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- PPA in televised launch of Energy Saving Guide in St Lucia - 12th August 2010
- Distributed Generation Connection Guides published on Energy Networks Association (ENA) website - 12th August 2010
- PPA Energy in the hot seat filming training material for engineering graduates - 13th July 2010
- Second Workshop in Saint Lucia and appearance on local TV - 22nd June 2010
The strength of any consultancy business lies in its personnel
The key professional staff of PPA Energy are experts in the energy field, and they all have between fifteen and thirty years of experience. Their technical and economic analytical skills are complemented by their extensive experience within the international energy sector. PPA Energy staff have worked on energy projects in over 80 countries around the world, including all the major regions. Their international experience covers projects financed by a wide range of private and public clients, including virtually all the leading international development agencies. Brief bio-data, key qualifications and experience of our senior staff are presented below.
Neil Pinto - Chief Executive Officer
Neil Pinto is the CEO of PPA Energy. He has more than 30 years international experience of work in the power sector, of which 18 years has been spent as a Director in a consultancy company. He is a Chartered Engineer and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Neil has focused on studies associated with the restructuring of power utilities, regulatory reviews, assessment and analysis of new capacity requirements, assistance in the developmental process for private power projects and the electricity pricing.
Contact neil.pinto@ppaenergy.co.uk
Craig Lucas - Executive Director
Craig Lucas is responsible for Marketing and Business Development in PPA Energy. Craig is a Chartered Engineer and holds a Masters Degree in Electricity Industry Management and Technology, along with a Postgraduate Diploma in Telecommunications Networks and Systems.
He has worked in the rail, electricity and telecommunications sectors in a range of business development, engineering and senior management roles. He commenced his career in the rail industry, specialising in electrification.
Contact craig.lucas@ppaenergy.co.uk
Don Webster - Executive Director
Don Webster is an Executive Director of PPA Energy. He is a Chartered Engineer and has worked in the power sector for around 25 years. The earlier part of his career was involved with the design of hydropower schemes, but since completing an MBA in the late-1980s he has been almost exclusively involved with providing economic, financial and strategic advice to power utilities and private power entities. He has also assisted development agencies with energy policy interventions in sub-Saharan Africa, and with the design of assistance programmes for the energy sector.
Contact don.webster@ppaenergy.co.uk
Tony Woods - Chief Financial Officer
Tony Woods is the Chief Financial Officer of PPA Energy. He joined the company in April 2008. Prior to this he was for three years the Commercial Director of Cre8 Innovation Solutions Ltd, having previously worked since the early 1970s for EDF Energy and its predecessor companies - particularly London Electricity. Tony is a professional management accountant who has spent his working life dealing with the commercial and financial aspects of the electricity industry with extensive experience of UK practice in the management of electricity networks and the energy sector generally.
Contact tony.woods@ppaenergy.co.uk
Dr Graeme Chown - Executive Director (South Africa)
Dr Graeme Chown is an Executive Director for PPA Energy (Pty) Ltd in South Africa and manages all local activities.
Graeme is a power systems specialist. His core skills are in ancillary services, SCADA and real time power control. Graeme joined PPA Energy in January 2005. Previously he worked for 18years for Eskom, the main power utility in South Africa. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering and is a member of the South African Institute for Electrical Engineers.
Contact graeme.chown@ppaenergy.co.za
Jonathan Hedgecock - Executive Director
Jonathan Hedgecock is an Executive Director of PPA and has worked in power sector consultancy for the past 22 years, initially focusing on transmission and distribution system planning and analysis. This involved him in numerous assignments in the international electricity sector, undertaking least cost network development studies and power system simulation projects for public and private sector clients. With the growth in electricity sector reform internationally, Jonathan worked increasingly with IPP developers on the evaluation of opportunities for connecting new power plants to the transmission and distribution networks.
Contact jonathan.hedgecock@ppaenergy.co.uk
Cliff Walton - Executive Director
Cliff Walton is an acknowledged international expert in the management of power network assets, particularly in the optimisation of performance of ageing network assets. Previously Head of Strategic Development for EDF Energy Networks, he has extensive experience in engineering, innovation, commercial, financial, business process and technology change activities. He has had a wide range of roles and responsibilities in both power and telecommunications.
Contact cliff.walton@ppaenergy.co.uk
Sarah Carter - Principal Consultant
Sarah Carter is a Chartered Engineer with 20 years of experience in power consultancy. Since joining PPA in 2005 Sarah has been involved with a variety of projects including the development of a transmission pricing and loss factor calculation model for the Southern African Power Pool; determination of transmission and distribution costs for a project assessing the Power Infrastructure Investment Needs for Sub-Saharan Africa and the updating of a supply/demand study to determine the future requirements for, and economics of, base-load generating plant in the Philippines.
Contact sarah.carter@ppaenergy.co.uk
Fhedzi Modau – Senior Consultant (South Africa)
Fhedzi is a power system specialist with core skills in power system control and stability. He has a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Electrical Engineering.
He is a registered professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Previous work experiences in Eskom (the main power utility in South Africa) for eight years .
Contact Fhedzi.Modau@ppaenergy.co.za
Claire Wilkinson - Consultant
Claire joined PPA after graduating from Imperial College in 2007 with a first class MEng degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, specialising in power systems. At PPA Energy Claire carries out the analysis of generation, transmission and distribution projects and systems for utilities, industrial companies and regulators internationally.
As part of a recent project on minimum standards of quality of service and reliability of supply, Claire took part in an international workshop in Johannesburg, presenting results to the client.
Contact claire.wilkinson@ppaenergy.co.uk
Marie Molinier - Consultant
Marie Molinier joined PPA Energy in 2008. She has recent experience in renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency, energy demand assessment and forecasting, heat and power mapping and sustainability benchmarking.
Marie holds an Engineering Degree from one of the French "Grandes Ecoles" and an MSc in Sustainable Energy with Distinctions. She is a member of the Energy Institute.
Contact marie.molinier@ppaenergy.co.uk
Dr Sree Bandi - Consultant
Sree is a consultant focusing on transmission and distribution networks, system operation and electricity market design issues.
She holds a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College London. She specialises in power systems design and operation and integration of renewable energy into distribution networks.
Contact sree.bandi@ppaenergy.co.uk
Borsu Shahnavaz-Consultant
Since joining PPA Energy Borsu has been involved with modelling and data analysis in a project to improve the performance of an online condition monitoring system for a UK distribution network operator. Furthermore he has developed a Management Information System for monitoring key performance indicators to assess management performance for the power and gas sector (World Bank project- Bangladesh).
Borsu holds an MSc degree with distinction in Engineering Projects and System Management and an MSc degree with distinction in Mining-Engineering.
Contact a.shahnavaz@ppaenergy.co.uk
Rahul N Desai-Consultant
Rahul is a power professional with over 3 years of hands on work experience in the Power Sector. Rahul holds an MBA from University of Leeds, UK and a Power Engineering degree from National Power Training Institute, New Delhi, India.
Rahul was an executive in North Delhi Power Ltd (NDPL), a joint venture of Tata Power and Government of Delhi. He was involved in business process re-engineering of commercial processes, smart metering (AMR) roll out, and other commercial loss reduction activities.
Contact rahul.desai@ppaenergy.co.uk
John Snow - Associate Consultant
John Snow joined PPA Energy in 2009 as an Associate Consultant through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership scheme between PPA Energy and Cardiff University.
As a member of PPA Energy, John carries out specialised experimental research and analysis of power distribution equipment, tackling the solution of remote fault characterisation.
Contact ppa@ppaenergy.co.uk