Speakers
Christoph Kausch
Senior Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation
Day 1-Session 3: Resource Efficiency
Speakers
Christoph Kausch
Senior Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation
Senior Project Manager RECP and Water, NCPC
Lindani is a Senior Project Manager, Advanced Water Cycle management, Energy Management System Expert (EnMS Expert), Pr Tech Eng, ECSA (Engineering Council of South Africa), Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) United Kingdom with over 20 years’ experience in project management-life cycle, process engineering, lean world class manufacturing methodologies(WCM, Six Sigma & TPM), plant /production/operation management, systems management(ISO 50001 standard, ISO 14001 standard, ISO 9001,ISO 1800,) Energy Management System, carbon footprinting, Sustainability champion, Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production methodologies (RECP), system thinking, strategic thinking and holistic structured approach.
Senior Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation
Christoph has worked in development finance, engineering consulting, research & amp; development and as a coach & facilitator during his career servicing a wide range of clients including private companies, investors, universities, public sector and donor agencies. He has over 20 years experience and a proven track record in project development and financing, business development, facilitation and stakeholder management. His passion for sustainable development, the promotion of resource efficiency, renewable energy and emissions reductions has been the key motivation throughout
Christoph holds a M.Sc. in Physics from RWTH Aachen University and is currently serving as Senior Operations Officer with International Finance Corporation (IFC) leading the project development and advisory business in manufacturing & amp; consumer services across Southern Africa.
Project Manager, NCPC
Lindelani Mkhize is a Project Manager at the National Cleaner Production Centre, South Africa (NCPC-SA). One of his notable successes is his work on the international award-winning South African Industrial Energy Efficiency Project.
Over the past eight years, he consulted, implemented and executed variety of projects relating to environmental sustainability and climate change, looking at resource efficiency, process improvement in more than 50 companies in various industrial and commercial sectors, such as industrial parks, special economic zone, mining, agriculture, beverage, manufacturing, automotive, timber, clothing and textile, cement, chemical and refineries.
Before joining the NCPC-SA, Lindelani worked as a Design Engineer at BAE Systems-SA, a military vehicle manufacturing company, now known as Denel Vehicle Systems.
He played a leading role in:
Other positions he has held include Senior Project Coordinator at the CSIR (Strategic and Infrastructure Management) and Occupational Health and Safety Inspector at the Dept. of Labour.
ACA Threads
Timothy is the workshop manager at ACA Threads and has been in this position for the last two years.
He has been involved in the textile industry since he started his apprenticeship as a Mechanical Fitter almost 10 years ago and studied to further for qualifications in the mechanical engineering field.
Recent successes included a project to install 7 Deye inverters in parallel with battery backup allowing a robust sustainable solution to lessen the impact of load shedding on the production facility.
His interests lie with sustainability and lessening the carbon footprint on the natural world and creating a future that can be enjoyed by all.