Team Leader

Get.Transform Flagship Initiative Policy Catalyst Programme • Market development and regulation RE projects on-grid/off-grid • Creating the environment necessary to develop bankable renewable projects • IPP/procurement • Distributed Generation • Mini-Grids • Programme management • Strategy and implementation • RE markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean • Advisor to governments, institutions and the private sector

Director, Owner

Management Consulting Energy & Climate Europe, Latin America & Asia • Project & Programme Development RE • Project & Programme Management RE • Policy Advice • Strategic Advice • Market Analysis • Evaluation & Monitoring

Director

Asian German Energy Partnership (commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy (MoE). Supporting bilateral cooperation, private sector cooperation and business development in the energy sector • Act as Team Leader and Principal Advisor of the bilateral Energy Partnership • Responsible for the development of the overall strategic concept, implementation strategy and network-building • Enabling high-level bilateral energy dialogue and promoting country specific RE/EE solutions • Extending networks and initiating cooperation with the German private sector, research institutions, etc. • Technical advice and management of eight core task forces on flexible grid infrastructure and management, utility-scale solar and wind farms, rural electrification & off-grid solutions, e-mobility & storage technology, green hydrogen & renewable gases, smart cities, net zero industry solutions, R&D cooperation • Provision of market intelligence to project developers • Advice and support on funding and investment • Responsible for external communication strategy

Director

Optimal integration of renewable energy, green hydrogen, and BESS into the Moroccan Power Grid Cooperation with Moroccan partners) to develop solution approaches and mobilize the capacity required for the targeted integration of renewable energy (Indicative budget: €5.0m) Key tasks: • Act as the Program Leader in charge of activities, team and budget management • Involvement in adapting instruments and processes for grid management to identify any changes that need to be made for better integration of renewable energy • Guide infrastructure toward renewable resources, advising the actors on creating a roadmap to boost the share of renewable energy • Support the electricity provider to implement relevant measures that ensure stability and flexibility, contributing to leveraging technological and economic opportunities • Offer support with training grid operators in the latest innovations that guarantee higher rates of renewable energy integration

Director Renewable Energy Programme

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE) Project (commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in cooperation with the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) and State Bank of Pakistan) to consider the conditions for the wider uptake of permanent and effective solutions for renewable energy and energy efficiency to be improved (Budget: ~ €7.0m) Key responsibilities: • Served as Principal Program Manager with the overall responsibility for team, budget and activities management • Advised on the strategic conception and planning of two new projects • Supported grid integration of renewable energy and storage, off-grid energy supply and energy efficiency in the building sector and industry • Advocated innovative business models and offered policy advice • Participated in capacity building for grid operators, establishing an energy forum and market incentive programs • Principal Advisor for the NDC Partnership. Strengthening the financing and implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions with climate financing advice • Principal Advisor Climate Finance Readiness Programme (CF-Ready). Improving conditions for the effective, transformative and efficient access and use of funds from international climate finance. • Support to the State Bank of Pakistan to develop Green Banking Guidelines (GBG). These guidelines provide an environmental due diligence framework for all commercial banks in Pakistan for financing renewable energy projects. Training of commercial banks on RE project finance. Main achievements • Policy support to the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) and National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) and improvement of financing conditions resulted in renewable energy projects amounting to nearly 2,000 megawatts (MW) capacity being newly installed and connected to the national grid • Establishment of the Pakistan-German Renewable Energy Forum has fostered interaction between the German and Pakistani public and private sectors thus seven Pakistani solar power companies have so far established business contacts with 40 German companies resulting in positive business transactions • Establishment of NDC Partnership improving implementation and finance of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for national actors and private sector • A new legal framework has been introduced for net metering which allows public and private consumers to sell surplus power, generated by solar systems, of up to 1 MW to distribution companies • Contributed to saving costs and making economies: about an equivalent of 150 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity per annum, saving about 600 million Pakistani Rupees (€3.6m) on an annual basis

Director Solar Energy Programme

Strategic Advisor for the direction and overall management of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) program "Commercialization of solar energy in urban and industrial areas" (Comsolar), GIZ India (Overall budget: ~ €14m), in charge of: Ø Strategy development for marketing solar energy and supporting the implementation of the National Solar Mission of the Government of India Ø Development and demonstration of innovative business models for solar energy on-grid and off-grid applications Ø Preparation, management and monitoring of the piloting of demonstration projects including the development of business plans for up-scaling (Examples: solar systems in rural areas (Ladakh), Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium, Bangalore (400kW), Solar PV plant Delhi Metro & Rail Cooperation (500 kW) and decentral CSP plant (1MWel) in rural Rajasthan). Principal responsibilities: • Assisted with business advisory services for developers to enable investments in and the development of solar projects • Development and management of a solar and desalination project for Lakshadweep Islands • Implementation of the "Solar Guidelines - a pathway to project finance and implementation". A tool on policy & regulation, legal and administrative requirements for investors and project developers • Supported comprehensive capacity building and R&D cooperation, including administrations, financial institutions, universities and private sector organizations on the development and financing of solar projects in India • Main responsible for the design and implementation of the whole program, managing and supervising the activity of seven technical experts • Advised the government of India (MNRE) regarding their electrification programs and the commercialization of solar energy and storage solutions in rural India: conducted trainings on mini grids and quality aspects, the promotion of concepts and business models targeting the spread of a solar energy-based supply in rural India • Developed innovative business models for on- , off-grid solar PV and storage solutions • Advised the Renewable Energy Development Agencies (REDA) of Jammu & Kashmir, India and their rural electrification programs on the development of suitable support schemes and policies for the use of solar energy, as well as helping local businesses in rural parts of the Himalayan region • Directed the distribution companies of the State of Madhya Pradesh to deploy solar photovoltaic power generation facilities • Guided the Government of Uttar Pradesh in developing a framework to encourage solar photovoltaic projects as well as offered recommendations to Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency to boost these solar photovoltaic projects • Helped the Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science & Technology Promotion Society (CREST) to develop a Net Energy Metering Scheme and providing input to the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) in developing regulations for ground mounted and solar rooftop photovoltaic • Submitted recommendations for the implementation of a Net Metering Mechanism to the Forum of Regulators (FOR) in India