Episode 31: Rosalind Dos Santos
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Rosalind and I discuss the following in this episode:
Her journey to becoming an engineer - along with her pursuit of an MBA
Some tips on project management and execution
Laying out the plan for a sustainable energy future for South Africa
The way forward with carbon-reducing technologies
Rosalind Dos Santos [MBA, MSc Eng (Met), BSc Eng (Chem)] is the Group Energy Manager for the Mpact Group: a paper, packaging and recycling company in South Africa and Namibia. She oversees the Group consumption of electricity, gas, HFO, coal and all other energy forms; and has a dotted line to a team of twenty-two technical specialists in the Group that execute on energy efficiency and energy management projects. She also develops and executes on the business cases for renewable energy at Mpact. Rosalind has thirteen years of experience working in the Sustainability field in South Africa and Africa.
Rosalind has been part of the Future Energy Leaders Programme of the World Energy Council (WEC) for two years, and, in 2020, she was elected to the board of the local South African WEC member committee.