RES4Africa People

Roberto Vigotti is the Secretary General of RES4Africa Foundation. He has more than 30 years’ experience in Enel where he covered various positions, from coordinating programs in the Research & Development division to advising on strategy in the Business Development one. In 2012 he embarked in the RES4Africa adventure, to promote renewable energy in Africa as a reliable and cost-effective way to meet local energy needs for sustainable growth. He has also been one of Italy's delegates in the Renewable Working Party of the IEA since 1989, and a member of IRENA's Coalition for Action.

Assia has organized events at a national, regional and international scale between Europe and Africa. Her daily work has a deep meaning to her, as she contributes in a way to find solutions to help the environment.

Silvia is responsible for the development and monitoring of the Foundation’s governance, strategy and dialogue. Silvia loves working with partners, stakeholders and staff, as it gives her the possibility to discover new contexts and viewpoints.

Chiara manages human resources, budgeting and accounting. She loves witnessing the tangibility of her daily work through effective and rapid results and impact.

Anna is responsible for the office management, supports staff and carries out administrative activities. As the “mother of the office”, Anna’s gentleness and availability brings positivity in the working environment.

Ilaria strongly believes in the power of sustainable energy and leading developing countries to their transition. Taking example on her past international experience, Ilaria loves working and learning from people from other countries and regions of the world, which makes, according to her, the quality of her work.

Flavia is responsible of capacity building initiatives such as the Advanced Training Course for which she is the principal organizer. Flavia strongly believes in the power of the projects and loves to help and witness the trainees reaching their goals and objectives.

As personal and professional life cannot be separated, Dario loves communicating what he’s passionate about and believes in. By promoting renewable energy, he feels he is playing his part in fostering sustainable development and mitigating climate breakdown.

Passionate about writing and international cooperation, Antonella is proactive and driven by curiosity, qualities that are essential in her job. Her experience in the field in many different parts of the world has given her a clear understanding of the crucial role that communications can make in creating real change.

Valentina carries out logistic and administrative activities such as accounting and human resources. Working daily with quantitative data, she finds a sense of utility in the numbers she works on, that ultimately contribute to RES4Africa’s mission.

Marco’s seeks to find innovative technical and business solutions to increase energy access in Africa. He is involved in the development of innovative pilot projects to provide electricity for productive uses and achieve financial sustainability. Marco’s challenge is to analyse scenarios in the post carbon era.

Josefina has extensive experience in the area of sustainable development, poverty reduction and inclusion, acquired through leading positions in OXFAM, The World Bank, and IFAD. She now manages high-level multilateral relations, and is focal point for the renewAfrica initiative.

Luca works at cross-sectorial level through business development, international relations, market and policy analysis. He is driven by his work as it leads him to move from analysis to project origination to on-field implementation. 

Peris serves in the project management of capacity building initiatives such as Micro-Grid Academy. She strongly believes in the power of such initiatives as a way of sustaining and replicating projects in the energy field.

As a partnership and relational marketing professional, Marianna loves to discover how the world looks like from news perspectives. Marianna is responsible for the South Africa Programme local deployment and stakeholders’ engagement and is motivated to use her skills to contribute to high socio-economic objectives such as Africa’s just energy transition.

Carlo has a wide experience in the energy sector. He worked for the most important companies and institutions in Europe and in Russia in the field of renewables, electricity production and power management. He is passionate about communications and innovation and has always worked in multicultural teams, using the different members’ capacities to contribute to a common mission and lead the development of renewable energy solutions in the world.

Chiara’s work focuses primarily on the integration of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. She is deeply motivated by the cross-sectorial and human environment in her work, and finds beauty in the use of engineering skills to help communities. 

Stefano is widely inspired by capacity building initiatives such as the Micro Grid Academy, since he believes they are the true cornerstone of an autonomous access to energy, as a way to achieve equality and development.

Marta strongly believes that the development of competences and sharing of experiences are essential to create innovative solutions for economic and job opportunities and to enable the communities in responding to environmental challenges like access to energy and climate change.

Silvia is the Secretary General’s right-hand. Deeply motivated by teamwork, Silvia loves assisting her colleagues using their own capacities in order to contribute to a common mission and lead the development of renewable energy solutions in Africa to fruition.

Being an experimented policy and regulation advisor in the electricity sector, Andrea is driven by his daily purpose of contributing to Africa’s development. Passionate about energy policies, geopolitics and development issues, Andrea nourishes his appetite through the leading of studies aiming at driving Africa’s sustainable energy revolution. 

Driven by a curious mind and high motivation, Ivana supports the programmes of the Foundation, in particular the renewAfrica Initiative. She is committed to the idea of common efforts towards a more sustainable future and will work for it.

Federico supports the implementation of renewable energy projects in the MENA
region and beyond. Driven by solving climate change problems and dealing with
energy sustainability issues, he feels deeply involved in contributing to
RES4Africa Foundation’s mission.