GLOBELEQ - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER / KENYA
- HR Leader
Anne is an internationally experienced HR Leader, with 20 years of experience with leading multinationals. She has a values based leadership style, and track record for high performance in both well-established and start up business environments.
Her experience has covered roles accountable for business in Emerging Markets, Europe & USA, across diverse industries (Healthcare, Telecommunications and FMCG).
Her most recent role was with GlaxoSmithKline where she was the HR Business Leader for the Global Therapeutics Business, based out of the London HQ. Prior to that Anne held various HR leadership roles at GSK, including HR Business Leader for Africa and Export business (Middle East and Common Wealth of Independent States). She previously held senior HR roles at Vodafone UK and The Coca-Cola Company.
She brings expertise across a broad spectrum of HR Practices including in HR Strategy, People Leadership, Business Partnership, Talent Management, Diversity & Inclusion, Organisational Design, Rewards & Transformational Project Management
Job Titles:
- NON - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / SOUTH AFRICA
Diane Radley joined the Globeleq Board in July 2022. Previously she was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in South Africa where she led the Transaction Services Group, advising on local and international listings and corporate transactions.
In 2001 she joined Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd. as their Chief Financial Officer, serving as a non-executive director at Altech, BTG, and later Omnia, and WIPhold.
In 2010, after a three-year term as Old Mutual South Africa's Group Finance Director, she took over the reins at Old Mutual Investment Group as CEO until the end of 2016 responsible for the management oversight of all asset classes including infrastructure.
She currently serves on various global boards as a non-executive director.
Job Titles:
- NON - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / KENYA
Eddy Njoroge is the former CEO of Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), where he spearheaded the transformation of the company from a parastatal to a publicly listed company.
From 2008 to 2012, he was the President of the Union of Producers and Distributors of Electric Power in Africa. He currently serves as Chairman of Telkom Kenya and of the Nairobi Securities Exchange and is a board member of CfC Stanbic Bank, Real Insurance Ltd and Proctor & Allan among other companies.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
- CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER / SOUTH AFRICA
Gionata Visconti is Chief Operating Officer for Globeleq and leads the Group's operational activities, supports strategic, in-country governance work and oversees the process of existing and future operational assets. Gionata has over 20 years of experience in the power generation and energy sector and came to Globeleq from ContourGlobal where he was responsible for a diversified asset fleet across various thermal and renewable technologies in Africa. He has also worked with Wartsila and Caterpillar. Originally from Italy, he has spent most of his career abroad having been based in Senegal, Namibia, Cameroon and Germany as well as many other short-term assignments across the world.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director / Norway
Gunnar G. Løvås holds a Ph.D in mathematics and has more than 30 years of experience in the electricity industry in Norway. He is Executive VP in Statnett, the Norwegian Power Grid company, and is responsible for markets and power system development. Prior to that role, he was responsible for grid development, system operations, project development and investments, strategy and communication. He also led the construction of 2 x 150 MW gas-fired reserve power plants in Norway.
From 2014-2016, Gunnar was Deputy Director General in the Norwegian Railway Directorate, planning and executing large railway construction projects. In 2015-2019, Gunnar was a Board member of Glitre Energi (now part of Å Energi), one of the top energy companies in Norway, which held 2.5 TWh generation, grid, power sales, district heating and telecommunications. Since 2019 Gunnar is the Chair of the Board of Elhub, the datahub for electricity settlement data in Norway. Gunnar joined the Globeleq Board in August 2024.
Job Titles:
- NON - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / UNITED KINGDOM
As Managing Director, Debt and Infrastructure for British International Investment (BII) (formerly CDC Group PLC), Holger has over 20 years of experience in development finance in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe across a broad range of industries.
Before his current role, he was with DEG, the German Development Finance Institution, where he was responsible for building DEG's equity and mezzanine team and held various senior management positions. He previously worked as a commercial banker with Deutsche Bank.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- INTERIM CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER / SOUTH AFRICA
John has 20 years' experience working in the energy & infrastructure sectors. As interim Chief Development Officer, he leads Globeleq's business development activities across the group and is responsible for leading the strategy and growth of the business. He successfully led the 450MW Temane gas fired project in Mozambique, and under his leadership, he has significantly increased the project pipeline for the company.
Prior to his time at Globeleq, John was a commercial and legal advisor in London and South Africa where he was recognised as a leading advisor on large scale energy projects and project financings and was involved in some of the largest LNG projects in emerging economies including in Qatar, Papua New Guinea and across the African continent as well as working on large scale gas fired power projects and other complex value chain energy projects.
In addition to his Globeleq role, John regularly leads training seminars with senior government officials and other stakeholders related to energy developments and financings.
John holds a Juris Doctor of Law degree from the University of Washington and an undergraduate degree from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is a member of the New York bar.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER / SOUTH AFRICA
Jonathan was recently appointed as Globeleq's interim CEO. Originally joining Globeleq in 2010, and appointed Chief Development Officer (CDO) in 2020, he has been responsible for the origination and management of investments and leading the growth of the business by ensuring its strategy results in successful outcomes.
Jonathan sourced and led Globeleq's efforts to enter the renewable sector in South Africa its first 240MWs of wind and solar PV projects in the country. He led the step up to a majority equity stake in Azito. He has led the business development across Southern Africa where he has helped Globeleq advance its position in South Africa, Mozambique and Zambia.
During his leadership, he has helped to secure the Temane gas project and Cuamba solar project (both in Mozambique) and is working with the regional team to close the deals. Jonathan serves on Globeleq's Board, Executive Committee and Investment Committee.
Having previously worked for ABB Energy Ventures, Bear Stearns and InfraCo (of which he was a cofounder), Jonathan has more than 20 years of experience in the power, and other infrastructure sectors, working extensively across Africa, South-East Asia, India, Europe and parts of the Americas.
Job Titles:
- Business Leader and CEO
- Chairman of Voltalia Renewables
- NON - EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON / United Kingdom
With more than twenty years of experience, Laurence has been a Business leader and CEO in different business sectors from banking to consumer products to energy, chemicals and industrials, living in four different countries and leading businesses in over 30 countries.
Currently, Laurence is Chairman of Voltalia Renewables and a Non Executive Director and Chair of the Audit committee at Aperam stainless steel. She is also a Non Executive Director at SBM offshore and a Non Executive Director at Morgan Advanced Materials.
From 2007 - 2010, Laurence held the position of CEO of Castrol Industrial Lubricants and Services worldwide and from 2010 to 2013, Laurence was the CEO of Eoxis, a start-up producing power from wind parks and solar farms.
Laurence has a degree in Finance from Sup de Co Rouen- France, and an MBA from the University of Chicago (Booth) -USA from 1992.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- GENERAL COUNSEL / SOUTH AFRICA
Marlise has more than 15 years' experience in the African energy sector and has been with Globeleq since 2016, where she has been instrumental in significant deals and transactions for Globeleq (Brookfield acquisition, Temane gas-to-power, Cuamba PV solar and battery storage and the ongoing Mocuba acquisition). In her role as General Counsel, she is responsible for all aspects of legal, ethical and compliance issues and oversees the Company Secretariat. In addition to managing the legal function across the group, Marlise will continue to provide legal advice and support for all business transactions and contract negotiations.
Prior to joining Globeleq, she was Director and Co-Founder at Infrastream; in-house counsel at SolaireDirect (now Engie), and spent her early career in large corporate law firms in South Africa where she focused primarily on mergers and acquisitions. She has worked on projects in Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, Eswatini, Uganda and Botswana.
Job Titles:
- NON - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Paul has more than 30 years of experience in power industries across the world. Prior to his appointment on the Globeleq Board, he served for nearly two years as Globeleq's CEO. Before that, he founded and subsequently sold American Capital Energy & Infrastructure, a private equity group focused on global investments in energy infrastructure investments.
From 2002-2011, Paul served as the CEO of The AES Corporation, a 30,000-person global power company with assets in 30 countries.
Paul is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Prior to beginning his business career, he served as a line officer on a fast-attack nuclear submarine in the US Navy.
Paul currently sits on the boards of two publicly traded companies: Ingredion, Inc. (NYSE: INGR) and AquaVenture Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: WAAS).
Job Titles:
- Head of Infrastructure Equity for Africa
- NON - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / UNITED KINGDOM
Richard Charlton is Head of Infrastructure Equity for Africa and Pakistan at British International Investment (BII) (formerly CDC Group plc). He has more than fifteen years'experience in infrastructure in emerging markets, the last ten of which have been at BII; prior to this, he worked for PwC in the infrastructure and banking sectors.
Richard sits on a number of other boards and investment committees of BII investees in the power and ports sectors. Richard has lived and worked in the UK, Kenya, Malawi and India, holds an ACA from the ICAEW and Masters degrees from Cambridge and Oxford Universities
Job Titles:
- Interim Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Interim Chief Financial Officer / UNITED KINGDOM
Simon Webb was recently appointed as Globeleq's Interim Chief Financial Officer and leads all of the Group's Finance teams. Originally joining Globeleq in 2010 Simon has held a number of Finance roles within the organisation focusing on all areas of the business, including integrating acquisitions, building finance functions in newly entered jurisdictions, structuring new projects, Group and operating asset tax matters and financial control. Simon also served as the Group's Investment Committee Secretary from 2020 to 2024. Simon started his career at Deloitte where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2008. He is also CFA charter holder.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director / Norway
Øystein Øyehaug holds an MBA from the University of St. Gallen. He has 20 years experience from investment banking before joining Norfund as an investment director in 2016. At Norfund Øystein has overseen a portfolio of renewable energy assets in Asia, Africa and Latin America with particular focus on restructurings and M&A activity.
He was co-founder of investment bank ABG and served as its managing partner in London until the merger with Sundal Collier, which created a leading investment bank in Scandinavia. He also steered the privately owned investment holding company UMOE's effort to enter the renewables energy business in Canada and ran a renewables consultancy in Germany, before joining Norfund. Øystein joined the Globeleq Board in August 2024.