Heini Nel

Experience

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  Unilever

  Apr 1989 - Jun 1991

  Project Engineer

  Implemented engineering projects and enrolled into graduate management trainee program and at world’s leading fast moving consumer goods company

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  De Beers Industrial Diamonds

  Jul 1991 - Dec 1993

  Engineering Project Manager

  Managed implementation of technology projects and liaised with international sister companies of industrial diamond manufacturing company

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  ATIO Pty Ltd

  Jan 1995 - Jun 1997

  Consultant

  Business consultant and manager of Western Cape consulting section of information systems and computer telephony integration companyProjects in process analysis and mapping in conjunction with systems specification – in industries such as manufacturing, retail and financial services

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  PwC

  Jul 1997 - Nov 1999

  Senior Consultant

  Business management consulting division of International professional services conglomerate Country lead in electronic business strategy worked at board level with large corporate companies as well as corporate ventures and entrepreneur start-ups Projects in operations, process improvement, ECR (Efficient Consumer Response) specifically also in systems requirements, specifications & mapping – in industries such as manufacturing, financial services, retail.

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  IPsquared

  Nov 1999 - Nov 2000

  Founder

  Start-up company to provide business and capital to electronic business ventures – corporate and entrepreneursDeveloped business plans and presented to potential equity funders

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  Diamond Cluster International

  Dec 2000 - Nov 2001

  Principal Consultant

  International consulting company providing Internet, electronic commerce and wireless telecommunication professional services to large corporations

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  BCA Barcoding

  Jan 2002 - Apr 2004

  General Manager

  National footprint, medium sized industrial products company – equipment, consumables and services

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  Tornado Imaging

  Apr 2004 - Jan 2006

  Director, General Manager

  Medical device start-up, development of image-guided surgical technology, (focus on image guided neuro-surgery), a spin-off from industrial inspection based on digital image processing and analysis

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  Aruba Cooling

  Apr 2006 - Jan 2013

  Director, General Manager, Energy management consulting & products

  Established company to provide energy efficiency solutions to industrial, commercial, mining and retail businesses. Sourced and set-up as licensed distributor of international energy savings technology applicable to refrigeration & air conditioning plants Successful analysis, evaluation, and sales of reference installation of energy savings technology in Industrial, Financial services and Commercial retailing vertical industriesOperated Aruba as technology provider to the early stage food producer and manufacturing – ready-to-operate temperature and humidity solutions (this developed into an energy savings business focus)Market and product development locally and in emerging economies, including Egypt, India, Zambia, and others. Minder weergeven

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  Energy Partners; MGC Industrial Projects

  Jan 2010 - Apr 2012

  Contractor & consultant, corporate energy management

  Consulted to Corporate Energy Management company – in Engineering and Intelligence departmentsConsulted to Industrial refrigeration & air conditioning energy optimization company Analysis & evaluation of energy projects at commercial refrigeration plants at several sites of major food retailer, including financial impact study and return on investment

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  Nel Energy, Energy Management Consultant

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2020

  Director

  Three core offerings: Energy performance management, efficiency & optimization; Alternative energy options evaluation; Strategic corporate energy management and energy business development.Accredited by and contracted with PSEE (Private Sector Energy Efficiency Programme managed by NBI) and NCPC (National Cleaner Production Centre managed by CSIR & dti) Energy assessment, follow up and intervention projects, including: Industries: cement; automotive; brick making; bottling/beverage; wine/cellars; dairy/liquid egg; fresh produce (fruit & vegetable); composites manufacturing; textile manufacturing; large scale engineering manufacturing. Energy management and savings technologies evaluation & system optimisation: Refrigeration; HVAC; Compressed Air; Motors; Fans; Pumps; Steam Systems; Lighting; Solar PV; heating. Energy savings and efficiency project & financial evaluationSolar PV business & project development, Small Project Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer (REIPP) tender development; Commercial and industrial rooftop embedded generation business development Minder weergeven

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  Pretoria Portland Cement Co Ltd

  Apr 2016 - Dec 2017

  Corporate Energy Management Consultant

  PPC Group (South Africa & Africa) Corporate energy review, vision and strategy; 3 key workstreams as below, focusing on Energy Performance Management.Energy performance management; EnMS management system implementation according to ISO 50001 across Cement & Lime SA; pilot site, then all other major sites – 3 integrated sites, 3 smaller sites and head office; from UNIDO training to site energy team management and corporate systems.Alternative energy, fuels and power evaluationsEnergy business evaluations and development as part of corporate strategyCovered non-line functions of Group Energy Manager while position not filled, wrote specification to recruit new GEM and handover, including Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG) representation and contribution with CSIR to Integrated Resource Plan 2016 (IRP) of Department of Energy (DoE) Minder weergeven

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  Western Cape Government

  Feb 2020 - Nov 2022

  Deputy Director: Energy

  Deputy Director: Energy, Green Economy, Economic Accelerators & Development, Department of Economic Development & Tourism, Western Cape Provincial Government.• Municipal renewable energy procurement lead and project manager, focus on Municipal Independent Power Producer Procurement (MIPPP) pioneering projects, implementation, procurement support (based on REIPPPP and PPP Public Private Partnership framework) as part of MER (Provincial Municipal Energy Resilience) programme• MER (Municipal Energy Resilience) programme: Strategic co-ordination and programme/project management, including:• MER programme: stakeholder co-ordination and communication management• MER candidate municipality management and co-ordination; municipal IPP procurement programme/projects Minder weergeven

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  Nel Energy

  Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  Director

  Corporate & public energy management professional services

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  G7 Renewable Energies (Pty) Ltd

  Sept 2023 - now

  Energy Project Manager