Meet the GridX Team
Over 100 years of combined experience developing projects across Africa in energy, infrastructure, mining, and telecommunications.
Driving Africa's Energy Future
Chief Executive Officer
Ryan Dunn
CEO of GridX Africa, leading energy transition projects across Africa. 6+ years building solar & storage solutions across 7 markets. MBA Georgetown, Peace Corps alum.
Chief Strategy Officer
Chalker Kansteiner
Leads strategic growth, fundraising & key partnerships; board director. Co-founder of ElandX (EV fleet-as-a-service). Formerly Black Rhino (Blackstone).
Chairman & Co-Founder
Harry Lopes
Over 12 years developing and financing renewable energy projects. Founder of Eden Renewables with more than 5GW of solar, wind and storage projects across the UK and US.
Chief Operating Officer
Luasi Nabutola
Accomplished engineering professional with experience at Turner & Townsend and Sanergy. MEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol.
Chief Financial Officer
James Fabola Jr
A decade of experience in investment and corporate finance. Former CFO at Arnergy. MBA from INSEAD (France).
Director
Gregory Meneses
Senior infrastructure executive & qualified attorney with 25+ years in large-scale energy platforms across Africa. Former MD Black Rhino Group, General Counsel SEACOM.
Head of Projects
Philipo Mollel
Background in finance, data analytics and project management from PwC and ALU School of Business. Degree in Electrical Power Systems from Glasgow Caledonian University.
Business Development
George Day
Former Head of Business Development at Cluff Geothermal; secured a 400MW geothermal development license in Ethiopia and managed a drill contract in Kenya.
Business Development
Dickson Minyuki
Extensive marketing experience including work with Heinz and consulting for international firms across Kenya.
Project Coordinator
Patricia Nyadhi
Experience in infrastructure and building construction across Sub-Saharan Africa. Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from the University of Nairobi.
Senior Project Developer
Valentin Davin
Renewable energy project developer & electrical engineer. 7+ years, delivered $25M+ clean energy (15+ MWp solar, 10 MWh storage). Honors EE from University of Nairobi.
O&M Engineer
John Weyama
Over five years installing, testing and commissioning more than 10MWp of solar power. EPRA licensed Class C1, T3 & B electrician.
About Us
GridX Africa offers commercial, industrial and distributed energy users bespoke and innovative renewable energy solutions.
GRIDX PARTNERS
Eden Renewables develops utility-scale solar and energy storage projects in the US and UK. Eden's team has nearly a decade of experience developing large-scale solar projects. In 2013 they set up the top-20 UK developer Solstice Renewables, an award-winning business known for its unique, ethical approach: putting community and biodiversity at the heart of its solar developments. Founders Harry Lopes and Giovanni Maruca have developed over 54 solar projects totaling 300MW over the last seven years
Pan African Capital Group (PACG) leverages its pool of permanent capital to make direct investments in financial services companies, participate in private equity funds and work with African and global clients to advise on structured lending, corporate finance, and other transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund is an African infrastructure opportunities fund seeking to make equity, quasi-equity and equity-related investments in private infrastructure in Africa. The Fund targets greenfield and brownfield projects, as well as investments in companies that provide services within the private infrastructure sector.