Advisor: Mobilising Renewable Energy Investments

• Sep 2021 - Present

Advisor: Mobilising Renewable Energy Investments

• Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

GET.invest is a European programme that aims at mobilising investment in decentralised renewable energy projects. It was launched in early 2019, building on its predecessor, the Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP). With an extended geographical focus beyond the African continent, GET.invest delivers by mobilising private sector and by building a pipeline of viable investment projects.GET.invest is hosted on the multi-donor platform GET.pro, implemented by GIZ, and funded by the European Union, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Austria.

Advisor

• Sep 2021 - Present

Advisor

• Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

At GET.invest, instrument of the Global Energy Transformation Programme (GET.pro)

Manager - Business Development

• Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

Manager - Business Development

• Apr 2021 - Jun 2021

Strategic Project Manager

• May 2018 - Oct 2018

Steering and facilitating strategic projects in East Africa.- Strategic project management of the company's new business line (from business creation to execution)- Transforming market research into strategic and tactical implementable actions in Rwanda and Tanzania- Internal consultancy for strategic sales in Tanzania

Manager, The MobiLab

• Apr 2017 - Apr 2018

Mobisol is a German company leading in the pay-as-you-go solar rural electrification industry across East Africa. Dedicated to "PLUG IN THE WORLD", Mobisol delivers clean and affordable solar home systems, thus replacing fossil fuel usage (kerosene) in low-income off-grid households. Mobisol's products combine solar energy with innovative mobile technology and microfinance.The MobiLab is where innovation meets customer insights in Mobisol; customer insights (from mass surveys and one-to-one interviews) begin their transformation journey into Mobisol's products and services. Where products such as a solar welding machine were imagined and then realised.RESPONSIBILITIES- Managing a cross-cultural team of 8 people (disciplinary and functional management)- Acting SPOC between Germany and Tanzania- Aligning the department and its goals to the company targets- People development and succession planning- Coordinating/supporting customer research - Data analysis and finalising survey reports- Building interdepartmental communication structures- Project management - Customer education

Junior Catalyst, Open Space Studio

• Oct 2014 - Jul 2016

Facilitating co-creation with large energy companies such as ABB, BASF, Total and others, as well as working with a number of startups on new ways forward. Supporting world class innovation in sustainable energy practices, understanding the experience beyond the theory.Working with groups of experts, researchers, students and industry professionals.

Hiwi

• Jan 2015 - Apr 2015

Intern

• Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

• International market research, Political scenarios, RE and Solar based policy and capacity updates for 7 countries. Further detailed market and technical related research for Indian solar market.• Sustainable Office – Best practices.• Solar Island ProjectBusiness model canvas design for 2 products (applicable to developed and developing nations), technical specification document compilation support, coordination between architect and technical team.• Micro-grids spin-off project Preliminary research documentation support for general information, business models and energy storage.

Lead consultant & Analyst

• Mar 2012 - Jan 2013

▪ Energy consulting - Incubated the practice, created and delivered the 1st year project plan (Tasks accomplished - acquired 5 customers, conducted 3 preliminary energy audits; researched the state-of-the-art and identified opportunities of collaboration between our firm and waste to biogas as well as coal gasification companies.)▪ Business Consulting - Engaged relevant stakeholders and steered board members through co-facilitation of 6 Business visioning workshops (Tasks included - client business research, business report creation (performance metrics and strategy recommendations))▪ Event Management - Developed and managed event marketing campaigns, ensured event goals were reached (Tasks accomplished –implemented marketing campaigns of 2 events, acquired 60% of event participants, prepared event agendas and participant lists).▪ HR consulting - Ensured engagement goals were reached by supporting the practice (Tasks accomplished - trained 2 HR representatives in policy implementation, created templates of “Key Result Areas (KRA’s)” and “Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)” for 3 companies)

Manager (Projects and Operations)

• May 2005 - Sep 2010

▪ Client Management - Developed and managed machinery overhaul projects of 3 customers, managed end-to-end relationships with 45 clients from Government, Defence, Power/Energy and Cement sectors (Tasks accomplished – 80% of projects delivered on time, increased sales turnover by 25%)▪ Operations - Collaborated operations between internal (office) and external (factory) teams, managed objectives long-term (trained employees, organised supply chain) and short-term (recovered dead contracts and payments) (Tasks accomplished – recovered damaged stock of INR 750,000/-, reduced logistics effort by 40%)▪ Engineering - Identified and innovated obsolete component replacements, provided emergency service during system breakdown, steered manager-level customers through technical advisory (Tasks accomplished – retained 3 customers, reduced system downtime to 5 days, extended life of 6 hydraulic systems)