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Wayne brings over 20 years experience in the power development sector and has served in a developmental function for OEM’s; EPC’s; Independent Consultant’s; and Project Owner’s. His main technology experience spans across gas, storage, renewables, CHP and coal technologies throughout Southern Africa. Wayne is a registered Professional Engineer with an MBA; Masters in Power Engineering; and BSc Electrical Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand.

• Gas Power
• Renewable energy
• Energy storage
• Coal technologies

Phumelele is a lawyer by background, having been admitted as attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1995. His career spanning some 30 years, has included a broad focus on infrastructure project financing, mining and energy law, oil and gas law, environmental and construction, and corporate and commercial law among others. He has previously worked at some of South Africa’s pre-eminent firms such as ENS Africa and Werksmans Inc, as partner and director in those firms’ corporate and commercial law departments. His experience includes overall energy project procurement and financing in the law context, with experience in drafting and negotiation of project finance documentation for energy generation projects using wind, solar, gas, hydro, coal, and nuclear technologies. He has also worked for a project development firm that successfully funded, procured, constructed and operated numerous wind and solar PV energy generation projects procured under South Africa’s REIPP programme. Phumelele was also part of the ESI reform team that designed South Africa’s wholesale electricity market, obtaining training in this regard from live markets in Singapore and New Zealand.

Phumelele’s academic qualifications are as follows: B-Proc (UKZN), Master of Laws LLM (Georgetown University, USA) and MAP (Wits Business School).

• Infrastructure project financing
• Mining and energy law
• Oil and gas law
• Environmental and construction law

For the years 2013, 2014, and 2015, Phumelele has been recognized by the International Financial Law Review 1000 publication as a Leading Lawyer in South Africa in the fields of Energy Law, Environmental Law, Mining, and Infrastructure Projects.