Solar Roundtable: Addressing the impact of costs increase in supply chain and logistics on MENA Solar projects

Speakers

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  Marwan Al Jaber Sales Director - JA Solar
  

  Marwan Al Jaber

  Sales Director - JA Solar

  Marwan has seasoned sales and business development professional with 15 years of track record in sales, supply chain management, marketing and business operations in the PV Solar market and Advance Engineering segments in International Business Environment. joined JA Solar in 2016 as a Sales Manager and in 2020 became the Sales Director for JA Solar in ME until now. Prior joining JA Solar, worked with Gazania Solar as business development manager and M+W Group as business development manager.

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  Sumit Shikhar Senior Business Developer - EDFR
  

  Sumit Shikhar

  Senior Business Developer - EDFR

  Sumit has 10 years of experience across development, financial advisory and investment banking services in the infrastructure sector and utility sector in particular.
  In his current role as Senior Business Developer at EDF Renewables, he leads the development of wind, solar and other green technology projects in the Middle East and has been actively involved in all regional tenders for EDFR since joining.
  In his prior roles, he has successfully supported leading regional utility developers in capacity of financial advisor on various tenders and equity transactions.

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  Diaa Eed Strategic Business Director – Sungrow Middle East
  

  Diaa Eed

  Strategic Business Director – Sungrow Middle East

  He holds electrical and Electronics Engineering Degree , and MBA , Diaa has more than 10 Years in renewable energy specially PV solar with several PV solar companies

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  Ashok Ramakrishna Head of Business Development- SirajPower
  

  Ashok Ramakrishna

  Head of Business Development- SirajPower

  Ashok has more than 30 years of experience in the renewable energy industry with specific focus on solar. He has extensive experience in the business development and project management of solar projects in India and the Middle East.

  An Electronics Engineer graduate, he has worked in both government and private sector organisations like BHEL, Reliance Industries in India, as well as SirajPower in the UAE. He has built teams to work and grow the nascent solar business in these markets.
  He has been involved in the pioneering stages of the solar industry development in India as well as in the UAE and brings a wealth of business experience & expertise to SirajPower.

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  Shyam Yahdav Managing Director - Clenergize
  

  Shyam Yahdav

  Managing Director - Clenergize

  Shyam Yadav is the founder and MD of Clenergize Solar Consultants. He has grown the firm to be one of the leading Solar consulting firms in the region with over 500MW of projects in GCC alone. The firm has grown in the last 5 years with several landmark projects such as Pepsi, Aramex, Emirates etc. Shyam has a background in Engineering and oversees a team comprising of Technical, Financial and Legal experts who provide a one-stop advisory service to end users, developers and contractors in the solar industry. The firm is active in UAE, Oman, KSA, Europe and covers the scope of – Owners/Lenders Engineering, Design Packages, Project and Construction Management, Audits and Financial Advisory”

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  Torsten Nimtz Regional Director - hellmann
  

  Torsten Nimtz

  Regional Director - hellmann

  10 Years of experience in Global Freight forwarding

  Experience in various Solar Markets around the world

  Dedicated to Solar Energy Logistics Services for over 8 years

  Lived in the US, UK and Germany