David Anson

Project Director / Consortium Lead@Gridworks Development Partners
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Summary

Project Director / Consortium Lead. • Project Director, leading the development and project financing of a flagship project to electrify three off grid cities in DR Congo. • A founding partner in Africa Renewable Power Fund - a PE fund focused on development and investing in utility scale and off grid renewable power projects and companies in Africa. Fund raised over $120M, with investors including EIB, African Development Bank, African Rainbow Capital, GEEREF. • Extensive experience in leading development and project financing of energy infrastructure projects - renewable (wind, solar PV and hydro) and thermal in developing economies including Sub-Saharan and Central Africa, as well as France, Eastern Europe, the Baltics and India.

Work experience

  • Project Director / Consortium Lead

    Gridworks Development Partners
    2021.01-Current(6 years)
  • Partner

    ARCH Emerging Markets Partners
    2017.07-2020.11(3 years)
  • Regional Director

    eleQtra (infraCo Africa)
    2013.09-2017.07(4 years)
  • Project Director

    AES
    2001.11-2013.06(12 years)
  • Project Director, France

    AES Wind, AES Solar
    2008.01-2013.01(5 years)
  • Project Director,

    AES Sonel, Cameroon
    2002.01-2008.01(6 years)
  • Business Development Manager

    AES
    1992.11-1995.11(3 years)
  • General Field Engineer

    Schlumberger
    1982.01-1989.01(7 years)

Educational experience

  • London Business School

    MBA, Business Administration
    1989.01-1991.01(2 years)
  • Handelshøjskolen i København

    MBA
    1990.01-1990.01
  • The University of Western Australia

    B Eng, Mechnical Engineering
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