Dr. Joan Clos is the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), at the level of Under Secretary General by the United Nations General Assembly. He has held this office since October 2010. Born in Barcelona on 29 June 1949, he is a medical doctor with a distinguished career in public service and diplomacy. He was twice elected Mayor of Barcelona, serving two…
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Børge Brende has been Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs since October 16, 2013. He also served as Minister of the Environment and as Minister of Trade and Industry, and as a member of the Storting. Brende has also been a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Conservative Party for more than 10 years. Brende also served as Managing Director of the World Economic Forum with responsibility…
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Thierry graduated from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées engineering school in Paris and began his career in Malaysia with the construction firm of GTM International. He then joined France’s Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations where he held several positions with its engineering subsidiary Egis Projects, moving up from project manager, then director of concession projects to his appointment…
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Gerardine Mukeshimana est ministre de l'agriculture et des ressources animales de la République du Rwanda. Elle supervise toutes les activités liées à l'agriculture et à l'élevage dans le pays, notamment la mise en œuvre des politiques existantes et l’élaboration de nouvelles politiques. Elle est également responsable de la coordination avec d'autres ministères et partenaires au développement,…
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Ms. Townsend is a Peruvian TV news reporter and presenter with a long track record as a local and international journalist. She holds a Law degree and an Associate of Arts degree from the Universidad Católica del Perú (1994-2000). She started her career writing for local news magazine, Caretas, and working as a news presenter for Chanel 2 in Peru. Her international status came in the late 90s…
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Rune Bjerke took up the position as group chief executive of DNB in January 2007. He was formerly president and CEO of Hafslund ASA, and has also been president and CEO of Scancem International. Rune Bjerke has held a number of board positions in large companies. He has also served as finance commissioner of the Oslo City Council and as a political adviser in Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and…
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During his 30 years working in the energy sector, Mr. Fernández has held positions as Development Officer and International Division Officer of Gener, a Chilean utility, leading the teams that developed Puerto Ventanas S.A., Norgener S.A., Guacolda S.A., and Eléctrica de Santiago S.A. in Chile. Mr. Fernández also led Gener’s team that evaluated and managed different privatization processes in…
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Rosa Maria Ortiz Rios is a lawyer with extensive experience in administrative, civil, commercial, corporate and hydrocarbons law, both in the public and private sector. In the public sector, she has held advisory as well as management positions on subjects related to procurement, concessions, privatizations, administrative, public and hydrocarbon law. Prior to her appointment as Minister of…
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Angus McCrone is chief editor of Bloomberg New Energy Finance. He has overall editing responsibility for the company’s research and newsletters on renewable energy, energy-smart technologies, carbon, gas and power. He works closely with BNEF’s 120- strong team of analysts and researchers, and takes a particularly close interest in topics such as clean energy investment trends, project finance,…
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Maja Wessels is Executive Vice President, Global Public Affairs, for First Solar, Inc., based at the company’s headquarters in Tempe, Arizona. She oversees First Solar’s government/regulatory affairs and community relations activities. Maja joined First Solar as head of government affairs for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region in May 2008 after serving 4 years as Senior Vice President,…
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