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Women in Energy Empowerment Mentoring Programme 2023

The Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) on behalf of the German Energy Agency (dena) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), under the German bilateral energy partnerships, was excited to present the second cohort of the “Women in Energy Empowerment” mentoring programme.

This mentoring programme aimed to advance the careers of mid-career women working in the energy transition, in Israel, Türkiye, and Ukraine, through mentorship, knowledge transfer, and networking. We thank all applicants for taking part in this process.

About Dena: German Energy Agency (dena) works on projects, programmes and campaigns that promote energy efficiency and environment-friendly transformation of energy, distribution and use, renewable energies, climate protection and sustainable development. Visit website:  https://www.dena.de/

About BMWK: Visit to the German Government’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) website here: BMWK – Homepage

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Israel:

  • Arina Shachar-Vishnevsky, CFO at Star Pumped Storage Ltd
  • Aya Ephrati, Innovation and Deal Flow at Enel (Innovation Hubs)
  • Dana Cohen, Climate and Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace
  • Daria Golan, Senior Product Manager at ExpertPower
  • Gabrielle Peled, Independent Lawyer at Independent
  • Irina Tsiganov, Chief Operating Officer at Bar-Dov Engineering & Management LTD
  • Meital Alon, CTO at MitroFix
  • Noa Aharoni, Head of Strategic Business Development at Apollo Power
  • Noga Halevi, Strategy and Policy Lead at SolarEdge
  • Ophira Melamed, CEO at NitroFix
  • Orit Vetzler, General Manager at Venair
  • Ortal Tiurin, R&D Engineer at Hydrolite
  • Osnat Merom Jacov, Technologist in the Plastic industry
  • Shiri Dror Kuhan, Legal Consultant for the Energy Sector and a Start-up Founder
  • Shiri Heffer, Senior Environmental Economist – Waste and Energy expert
  • Tali Zohar, Researcher at the Dead Sea and Arava Science Center and Head of the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation department at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
  • Viktoriya Sergeyeva, Director at the Expert Petroleum Ukraine LLC

 

Türkiye:

  • Ada Tekin, Project Manager at Smart Güneş Teknolojileri
  • Arzu Gürkan, Deputy General Manager at BESENVE ENERJİ A.Ş
  • Buket Teneke Oduncu, Assistant Professor at Karabuk University
  • Çağla Odabaşı Özer, Advanced Projects and Data Science at Siro Silk Road Clean Energy Storage Technologies
  • Canan Avsar, I&C Coordination Chief at Calık Enerji
  • Elif Özel, co-Founder at Elf Solar Enerji
  • Elvan Tugsuz Guven, General manager at Tektuğ Elektrik Üretim A.Ş.
  • Fatma Karagöz, Project Development Manager at PNE AG
  • Kübra Aydın, Engineer at the Electricity Generation Company of Turkey (EUAS)
  • Ruhan Cemre Uçar, Project Manager
  • Ruveyda Gülmisal Akkale Çelebi, Assistant Professor at Commercial Law at Karabük University
  • Dr Selin Calik, Founder at WOMEN IN SMART ENERGY UK (WSE-UK)
  • Sultan Turut Balioglu, Energy Specialist at Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Türkiye
  • Tuğçe Evren, Finance Director at Bemka Enerji

 

Ukraine:

  • Daryna Kulaga, Head of Emissions Management Unit at Naftogaz of Ukraine
  • Khrystyna Kasyanova, Business Development Manager at Rodina
  • Marta Melnyk, Leading analyst at JSC “ENERGY COMPANY OF UKRAINE”
  • Natalia Cherniaieva, Deputy Director for Development at Unisolar Engineering LLC
  • Nataliia Revutska, Deputy Head of Department at PJSC Lvivoblenergo
  • Oksana Bojesen, Business Controller at Blue Power Partners
  • Oksana Kysil, Country Expert of Covenant of Mayors to Ukraine at the EU funded project “Covenant of Mayors East”
  • Oksana Tarasiuk, Vice President of NGO at the Institute for Circular and Hydrogen Economy
  • Olena Shevchenko, Assistant of Professor at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”
  • Olena Sichkovska-Chornobyl, Associate at Asters Law Firm
  • Tetiana Kovalenko, Executive Manager at LLC INDIAN SOLAR
  • Ulyana Bardyn, Outside Counsel at Eversheds Sutherland
  • Yuliia Solomakha, EU Law Expert at the EU Technical Assistance Project “Support for the Implementation of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement”
  • Amruta Joshi, Senior Research Fellow (Assistant Professor- Research focused) at WMG, University of Warwick, India
  • Annkathrin Rabe, Originator Green Power at Statkraft, Germany
  • Asli Erem (PhD), Aksa Energy Board Member at Aksa Enerji Üretim A.Ş., Turkiye
  • Belen Gallego, CEO of ATA Insights, Spain
  • Berit Müller, Manager at DGS – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sonnenenergie Landesverband Berlin Brandenburg e.V., Germany
  • Corina Radu, Founder at Impact Market Romania, Romania
  • Diana Süsser, Senior Expert Energy Policies and Transition Aspects at the Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy Foundation (IEECP), Germany
  • Dorottya Kriechbaumer, Professor at Campus Burghausen, Hungary
  • Dörte Fouquet, Partner of Counsel at Becker Buettner Held Law Firm, Germany
  • Elena Martínez, Project Manager – International at Alpiq, Spain
  • Emma Baz, Decarbonization Engineer at XCarb Innovation Fund, Spain
  • Ervin Tal-Gutelmacher, Chief Executive Officer at Hydrolite, Israel
  • Filagot Tesfaye, Founder at On Energy Consult and President at EWiEn- Ethiopian Women in Energy, Ethiopia
  • Florencia Rodriguez Lamas, Head Finance Sales Americas at Siemens Energy, Argentina
  • Gelem Del Mar, VP of Implementation Service Agreements EU-AF-AP Generation Service at Siemens Energy, Germany
  • Georgeta Auktor, Senior Project Manager at TUM International GmbH Romani
  • Gökçe Koşvar, Group Strategy Director at Yıldırım Group, Türkiye
  • Gül Avsar, Research Engineer at TUBİTAK SAGE, Türkiye
  • Ifey Ikeonu, Energy Policy & Regulation Consultant, Ghana
  • Iliyana Arnaudova, Senior Manager – Climate Change at Adam Smith International, Bulgaria
  • Ima Khrenova-Shymkina, Program Director, Ukraine
  • Kanoat (Mushtaree) Umurzokova, Founder of Eco Mons Vita & Woolican, Uzbekistan
  • Karin Reiss-Haimbala, Program Manager at UNIDO, Austria
  • María Isabel Roldán Serrano, Decarbonisation of Industrial Processes – Simulation and Virtual Design at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V., Spain
  • Marianella Chabaneau, Chief Operating Officer at Green Enesys, Uruguay
  • Marta Mieres Barcena, Corporate Infrastructure and New Energies – Global Market Development Manager at Honeywell, Spain
  • Natalia Anjaparidze, Member of the Supervisory Board at Air Liquide, Georgia
  • Natalia Mikołajczyk, Managing Associate, Energy & Infrastructure at Linklaters, Poland
  • Nicole Vermeulen, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Green Energy Venture AG, the Netherlands
  • Noa Haberman, Solutions Consultant at Water Energy Solutions, Israel
  • Oksana Roman, Global Development Director Asset & Key Account Management at Bilfinger, Ukraine
  • Olga Lange, Product Manager at Bosch, Germany
  • Paulo Smith Schneider, Professor of Engineering of Energy at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
  • Rashmi Jawahar Ganesh, Project Administrator (Climate Technology and Innovative Finance) at UNIDO, India
  • Rodrigo Carè, Senior Associate – International Arbitration & DIFC Litigation at Horizons & Co Law Firm, Italy
  • Roma Notani, Market Analytics Advisor – Energy Storage at ENGIE North America Inc., India
  • Rosa-Eos Muehlhoelzer, Global Head of Technical Marketing – Grid Technologies, Germany
  • Samar Jaber, Chaiperson / Mechanical Engineer Department, American University of Madaba, Austria
  • Sarah McCormack, Professor at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Selen İnal, Country Advisor, Türkiye at EIT InnoEnergy, Türkiye
  • Sven Teske, Research Director at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Germany
  • Valentyna Beliakova, Operations Manager Solutions Europe at ContourGlobal, Ukraine
  • Vasmijahan Hasanova, Managing Partner | Principal Consultant at the MAS Global Group, Azerbaijan
  • Yamina Saheb, Lead Author at Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, France

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