MENTORING PROGRAMMES

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GWNET Mentoring Programme 2019

This 12-month mentoring programme, launched in March 2019, connected over 20 mentees in junior and middle management roles within the energy sector. GWNET carefully matched each mentee with a mentor to ensure strong, compatible partnerships, conducted primarily online with a series of knowledge-transfer webinars for broader learning.

Alongside mentoring, participants accessed GWNET webinars for professional development and could network with peers and alumni. Upon completing the programme, mentees received a Certificate of Completion, recognising their growth and achievements.

View Mentees in this programme:

Agata Rostran: Consultant, Nicaragua Electricity Company, Nicaragua
Ana Alfaro: Country Coordinator of RE and EE (4E) and development of Geothermal Energy in Central America, GIZ, Costa Rica
Anja Ruehlemann: Assistant Consultant, Arete Publica Associates, Germany
Diana Nyakato: Head of Legal, Compliance & Company Secretary, EFC, Uganda
Ellen von Zitzewitz: Deputy Director of International Energy Relations, BMWi, Germany
Hanna Fazilova
Hilda Franco: Power Purchase Agreement Specialist, ENERGUATE, Guatemala
Isabel von Griesheim: Technical Advisor (Energy), GIZ, El Salvador
Manuela Stierna: Energy Consultant, WSP Sverige, Sweden
Melina Monjour: Communications and Policy Assistant, Alliance for Rural Electrification, Belgium
Merce Labordena: EU Senior Policy Advisor, SolarPower Europe, Belgium
Milena Murta: Corporate Social Responsibility Coordinator, Brookfield Energia Renovavel, Brazil
Nancy Chacon: Renewable Energy & Engineering Process Consultant, Guatemala
Neema Shayo: Energy Advisor, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Rosilena Lindo: Project Manager “Development of the Solar Water Heaters Market of Panama”, UN Environment, Panama
Silvia Carolina Chacon: Energy Programming Analyst, Regional Operator Entity (EOR), El Salvador
Silvia Escudero: Originator Southwest Europe, Statkraft Markets GmbH, Spain
Sofia Rodriguez: Renewable Energy Engineer, Graviton Grupo ALDESA, Costa Rica
Sonia Ramos: Energy Sustainability Engineer, ISENER, Spain
Stephanie Tatiana: Technical Advisor, GIZ, El Salvador
Tanja Muller: Marketing & Sales Career Starter, HILTI, Switzerland
Teresa Guadelupe: Teaching Technician, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador

View Mentors in this programme:

Balini Ketheeswaran: Key Account Manager, Molex, Germany
Barbara Fischer-Aupperle: Founding Partner, GWNET, Germany
Brigitte Maria Gruber: Director, Frauen:Fachakademie, Austria
Christine Lins: Executive Director, GWNET, Austria
Corina Radu: Founder, Solutions4Impact, Romania
Hanne May: Head of Communications, dena ,Germany
Irene Giner-Reichl: President, GWNET, Austria
Johan van den Berg: Head of Secretariat, AEEP, South Africa
Karin Reiss: Program Coordinator, UNIDO, Austria
Katharina Habersbrunner: Board member, Bündnis Bürgerenergie BBEn e.V., Germany
Laura Williamson: Partnership Development, REN21, United States/New Zealand
Lucia Haeger: Senior Vice President Global Sourcing, PERI GmbH, Germany
Magdalena Teufner-Kabas: Managing Partner – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, klein kraft, Austria
Monica Oliphant: Research Scientist and Renewables & Environment Consultant, Independent, Australia
Paula Mints: Chief Market Research Analyst, SPV Market Research, USA
Rabia Ferroukhi: Deputy Director – Knowledge, Policy and Finance Center, IRENA, Algeria/Austria
Rana Ghoneim: Chief- Energy systems and Infrastructure Division, UNIDO, Austria
Sandra Mejia: Freelance Consultant and Part-time Advisor, Istituto de Promocion Humana (INPRHU), Nicaragua
Sandra Retzer: Director Development Policy Forum, GIZ, Germany
Tanja Faller: Regional Director Energy, GIZ, Germany
Tania Rödiger-Vorwerk: Relations Manager International Project Development and Financing, Doppelmayr Seilbahnen, Austria
Vicky Healey: Project Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA

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