Ad Dankers

Ad Dankers is a senior sustainable energy consultant specialised in small- and medium scale renewable energy projects, with an engineering and economics focus. In his 25 years in the African region, he has worked for European utilities, European Governments, the UN System and World Bank, Power Africa and private companies. He has a wide experience in project preparation, capacity building, due diligence and developing lending components of projects, all to accelerate renewable energy investments. Ad served as the executive director of Energy Access Partnership; Beyond the Grid Team Leader for Power Africa; Lead Advisor setting up the Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable Development in Rome and Lead Due Diligence Consultant on multiple investments for REEEP/NEFCO. He is a citizen of the Netherlands, working out of Johannesburg, South Africa.