Speakers

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Speakers confirmed to speak at the conference include: 

• Segomoco Scheppers, Group Executive, Transmission, Eskom
• Fernendes Barasa, CEO and MD, KETRACO
• Johathan Amoako-Baah, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), Ghana
• Dr John Mativo, Senior Technical Advisor, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO), Kenya
• Feliciano Massingue, Director of Transmission, Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), Mozambique
• Ziria Tibalwa Waako, Chief Executive Officer, Electricity Regulatory Authority, Uganda
• Godfrey Chibujunje, Director of Electricity, Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA), Tanzania
• Musara Beta, Chief Engineer – Markets, Southern African Power Pool (SAPP)
• Dr Prathaban Moodley, Technology Strategy & Planning Manager, Research, Test and Development Sustainability Division, Eskom
• Crescent Mushwana, Principal Engineer: Energy Systems, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
• Lebo Maphumulo, Corporate Specialist, Group Technology Division, Lines Engineer Services Department, Eskom
• Romaine Py, Head of Investments, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)
• Benoit Duretz, Sales and Marketing Director, SuperGrid Institute
• Andreas Berger, Senior Consultant, Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG
• Kannan Lakmeeharan, Partner, Mckinsey & Company, South Africa
• Prince Moyo, General Manager, Power Delivery Engineering, Eskom
• Jennifer Baldwin, Energy Officer, Power Africa, USAID
• Klaus Langschied, CEO and Managing Director,  GOPA - International Energy Consultants GmbH
• Shem Chelliah, Regional Sales Manager, GE Grid Solutions
• Stephane Wope, Regional Sales Manager BU PTS Cable, PFISTERER Kontaktsysteme GmbH
• Deon Rossouw, CEO, Chopper Worx (Pty) Ltd
• Senior representative from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID)

Jyoti Suri
Global Transmission Research
Email: jyoti.suri@globaltransmission.info 
Tel: +49-174-770-2339

Anchal Mittal
Global Transmission Research
Email: anchal.mittal@globaltransmission.info
Mobile: +91 981 001 6804 

Speakers in the previous Power Transmission in Africa conference included:

- Fernandes Barasa, MD and CEO, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company

- Mbulelo Kibido, General Manager, Transmision Grid Planning, Eskom

- Valentine Katabira, Deputy CEO, Uganda Electricity Transmission Company 

- Jean   Madzongwe, Transaction Advisor, Project Advisory Unit, South African Power Pool

- Godfrey Chibulunje, Head of Electricity Division, Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority

- John Mativo, Senior Technical Adviser, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company

- Mikhail Nikomarov, CEO, Bushveld Energy

- Patrick O'Halloran, Chief Engineer Network & Systems Management, City Power

- Kurt Dedekind, Secretary of the CIGRE Africa WG and Planning Manager, Eskom on CIGRE-World Bank Initiative

- Khayakazi Dioka, Corporate Specialist - HV Plant Engineering, Eskom

- Lebo Maphumulo, Corporate Specialist - Lines Engineering, Eskom

- Avneet Vohra, Vice President and Head, International Business, Sterlite Power Transmission

- Seaga Molepo, Senior Power Engineer, African Development Bank

- Romain Py, Head of Investments, African Infrastructure Investment Managers

- Arthur Burger, Chief Electrical Engineer - HV Power Lines, Eskom

- Jonathan Chetty, Senior Design Engineer - Transmission Towers, Eskom

- Namrata Mukherjee, Head - Policy Advocacy, Sterlite  Power Transmission Limited

- Kosuke Ambe, Deputy Divisional General Manager, Tokyo Rope 

- Nompumelelo Bofu, Senior Engineer, Eskom

- Crescent Mushwana, Principal Engineer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

- Shem  Chelliah, Regional Sales Manager, General Electric