Synergy Consulting, Inc. is a Lead Sponsor @ aef 2023

Synergy Consulting, Inc. is a 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫 @ 𝐚𝐞𝐟2023.

Synergy brings industry expert panelists to aef 2023 in Nairobi:

AMAN Sachdeva, Founder, President, and CEO, Praveen Umredkar, Managing Director, and Vishwas Gupta, Associate Director @ Synergy Consulting, Inc., are the prominent 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 – 𝐚𝐞𝐟2023 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢.

• Mr. AMAN Sachdeva will be the Chairperson in the Panel Discussion on “𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐟𝐟-𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤.”

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚:
o  How Can IPPs diversify risk by moving away from a single-buyer model
o  Building a portfolio of off-takers

Date: June 22, 2023 (Day 3)
Time: 15:30 – 17:00
Venue: Boardroom 2, KICC, Nairobi

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬:
o  Chairperson: Mr. AMAN Sachdeva, Founder, President, and CEO, Synergy Consulting, Inc.
o  Sedania Gebre, Senior Transaction Advisor on USAID Power Africa, East Africa Energy Program, RTI
o  Wilfred Van den Bos, Co-CEO, Development & Construction, Serengeti Energy
o  Robert Anyang, Chief of Party, Uganda Strategic Investment Activity, Chemonics International
o  Dennis Nderitu, Manager, Energy Systems, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP)
o  Christo Fourie, Head of the Energy Strategic Business Unit, IDC

• Mr. Praveen Umredkar will be a panelist in the Panel Discussion on “𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.”

𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚:
o  Self-funding versus IPP models – advantages, disadvantages, risks, and opportunities
o  What capital is available
o  What are financiers looking for

Date: June 21, 2023 (Day 2)
Time: 13:30 – 15:00
Venue: Boardroom 3, KICC, Nairobi

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬:
o  Praveen Umredkar, MD, Synergy Consulting, Inc.
o  Amith Singh, Head of Energy, Nedbank, CIB
o  Kwame Parker, Managing Partner, Frontier
o  Theuns Ehlers, Head: Project Finance, Absa CIB

• Mr. Vishwas Gupta, Associate Director, Synergy Consulting, Inc., will be a panelist in the Panel Discussion on ”𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.”

𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚:
o  What are trends in hydrology indicating
o  Bankability considerations
o  Working with lengthy study and construction timelines

Date: June 22, 2023 (Day 3)
Time: 09:00 to 10:30
Venue: Boardroom 1, KICC, Nairobi

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬:
o  Vishwas Gupta, Associate Director, Synergy Consulting, Inc.
o  Carlos Yum, MD, Mphanda Nkuwa Hydroelectric Project Implementation Office (GMNK), Republic of Mozambique
o  Dan Croft, Regional Upstream Manager, IFC
o  Richard Charlton, Director & Head of Infrastructure Equity Africa & Pakistan, BII

(Meetings are to be held under Chatham House Rule)