Roberto Vigotti is the Secretary-General of RES4Africa Foundation. He has more than 30 years’ experience in Enel where he covered various positions, from coordinating the research in the Research and Development Division to advising on strategy in the Business Development Division. In 2012 he embarked on the RES4Africa adventure, to promote renewable energy in Africa as a reliable and cost-effective way to meet local energy needs for sustainable growth.
Marco Aresti, as Access2Energy Programme Manager at RES4Africa Foundation, focuses on exploring and identifying innovative technical and business solutions to increase energy access in Africa. His professional challenge is to analyze expected scenarios in the post-carbon era, through the changing energy generation model and business model development for energy utilities.
Luca Traini is Senior Business Development and Partnership Officer at RES4Africa Foundation, with experience in sustainable development, energy and water sectors. With more than seven years of experience, he had the opportunity to work in European, African and Asian countries as Business Development Specialist and in Tanzania as Country Manager. Luca strongly believes in the potential of business development initiatives as they constantly evolved from ideas to the analysis, and to projects.
Birguy Lamizana has more than 20 years of working experience in the field of ecosystems and water management, environmental impacts assessments, community involvement, and capacity building related to integrated water resources management. Before joining UNOPS in 2009, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2012, Birguy served as Coordinator of the IUCN West Africa Regional Wetlands and Water Resources Programme. She was also the Regional Coordinator for the Global Water Partnership (GWP), and Technical Advisor for the African Development Bank (AfDB). Birguy is currently the Programme Management Officer in charge of wastewater management at UNEP.
The webinar will be moderated by Meseret Zemedkun, Programme Management Officer in charge of energy at UNEP.