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.

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.

Luca is RES4Africa’s Sub-Saharan Africa Program Manager. He is enthusiastic, committed and passionate about promoting sustainable energy and access to energy. Luca is a mechanical engineer, with solid background in the energy sector.

Leonhard works primarily on research, studies and stakeholder engagement. He loves to witness first-hand the energy transition in some of the world’s fastest developing countries, providing the opportunity to make an actual impact towards effectively shaping the future of the African continent.

Daniele works primarily on sub-Saharan African programmes, with a particular focus on high-level stakeholder engagement. He is an enthusiastic and committed professional, passionate about promoting sustainable energy and social rights in Africa and worldwide.

Serena supports the organisation in growing its network within Europe, MENA and sub-Saharan Africa and the international renewable energy community. With curiosity and a learning attitude, she seeks to make a positive impact in the world.

Stefania supports the global and digital communication activities. Passionate about sustainability and human experiences, she believes in the essentiality and power of communication tools, in raising awareness in most needed times.  

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.