Mark is a seasoned expert with 39 years of professional experience and 30 years of experience as renewable energy engineer, project manager and business development support expert for the African renewable energy sector. Working as a consultant for three firms since 1992, he has managed renewable energy projects in Africa for African governments, World Bank, DFCO, GIZ, USAID, the UN and numerous NGO and private sector clients. He has worked to pioneer and build energy access and emerging solar energy sectors throughout Africa. As CEO of companies based in Kenya, and as an advocate, networker and business coach, he has assisted many companies and financiers to develop viable approaches to build the green energy sector. He has played a key role in building financial support for the private sector-led development of energy access and solar energy. He won the AFSIA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023