Our experts
Patrick Stein-Kaempfe is a seasoned private equity professional with experience with leading investment houses H.I.G., Penta Investments and Cranemere across the US, Europe and Africa. Patrick’s experience in the energy sector include the buyout of Haltermann (today H.C.S. Group), a specialty refinery, during his time at H.I.G., and a €100 million series E growth capital round for MiaSolé, a CIGS solar PV manufacturer, during his time at Passport Capital. Patrick co-founded Actus Education Africa, an Africa-focused K-12 education holding platform and led successful investments in Kenya’s leading affordable private school chain with 6 schools and close to 5,000 enrolments, where he remains a shareholder. Patrick started his career as a project manager at Siemens across a range of global assignments.
Patrick Stein-Kaempfe
Project Director
Dr Gunar Herring (CEO, ENERTRAG), has over 20 years’ experience in the renewables and broader energy sector, spanning advisory, project development and operations. Gunar Hering has been a member of the Executive Board at ENERTRAG AG since 2014 and is responsible for project development, asset management, and finance.
Dr Gunar Hering
CEO of Enertrag
Manuel Geiger is Vice President and Head of International PtX at ENERTRAG, specialising in energy transition, green hydrogen strategy and international business development. He is an experienced leader in advisory and management consulting, decarbonisation, renewable energy and emerging markets. His career includes building and managing multicultural teams, establishing regional operations, developing green hydrogen project pipelines across Africa and Asia-Pacific, and leading commercial relationships with offtakers, technology providers and original equipment manufacturers. He has also supported renewable energy and green hydrogen projects across the Middle East and Africa, with particular responsibility for business development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Manuel Geiger
Vice President and Head of International PtX, Enertrag
Animesh Chandurkar is Head of Offtake Hydrogen & Derivatives – International at ENERTRAG. He leads efforts to secure offtake and strengthen the bankability of international Power-to-X projects involving ammonia, e-methanol and sustainable aviation fuel. His experience includes developing hydrogen and broader urban energy solutions across Germany, the Netherlands and the Nordic region, as well as originating partnerships and commercial opportunities in global renewable and low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia markets. He brings expertise in commodity pricing, project delivery and stakeholder engagement across the international value chain.
Animesh Chandurkar
Head of Offtake Hydrogen & Derivatives – International, Enertrag
Ulrich Heindl has over 25 years of work experience in the development and implementation of large-scale production facilities for the industrial gas business with companies Linde, Air Liquide, and Air Products. He worked in various positions on four continents with responsibilities for business development, engineering, project execution and operations. Most recently he was leading the development of the world’s largest Green Ammonia project with 1.1 Mtpa NH3 capacity in Neom, Saudi Arabia for Air Products.
Uli Heindl
Head of New Energy Systems, ENERTRAG
Mr. Myerson is a hedge fund pioneer having entered the UK markets with an activist investment strategy in 1989. Over a 33-year period he has made and realised investments worth over $1 billion. Mr. Myerson has been Chairman of or a Board Director of nine London and Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed companies. In Africa specifically, he has raised and invested in companies worth over $800 million since 2003. This includes the acquisition of a controlling stake in Sheltam in 2017. Sheltam – which is now named Traxtion – is a provider of railway operations, leasing and maintenance services and has grown to be one of Africa’s largest privately owned railway companies.
Brian Myerson
Founder of Nicholas Holdings
Simon Hagedorn has a 15-years track record in structuring, financing and realizing renewable energy projects. During the last decade at ENERTRAG, he was responsible for successfully raising over US$2 billion in long-term debt and equity transactions for energy projects in diverse markets.
Simon Hagedorn
CFO and member of the executive board of ENERTRAG
James Peggie has over 25 years experience as a lawyer and investor, with a focus on real estate and infrastructure investments, both private and publicly listed. As General Counsel of the Nicholas Holdings Group and Co-Founder of Principle Capital, James is responsible for all corporate and legal affairs of the group which specialises in investments in the real estate, infrastructure and wealth management, and fiduciary services sectors. In 2012, James became Senior Independent Director of Sirius Real Estate, a former investment of Principle Capital and now a FTSE 250 business with a market value of £1.3 billion. It is listed in London and Johannesburg and is also one of the largest constituents of the South African Property (SAPY) index.
James Peggie
General Counsel of the Nicholas Holdings Group and Co-Founder of Principle Capital
Mike Purves has over 30 years of experience delivering more than 30 mega gold, platinum, diamond, power, nuclear, and renewable energy projects across Africa, including South Africa’s Pebble Bed Modular Reactor programme and one of the continent’s largest and greenest gold mines. He has held roles as EPCM Manager, Project Manager, Shutdown Manager, and Project Controls Leader, led Infrastructure and Capital Projects at one of the Big Four consulting firms, and now serves as PMO Lead and Senior Workstream Developer on Hyphen Hydrogen Energy’s green hydrogen project in Namibia.
Mike Purves
Principal Consultant and Director PURMIC SOLUTIONS
External experts
Legal counsel
Slaughter and May, one of the world’s most prestigious law firms, is providing international legal advice. In-country legal advice is being provided by ENS Africa, Africa’s largest law firm.
Environmental practitioner and specialists
SLR Consulting, the global environmental and sustainability consultancy, has been appointed as Hyphen’s environmental practitioner for the project. SLR is the only international environmental practitioner operating in Namibia with the necessary track record and experience in supporting the development of projects in environmentally sensitive areas. SLR is supported by a team of independent specialists, each one an expert in their field, who will undertake the required specialist studies.
Port engineering
PRDW, an international group of consulting engineers practising exclusively in the specialist areas of port and coastal engineering, has been retained to assist in the design of the port and associated ammonia export facilities.
Our owners’ engineering
The iLF Group is an international engineering and consulting firm, operating out of 45 locations globally with other 3,000 highly qualified employees, that helps its clients successfully execute technically demanding industrial and infrastructure projects.
Public relations advisory
FTI Consulting, a global leader in financial and public relations services.
Town transformation and place-making specialists
Salients is a niche advisory group of socio-economists that specialises in macro-scale commercial, economic, and social identity transformations.
Financial advisory
Lazard, one of the world’s leading financial advisory firms.
Tax advisory / consultancy
One of the Big Four accounting firms is providing tax advice and broader consultancy services to supplement the Hyphen development team as we recruit in-country resources.
