Speakers
We are currently looking for innovative and relevant speakers for SPACE. If you think you would make a good speaker then please don’t hesitate to contact us via [email protected]
Jane Afrane
Regional Head, Africa Regional Network, World Green Building Council
Moses Banturaki
Managing Director, Danish Cleantech Group
Azmeena Bhanji
GM - Real Estate Developments PDM
Calvin Boia
Marketing Manager, Verde Hotels
Elizabeth Wangeci Chege
Chairperson, Kenya Green Building Society
Chris Coulson
Managing Director, Garden City
Sean Couzyn
Director, Sutherland Engineers
Eric Loki David
Architect & Environment Design Consultant, Planning Systems Services Ltd
Gikonyo Gitonga
Managing Director & CEO, Axis Real Estate
Andrew Gremley
Architect / Director, Pharos Architects
Arch. Juliet Kabere
Manager Training and Capacity Building, National Construction Authority (NCA)
John Kabuye Kalungi
Managing Director, BESIC Group
Abraham Muthogo Kamau
Director, Business Origination, Miradi Capital
Prashant Kapoor
Chief Industry Specialist-Green Buildings, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Dr. Mwenya Kasonde
Chief Executive Officer, Sishima Holdings Ltd
Moses Kimani
Architect and Urban Designer, Tatu City Ltd
Myles Kritzinger
Deal Maker, International Housing Solutions
Ritu Kumar
Director, Environmental and Social Responsibility, CDC
Olumide Lala
Africa Programme Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative
Andrey Lyubimov
Development Manager, Imaran Group
Gloria Mamwa
Head, Property, East Africa & Kenya, Standard Chartered Bank
Vhahangwele Manavhela
ESG Specialist, Public Investment Corporation
Dexter Moren
Director, Dexter Moren Associates
Wangari Muchiri
Real Estate & Sustainability Consultant & Analyst, East Africa, JLL
Nicholas Mugendi
General Manager, BIMAS
Nick Mwai
Head of Corporate Finance, International Green Structures
Raphael Mwito
Business Development Manager, BRITAM
Harriet Chebet Ng'ok
EU-Funding Project Manager, Finance & Competence
Hasnain Noorani
Owner and Managing Director, PrideInn Hotels & Conferencing
Levi Obingo
Senior Research Analyst, Asoko Insight
Esther Obonyo
Associate Professor of Engineering Design & Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Peter Odhengo
Senior Policy Advisor Climate Finance/Green Climate Fund NDA, National Treasury and Director, GKIT
Mairura Omwenga
Chairman, Town and County Planners Association of Kenya
Nickson Otieno
Director, Niko Green Ltd
Dhruv Pandit
Chief Executive Officer, Fedha Group
Bachir Rajji
Area Director of Engineering and Design META, Radisson Hotel Group
Madhur (Muddy) Ramrakha
Board Treasurer, Kenya Green Building Society
Caroline Ray
Regional Director - East Africa, Arup
Janet Ruto
Geocycle Coordinator, Bamburi Cement
Alexandre Smertnik
Vice President, Hospitality Investments, Quantum Global Alternative Investments
Bruce Walker
Chief Executive Officer, Verde Hotels
Matthew Weihs
Founder of Africa Event Services and Managing Director, Bench
Advisory Board
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of those industry specialists that have taken their time to help develop SPACE.
- Sudhir Patel, CEO – Paddock Investment
- Mark Martinovic, President and CEO – Hotel Spec
- Valentina Zeisler, Vice President – DEG
- Inge Huijbrechts, Vice President Responsible Business - Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
- Jenna Rowe, Senior Vice President Energy and Sustainability - JLL
- Conrard Debaveye, Director – Stauch Vorster Architects International (Pty) Ltd
- Ben Coster, Operations Director - Mace Management Services
- Abraham Kamau, Director Business Operation – Miradi Capital
- Jacob Wanyoike Mwangi, Executive Officer – Architectural Association of Kenya
We’d also like to thank all of those participants who took part in the IFC's Business Case for Green Buildings Workshop at the Africa Hotel Investment Conference run by Rusmir Musić, Strategy Officer, Climate Business Group at IFC - International Finance Corporation.
Godfrey Zakayo, Senior Investments Officer – Tourism Finance Corporation (TFC); Ashley Scott, Principal Director - AECOM; Melanie Richards, Senior Project Planner - WATG; Alessandro Tedesc, COO – FEBC International DMCC; Virna Ramazzini, Client Relationship Leader – Gensler; Gregory Stevens, Project Coordinator East Africa – Onomo Hotels; Sachin Ramkasoon, Business Development Director East Africa – Saint-Gobain; Michelle Cerruti, Residential and Hotel Sector Manager – Saint-Gobain; Franc Brugman, Director – Stauch Vorster Architects International (Pty) Ltd; Mardre Meyer, Creative Director – Source Interior Brand Architecture; Kevin Ninsiima, Head of Sales and Marketings – Century Park Hotel & Residences Ltd; Gillard Loth, Consultant – Power & Network Backup Co Ltd; Semugaza Alphonse, Owner – Kigali Diplomat Hotel; Sally-Anne Follett-Smith, Director Strategy & Cluster Development – Botswana Department of Tourism; Giovanni Berselli, EMEA Sales Director – Gosportsart; Ahmed Abdennadher, Export Sales Development Executive – JH Industries, Huet; Urvesh Rajani, Head of Trade & Project Finance – African Forfaiting Ltd.