Peter George
Co-Investment Director, Spark+ Africa Fund; Chairman, Stichting Modern Cooking
In his former role as Senior Director responsible for private sector and investment programs at the Clean Cooking Alliance, Peter George co-led the structuring and successful fundraising of Spark+ Africa Fund, a $54 million ($70 million target) impact fund investing in clean and modern cooking energy solutions in Africa. Upon the fund’s launch in March 2022, Peter departed CCA to co-manage the Luxembourg-domiciled 7-year debt and quasi-equity fund investing across the value chains of LPG, ethanol, biomass, biogas, and electric appliances. Peter’s 17-year career in the renewable and traditional energy sector spans a number of advisory and principal investing roles in impact investment, development finance, and private sector development in frontier markets, as well as bulge-bracket investment banking, private equity, and project finance in the United States.
Day 0
October 10
Sessions by Peter George
Day 1
October 11
Sessions by Peter George
Day 2
October 12
Sessions by Peter George
4:45 pm-6:30 pm
Adlon Ballroom
Closing Plenary
Speakers
H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia
Second Lady of Ghana
Alex Eaton
CEO, Sistema.bio
Gabriela Elizondo Azuela
Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank
Peter George
Co-Investment Director, Spark+ Africa Fund; Chairman, Stichting Modern Cooking
Honorable Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey
Mayor of Accra
Kofi Nketsia-Tabiri
Founder and CEO, XpressGas
Jillene Connors Belopolsky
Chief of Staff and Chief External Affairs Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance
Mwayi Kampesi
CEO and Founder, Planet Green Africa
Fiona Wanjiku Moejes
CEO, Mawazo Institute
Akil Callender
Youth Specialist, SEforALL
Gathoni Kimani
Senior Associate, Market Strengthening and Venture Catalyst, Clean Cooking Alliance
Shirley McAlpine
Founder, Shirley McAlpine & Associates
Dymphna van der Lans
CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance
Monojeet Pal
Manager, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, African Development Bank
Nishdeep Sethi
Group Director, Structured Finance, African Guarantee Fund
Rosemary Enobakhare
Associate Administrator, Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator
Feisal Hussain
Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Clean Cooking Alliance
Sameer Shukla
Adviser to the Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
Day 3
October 13
Sessions by Peter George
Day 4
October 14
Sessions by Peter George
Sessions by Peter George
Sessions by Peter George
Sessions by Peter George
4:45 pm-6:30 pm
Adlon Ballroom
Closing Plenary
Speakers
H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia
Second Lady of Ghana
Alex Eaton
CEO, Sistema.bio
Gabriela Elizondo Azuela
Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank
Peter George
Co-Investment Director, Spark+ Africa Fund; Chairman, Stichting Modern Cooking
Honorable Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey
Mayor of Accra
Kofi Nketsia-Tabiri
Founder and CEO, XpressGas
Jillene Connors Belopolsky
Chief of Staff and Chief External Affairs Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance
Mwayi Kampesi
CEO and Founder, Planet Green Africa
Fiona Wanjiku Moejes
CEO, Mawazo Institute
Akil Callender
Youth Specialist, SEforALL
Gathoni Kimani
Senior Associate, Market Strengthening and Venture Catalyst, Clean Cooking Alliance
Shirley McAlpine
Founder, Shirley McAlpine & Associates
Dymphna van der Lans
CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance
Monojeet Pal
Manager, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, African Development Bank
Nishdeep Sethi
Group Director, Structured Finance, African Guarantee Fund
Rosemary Enobakhare
Associate Administrator, Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator
Feisal Hussain
Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Clean Cooking Alliance
Sameer Shukla
Adviser to the Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)