strategies and execution across different sectors and markets. Ipeleng has business interests in maritime affairs, oil and gas, LPG distribution, energy infrastructure,
foreign market entry strategies, maritime ports training & ICT (digital technology). Ipeleng is a Non-Executive Director at Siemens Energy, a board member of Mahlako Energy Infrastructure Fund & African Media Initiative. She holds an MSc (Master of Science) in International Marketing Strategy majoring in Foreign Market Entry Strategy from the University of London South Bank. She recently completed an African Leadership Executive Course from Oxford University as part of her TUTU Fellowship as well as a Strategy Execution Qualification from INSEAD, France. 

Executive Vice President: Energy Business  |  Sasol

Priscillah Mabelane is responsible for upstream and downstream gas activities as well as distribution, marketing and sales of liquid fuels in Southern Africa. She is leading strategy formulation for the Energy Business which will support and steer a stakeholder-centric approach in spurring sustainable growth. In addition, she is responsible for securing new gas supply and delivering renewable energy solutions to support Sasol’s climate change roadmap efforts. She was appointed to Sasol’s Group Executive Committee in September 2020 when she joined from BP Southern Africa (BPSA), where she was Chief Executive Officer. Directly prior she was Retail Operations Director for BP UK’s retail business and preceding this she was BPSA’s Chief Financial Officer for four years.

Southern Africa Head:Oil and Gas  |  Standard Bank

Paul is responsible for Standard Bank’s oil and gas sector coverage activities for Southern Africa (11 countries), across upstream, midstream, downstream, services and process industry clients. He has 20 years of energy corporate and investment banking experience, covering the oil and gas, power and utilities and renewables and carbon sub-sectors. Paul has been based in Africa for 10 years and has extensive experience of the SA/Southern African energy environment, as adviser, banker and financier.

Paul holds degrees from Birmingham University, London University and an MBA from Henley Management College. He is a Fellow of the Securities & Investment Institute, a member of the Energy Institute and has completed Harvard Business School’s Global Energy Seminar.