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Ayisha Siddiqa
Youth Climate Advisor to UN Secretary General (US/Pakistan).
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Merab Birungi Byaruhanga
Project Manager and Policy Leader. Eng. Merab Birungi Byaruhanga is the Project Manager & head policy for the Promotion of Renewable and Energy Efficiency Programme at GIZ Energy & Climate cluster. The project focusses on policy interventions to support Government of Uganda in creating an enabling framework in energy sector, promotion of uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency with private sector, capacity building interventions for public & private sector and inclusion of energy aspects in planning processes for districts.Merab has over 10 years’ experience in implementation of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate projects with government, private sector, academia and development partners. She is passionate about mentoring young women in the energy sector.Merab is a registered engineer under the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers and is a member of the Federation of African Engineering Organization under the Governance committee.
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David Benazeraf
Former China Programme Officer.
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Marina Petrelli
Energy Analyst Africa.
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Dr William Ruto
President of Kenya.
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Melanie Slade
Senior Programme Manager, Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies Programme. Melanie Slade has spent thirty years in energy efficiency policy development and implementation in many parts of the world. She started out working in the UK Government on industrial and appliance energy efficiency and has worked with many other governments to establish similar programmes, perhaps most notably, the Government of China since the 1990s. In 2007 Mel became the Chair of Australia and New Zealand’s Equipment Energy Efficiency programme and where she led the phase-out of inefficient lighting. Mel moved to the International Energy Agency in February 2014 to manage the Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies Programme. Mel and her team work with policy makers in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and Thailand to develop more effective energy efficiency policy, track its progress and assess its potential.
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Dr Sarquis José Buainain Sarquis
Ambassador, Delegate of Brazil to the OECD and other economic organisations in Paris. An economist and career diplomat since 1991, Ambassador Sarquis has worked in the fields of economics, finance, international trade, investment, and development. He has also authored papers and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in these fields.He is currently Brazil’s representative to the OECD and other international economic organisations in Paris. Previously, he was Secretary for Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs and G20 Sherpa (2020-2023) and Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at the New Development Bank (2018-2020).Ambassador Sarquis holds a PhD and a MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a BSc in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He is also a graduate of Brazil’s diplomatic academy - Instituto Rio Branco.
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Amani Al-Saidi
Former Energy Data Officer.
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Rigathi Gachagua
H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH. Deputy President
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Josephine Tweneboah Koduah
Former Energy Analyst.
