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| | <span style="color:#808080">'''Individual’s experience in the humanitarian/energy sector:</span>''' Stefan holds a master’s degree in Global Human Development from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with a focus on private sector development and social enterprises and holds a BA in African Studies from Dartmouth College. | | <span style="color:#808080">'''Individual’s experience in the humanitarian/energy sector:</span>''' Stefan holds a master’s degree in Global Human Development from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with a focus on private sector development and social enterprises and holds a BA in African Studies from Dartmouth College. |
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| − | Cecilia is a Senior Advisor and Access to Energy Lead at Mercy Corps and provides technical assistance on community energy services, private sector partnerships and innovative financing solutions to teams working on Energy Access across Mercy Corps. Prior to joining her current role at Mercy Corps, she project managed a multi-country EU-funded program that focused on women’s economic development through renewable energy - reaching 4,650 small-medium enterprises and 21,000 women.
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| | + | Bboxx is a next generation utility, transforming lives and unlocking potential through the provision of affordable, reliable, and clean energy. As CEO, Mansoor leads Bboxx in all aspects of its business – from its head office and engineering lab in London to its factory in China, to distribution from its local shops in 12 markets. Mansoor is an expert in energy strategy development and particularly innovative financing solutions for the off-grid energy industry, chiefly for debt and subsidy solutions. |
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| − | <span style="color:#808080">'''Organization’s experience in the humanitarian/energy sector:</span>''' Mercy Corps’ Energy Access portfolio spans over 15 countries, providing clean, affordable and reliable access to energy to the world's most vulnerable communities. Our approach to energy access is rooted in innovative, market-based programming that supports resilient livelihoods. Projects range from last-mile distribution of certified solar and clean cooking products, to energy efficiency, rural electrification, and grid scale productive power projects. | + | <span style="color:#808080">'''Individual’s experience in the humanitarian/energy sector:</span>''' Prior to founding Bboxx, Mansoor established e.quinox at Imperial College London, a non-profit society focused on energy access, focusing initially on Rwanda. Following this, he co-founded Bboxx in 2010. |
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| | + | <span style="color:#808080">'''Organization’s experience in the humanitarian/energy sector:</span>''' Bboxx has been operating since 2010 to provide energy access through solar power, impacting the lives of 1.8 million people to date. Bboxx has also engaged with the Moving Energy Initiative to distribute high-quality solar products in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, establishing a retail outlet there. |
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Olivier Jacquet, Business Development VP, Access to Energy, Africa, Middle-East and South Africa – Sustainable Development – Schneider Electric
Olivier Jacquet studied electrical engineering at University College, London UK, and at the French High School Centrale-Supélec. After he graduated his MSc, he also studied his MBA at College des Ingénieurs in Paris, France. Since 1998, Olivier hold various positions at Schneider Electric in solution sales, manufacturing, and entered general management roles since 2004, as Factory Manager in Western France, then as Zone Manager in Vietnam Philippines and Cambodia, and lately Senior Vice President for international projects in EMEA region.
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Stefan Grundmann, COO, FINCA International
Stefan is currently COO of FINCA International. Through March 2020, Stefan led BrightLife, a social enterprise by FINCA International in Uganda. BrightLife provides last-mile distribution and end-user financing for basic service products, including solar home systems and improved cookstoves.
Individual’s experience in the humanitarian/energy sector: Stefan holds a master’s degree in Global Human Development from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with a focus on private sector development and social enterprises and holds a BA in African Studies from Dartmouth College.
Organization’s experience in the humanitarian/energy sector: In 2019, BrightLife launched solar home system sales in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda, with support from USAID under the “De-Risking Pay-As-You-Go Solar Home Systems in Uganda Refugee Settlements” Project.
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Mansoor Hamayun, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Bboxx
Mansoor is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Bboxx.
Bboxx is a next generation utility, transforming lives and unlocking potential through the provision of affordable, reliable, and clean energy. As CEO, Mansoor leads Bboxx in all aspects of its business – from its head office and engineering lab in London to its factory in China, to distribution from its local shops in 12 markets. Mansoor is an expert in energy strategy development and particularly innovative financing solutions for the off-grid energy industry, chiefly for debt and subsidy solutions.
Individual’s experience in the humanitarian/energy sector: Prior to founding Bboxx, Mansoor established e.quinox at Imperial College London, a non-profit society focused on energy access, focusing initially on Rwanda. Following this, he co-founded Bboxx in 2010.
Organization’s experience in the humanitarian/energy sector: Bboxx has been operating since 2010 to provide energy access through solar power, impacting the lives of 1.8 million people to date. Bboxx has also engaged with the Moving Energy Initiative to distribute high-quality solar products in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, establishing a retail outlet there.
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