Combining investment experience
and local operational track-record

Gilles Parmentier

Gilles brings 17 years of experience in infrastructure and energy sectors with an extensive track record in principal investing, project finance and asset management. He started his career at the IFC on environmental project development in Africa; joined the project finance department of Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking and moved in 2008 in the advisory branch of Macquarie. In 2010, he became investment director at the infrastructure fund of French State-owned Caisse des Dépôts (CDC).

He co-founded GreenWish Capital in 2014 and led the development and structuring of Senergy 2, the 1st solar IPP in West Africa. Gilles subsequently founded ARD in 2018.

Gilles holds an MBA from ESSEC Business School and has a master’s in business law from Assas University.

Mamadou Saliou Sow

Active for about twenty years in insurance, banking and the automotive industry, both in Senegal and in France, Mamadou has specialized since 2009 in renewable energies. He created and managed SPEC, the first African company manufacturing photovoltaic solar panels, based in Senegal. Mamadou also led the development of a 50 MW solar photovoltaic project in Mali for the R20, and has been managing the Senergy 2 project company since 2015.

Mamadou has a Management degree from Dakar, an MBA from the University of Québec in Canada and a Computer Science Diploma from the Ecole Supérieure d’Informatique in Paris.

Cyril Mercier

Cyril is a finance professional with more than 12 years of experience in administrative and financial management in both the investment fund industry and renewable energy sector. He worked as senior auditor for KPMG for 4 years and joined Total Eren (IPP) as international financial controller in 2013. Cyril was in charge of the financial and corporate topics for the foreign subsidiaries and head office. He participated in two fundraisings and acted as CFO of Essakane Solar, a 15 MW hybrid PV plant on a mining site in Burkina Faso.

Cyril holds a Finance Master degree from NEOMA (Reims) Business School and a BA (Hons) in International Business Management from Northumbria University (UK).

Maxime Bureau

Maxime has more than twelve years of experience in the energy sector. e started his career as an engineer in charge of C&I solar generators at EDF ENR before working as business development manager for the renewable energy division at Windeo Green Future. He then joined EDF EN Services as Key Account Manager for the European asset management market of large wind and solar power plants in France and Belgium.

Maxime holds a Master’s degree of Science in Energy Engineering. He also graduated from ESCP-Europe where he obtained a Master’s in International Project Management.

Louis de Lassus Saint-Geniès

Louis has ten years of experience in financial modeling, particularly in the financing of renewable energy projects. Prior to joining Africa REN, Louis worked for Green Giraffe, a consulting boutique specializing in the renewable energy sector, and for EY as a member of the financial modeling team. Louis built financial models for all types of renewable energy projects (wind farms, solar power plants…).

ouis holds master’s degrees in Engineering from Supélec. and UCL and in Project Finance from Sciences Po Paris.

Sokhna Oumou Faye

Sokhna has 7 years of experience as E&S Manager. Working for the E&S consulting firm Sentech Ingenierie in Dakar she was leading various environmental missions financed by reputable finance institutions such as World Bank, IFC or IBRD. She performed audits, Social and Environmental Impact studies, as well as preparing, implementing and following-up the Environmental and Social Management Plan and the Assessments for real estate and infrastructure projects, chemical waste management and water management Etc. Before working as a consultant, she worked during 3 years as physico-chemical analysis manager in a quality control laboratory specialized on pesticides.

Sokhna holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences from the Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD).

Alexis Curtis

Accounting manager

After 10 years of experience in accounting and administration, he joined Senergy 2 in 2016, during the construction phase of the Bokhol solar power plant.

He has worked in the port sector in an Industrial Company, in the Telecom and in companies distributing IT products in Dakar. In charge of cash management, relations with banks, APIX, customs, as well as taxes and social services for the processing of declarations and obligations.

He holds the legal certificate of the (DSC) Higher Accounting Diploma obtained at the ESP in Dakar, the (DEC) Elementary Accounting Diploma obtained at the ESP, and the DEUG1 in Law at UCAD.

Faty Ndiaye

Site manager

Khady Ndiaye

Administrative assistant

In 2017 she joined the Senergy 2 team as Assistant Director.

Khady holds a Master’s degree in Project Management from the ESMT in Senegal as well as 3 diplomas in Medical Assistance and Nutrition.

Cheikh Touré

Technical manager

Cheikh is an energy engineer with more than 14 years of professional experience. He has worked for international groups in Senegal on various issues in solar energy as a developer, site construction manager and country O&M manager (Senegal). In particular, he worked on Senergy 2 power plant for 5 years. He started as assistant to the director of construction, then became the plant’s O&M manager and then covered all Omexom’s solar power plants in Senegal.

Cheikh holds a master’s degree of Science in Industrial Engineering from Polytechnic university of Valencia (Spain). He also obtained different certificates in renewable energy and electrical engineering in Senegal.

Lassina Sanou

Site manager

Lassina is an energy engineer and has more than twelve years of professional experience. He has worked for international groups in Burkina Faso on various issues in the energy sector as a Design, Project and Construction Engineer. In particular, he worked for two years for the Omexom as O&M Manager of the Zagtouli solar power plant.

Lassina holds a graduate of the Higher Institute of Industrial Technology (Dakar) and the International Institute of Water and Environment (2IE)- Ouagadougou, both of which are engineering schools.

Adama Sereme

Accounting manager

Sakinatou Sanfo

Administrative assistant

Alpha Dao

Community manager

Mame Diarra Cisse

Accounting manager

Faty Ndiaye

Site manager

Ibrahima Dia

Site technician

Soufy Diallo

Site technician

Kainack Dione

PV module cleaner