Dirk was appointed as Vice Chairman for AMEA Power in June 2017 and brings with him a wealth of industry experience.

He began his career in 1971 with the Belgian power company Intercom, where from 1971 to 1991 he held various supervisory and managerial positions at the Baudour, Ruien and Zwevegem power stations.

Following the merger between Intercom, Unerg and EBES into Electrabel in 1990, he became Head of Electrabel’s conventional generation, and in 1994 of generation for the company as a whole including the responsibility over 5000MW of nucleair. He was also appointed to the Electrabel Management Committee, and as Chairman of the Board of Laborelec and Recybel, and director of several companies, including Synatom, Belgonucléaire, Twinerg (Luxembourg), Rosen and Alpenergie (Italy), and Electrabel Nederland.

In 2000, Dirk became CEO of Tractebel Electricity & Gas International and member of the Tractebel General Management Committee. He was appointed Executive Vice President of SUEZ in charge of the international energy business line in 2003. In March 2009, he became Executive Vice President of GDF SUEZ in charge of the Energy Europe & International Business Line. He was appointed Chairman of the International Power Board in 2011 following the combination of International Power and GDF SUEZ Energy International. In September 2013, he also became Advisor to Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO of GDF SUEZ. In November 2014 he became CEO of the European Energy business line. He retired from his operational activities in Engie early 2016.

Mohamed is an Executive Director at AMEA Power. He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Tama Investment & Development LLC. Previously he was an Investment Associate at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Also, AlNowais worked with J.P. Morgan in New York, USA, as an Investment Banking Analyst and worked with AlNowais Investment Company in Abu Dhabi as a Business Analyst.

He has also completed multiple internships with international financial institutions including HSBC in Abu Dhabi and Citi Bank in London, UK. 

AlNowais holds a Bachelor’s Degree with joint honours in Economics and Business Finance from the Brunel University in London, UK.

Jamal is an energy economist with over 25 years of experience in energy, water, economic and policy in the power sector. His past and current roles include the following:

• Director of Sustainable Development and Senior Regional Advisor, The World Bank

• Director and Chair of the World Bank Group’s Boards for Energy, Transport and Water, The World Bank

• Manager, Private Sector Development Specialist, The World Bank

Helen co-led the arrangement of the original financing for Aldwych Intl., and its re-financing in February 2009. In the early days of Aldwych, Tarnoy led the acquisition of a stake in CEC, the private Zambian transmission business, where she became Deputy Chairman, and co-led the acquisition of the 600MW Kelvin power plant in Johannesburg. She also supported the development, financing and construction of the 90MW Rabai IPP in Kenya, which went into commercial operation in May 2010. Aldwych is the largest single shareholder in the 310MW Lake Turkana wind project, also in Kenya, which is currently in construction, as is the 450MW Azura-Edo gas-fired open-cycle power plant located in Edo State, Nigeria. Most recently, Aldwych and its partners closed the financing of the 192MW Amandi IPP in Ghana, one of the few project-financed transactions in sub-Saharan Africa to reach financial close in 2016.

Philip is the founder and CEO of Axius Capital. Since its founding in 2013, Philip has led Axius in developing a unique investment framework for infrastructure investments in emerging markets, focusing on channelling institutional capital into long-term projects.

He trained and qualified as an ACA with Touche Ross (now Deloitte LLP) in London in 1993 and has spent the next 20 years working in emerging and frontier markets with Deutsche Bank, EFG-Hermes and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Philip has executed numerous transactions in these markets across a wide range of sectors, including infrastructure, energy and financial services.

Between 2013 and 2015, Philip was also the CEO of Exotix, a frontier market focused merchant bank, where he led the strategic growth of its business with particular focus on equity and capital markets in Africa. He also serves as the Chairman of the Investment Committee for the Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund.

Mr. Yousef AlNowais is the Chairman and Managing Director of Arab Development (ARDECO), a company he founded in his home city Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. ARDECO is large diversified business and a leading player in the oil & gas and petrochemical sectors as well as power generation and distribution and other engineering and infrastructure project services. Its large repertoire of partners and principals include such names as GE Oil & Gas, Tecnimont SpA, Linde AG, Daewoo Engineering, and many others.

He is also the Co-Chairman of AlNowais Investments LLC, a leading investment company based in Abu Dhabi with local and international holdings in a broad range of strategic investments and actively managed subsidiaries, including:

In the UAE and GCC:

• Emircom LLC (ICT and Telecom)
• Pharmatrade LLC (pharmaceuticals and health care)
• Danway Electrical and Mechanical Engineering LLC

International:

• Archirodon NV
• National Petroleum Services
• Carbon Holdings
• AMEA Power

Prior to setting up his own business, Mr. AlNowais had joined Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) after graduating from the University of Arizona in 1979 and held many senior positions in the ADNOC group including Finance Director and Managing Director of ADNOC’s subsidiary FERTIL .

He is also currently Chairman, Vice Chairman or Member of the Board of several private institutions including:

• Archirodon NV
• Carbon Holdings
• Rotana Hotel Management Corporation PJSC
• International Mechanical and Electrical Company (IMECO) LLC
• AlDhafra National Insurance Company PSC
• Technical Metal Industries LLC,
• AlAin Sports Club (Honorary Member)

Key previous appointments include Managing Director (2007-2013) of Al Maabar International, a leading UAE organization investing internationally in real estate projects in the MENA region, which was formed as a joint venture between Al Dar Properties, Mubadala,  Al Qudra Holdings, Reem Investment and Reem International.

Hussain J. Al Nowais is a global industrialist and serial entrepreneur, with over 30 years of experience in investing, developing and managing businesses in the Middle East, Africa and Asia across multiple sectors including financial services, private equity investments, heavy industries and logistics zones development, infrastructure developments, public-private partnership, project finance, hospitality and real estate.

Mr. Al Nowais is the Chairman of AlNowais Investments where he spearheads the firm’s strategy of global expansion, investment, and strategic project development across the firm’s target sectors. He is also the Chairman of AMEA Power, a developer, owner, and operator of thermal and renewable power projects in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Mr. Al Nowais serves as a Board Member of Rotana Hotel Management Corporation, a leading Middle East hotel owner and operator, as well as Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, UAE’s leading domestic bank. He is one of the founding members of Sandooq Al Watan, a national philanthropist and investment organization that provides Emiratis with guidance and funding for social impact projects with focus on technology and health care.

Mr. Al Nowais chairs the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, a non-profit social impact fund and is a member of the Family Business Council Gulf, the Asia Business Council, the Arab Business Council of the World Economic Forum and the Wilson Center Global Advisory Council (GAC).

Until recently, he was Chairman of Waha Capital, a listed diversified investment company; Chairman of the MENA Infrastructure Fund, which invests in infrastructure, power, water, ports and airports; Chairman and Member of the Board of ZonesCorp, an industrial logistics zones development organisation; Chairman of Etihad Rail, a freight and passenger rail company; and a Founding Board Member of Abu Dhabi Ports Company, which invested $4 billion in the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD).

Furthermore, Mr. Al Nowais was a Board Member of the following organisations: Abu Dhabi Ports Company, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, Al Dhafra Insurance Company, InvestBank, the Higher Corporation for Specialized Economic Zones, Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development, the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, US-Arab Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR).

Hussain Al Nowais personally supports several philanthropic initiatives such as Rahma Cancer Care, a cancer care fund under the patronage of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi that provides free cancer treatment for less fortunate Emirati citizens.

Hussain Al Nowais is a UAE national who was born in Abu Dhabi. He graduated with a B.S. in Business Finance from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon in June 1979, and has attended various Executive Management programs at INSEAD (France) and London Business School (UK). He is married with three children.