Co-Chairs of the AEEP Country Name/ Position African Union H.E. Elham M.A. Ibrahim Commission Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Austria H.E. Andreas Melan Austrian Ambassador to Ethiopia Germany H.E. Christian Schmidt Parliamentary State Secretary (Deputy Minister) Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Ministers Country Name/ Position Benin H.E. Barthélémy Dahoga Kassa Minister of Energy, Petroleum Exploration, Mining, Water and Development of Renewable Energy Burundi H.E. Côme Manirakiza Minister of Energy and Mines Chad H.E. Djérassem Le Bemadjiel Minister of Energy and Petroleum Republic of Congo H.E. Henry Ossebi Minister of Energy Djibouti H.E. Ali Aboubaker Houssein Doualeh Secretary General, Ministry of Energy and Water Country Name/ Position Ethiopia H.E. Alemayehu Tegenu Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Equatorial Guinea H.E. Fidel Marcos MAÑE Ncogo EYANG Deputy Minister of Energy Gabonese Republic H.E. Etienne Dieudonné Ngoubou (only note-verbal) Minister of Energy 1 The Gambia H.E. Teneng Mba Jaiteh Minister of Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ghana H.E. John Abdulai Jinapor Deputy Minister for Energy and Petroleum Lesotho H.E. Hon. Tseliso Mokhosi Minister of Energy, Meteorology and Water Affairs Mauritanie H.E. Mohamed Ould Khouna Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines Sierra Leone H.E. Alhaji Randolph Bayoh Deputy Minister for Water Resources Tanzania Mr. Eliakim C. Maswi Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Minerals Ambassadors and Heads of Delegations Country Name/ Position European Union H.E. Gary Quince Head of Delegation of the European Union to the AU Finland H.E. Sirpa Mäenpää Finnish Ambassador to Ethiopia Hellenic Republic H.E. Nicolas Protonotarios Hellenic Ambassador to Ethiopia Hungary H.E. Sánder Kocsis Hungarian Ambassador to Kenya Italy H.E. Renzo Rosso Italian Ambassador to Ethiopia and the AUC Seychelles H.E. Joseph Nourrice Seychelles Ambassador to Ethiopia, Permanent Representative to the AU and UNECA H.E. Jozef Cibula Slovak Republic Slovak Ambassador to Ethiopia 2 Country Name/ Position Sudan H.E. Karim Ibrahim Sudan Ambassador to Ethiopia High Level Governmental Delegates and selected High Level Participants Country/Institution Name/Position African Union Mr. Aboubakari Baba-Moussa Commission Director, Infrastructure and Energy Czech Republic Mr. Juraj Chmiel Special Envoy for the External Dimension of the European Union (former Minister of European Affairs) European Mr. Faouzi Bensarsa Commission Senior Advisor DG DEVCO, European Commission European Mr. Roberto Ridolfi Commission Director, Sustainable Growth and Development European Mr. Klaus Rudischhauser Commission Deputy Director General, DG DEVCO Denmark Ms. Emma Hjernø Head of Section, Department for Global Green Growth (3GF), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark Denmark Ms. Lisbeth Jespersen Deputy Head of Department, Global Green Growth, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark Italy Mr. Marco Marsilli Deputy Director, DG for Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy Italy Mr. Matteo Pianca Head of Economic and Commercial Office, Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa Italy Mr. Matteo Romitelli Head of Unit IV (Environment – Energy – Sustainable Development), DG for Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy 3 Country/Institution Name/Position Kenya H.E. Governor Cornel Amoth Rasanga Governor, Siaya County The Netherlands Mr. Jacob Waslander Head of Climate and Energy Division Poland Mr. Krzysztof Buzalski Councellor, Embassy of Poland, Addis Ababa United Nations Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella Special Representative to the UN Secretary General, Sustainable Energy for All, United Nations Alliance for Rural Mr. Ernesto Macias Electrification President, Alliance for Rural Electrification Central African Mr. Jean-Chrysostome Mekondongo Power Pool Permanent Secretary, Central Africa PP Eastern and Mr. Admassu Tadesse Southern African President and CEO, Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank Trade and Development Bank European Ms. Tamsyn Barton Investment Bank Director General, Directorate for Operations outside the European Union and Candidate Countries European Ms. Heike Rüttgers Investment Bank Head of Division, ACP Policy and Portfolio, European Investment Bank (EIB) International Energy H.E. Maria van der Hoeven Agency Executive Director (former Minister of Foreign Affairs , The Netherlands) International Mr. Adnan Amin Renewable Energy Director General Agency Practical Action Mr. Simon Trace Chief Executive Officer, Practical Action 4 Country/Institution Name/Position World Future Ms. Ansgar Kiene Council Director Africa, World Future Council (WFC) 5 .