Speakers
NCPC South Africa
Bernd is based at the NCPC-SA, heading up the eco-industrial parks programme for South Africa, which he started in the dtic to support the Just Transition for industry to a circular economy.
His areas of expertise cover management consulting, project and programme management, stakeholder management, policy, strategy, planning and sustainability. He has worked in diverse fields covering sustainable development, renewable energy, water, health, agriculture, engineering, R&D, education and training, ICT, mining and the financial sector.
He is passionate about people and sustainable development, driven by the belief in the restoration of Creation and every person to their original purpose and identity. His approach is systemic and integrated towards working with others to find solutions to the multidimensional challenges faced by the world.
The dtic
Thami Klassen is the Director of Economic Infrastructure & Logistics at the dtic – responsible for Industrial Parks, facilitation of investment and development of state and privately owned industrial parks, and development of Township & Rural Economy initiatives. He has also worked extensively on packaging bankable business cases for designation of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in several provinces
Prior to joining the dtic, he studied Extractive Metallurgy and Business Management, worked for Anglo American Corporation (AAC) and Rand Gold Refineries Mines (RM3). He established and operated his own companies, Umzantsi Creative Solutions and Welela Africa for 10 years, offering various services in ICT, call centres, mobile telecommunication products and tourism consulting services. He is a founder member of Soweto Tourism Development Association (Sotoda) and Joburg Big 5 Company.
He is responsible for national roll out of the revitalisation programme of state owned industrial parks. His work entails facilitation of collaborative partnerships amongst government and private business stakeholders for the implementation of Spatial Industrial Development Strategy – pursuant to sustainable and inclusive economic development, especially in townships and rural communities. He serves on the Board structures of state owned SEZs and on the infrastructure Adjudication Committee of the dtic.
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Country Representative for Southern Africa, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Diego Masera, serves as the UNIDO Representative for Southern Africa. He previously held the roles of Deputy Director of the Department of Programmes, Partnerships and Field Integration, and Chief of the Latin America and the Caribbean Division at UNIDO. Earlier in his career, Diego was the Chief of the Renewable Energy Division at UNIDO. His innovative contributions were pivotal in the conceptualization and development of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative, which laid the foundation for SDG7.
As the Regional Technical Advisor on Energy and Climate Change for Latin America and the Caribbean at UNDP, Diego played a key role in introducing renewable energy and energy efficiency policies. His career includes SME development in Africa, where he held various positions with international organizations based in Kenya. Diego holds a Ph.D. in renewable energy and bachelor degree in industrial design engineering, from Italy and England. Diego Masera has experience in inclusive and sustainable industrial development covering more than 50 countries and is the author of several publications.
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 Coordinator, Wami Ruvu Basin Water Board, Tanzania
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UNIDO
Nadine Stöcker holds a bachelor’s degree in Retail Management from the European University of Applied Sciences in Brühl and a post graduate double degree in Natural Resources Management and Development from the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne and the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (UASLP) in Mexico. Nadine has been working for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) since 2017. Before joining the global project “International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3)”, she coordinated a company-wide working group on Sustainable Industrial Areas (SIA), fostering networking as well as the exchange of knowledge and experience with UNIDO. In addition, she gained regional experience in Latin America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico), working related to climate change adaptation and rural development. At ISC3, she assumes the role of Focus Topic Manager for Science and Innovation.
UNIDO
Chief Technical Adviser for the Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme (GEIPP) implemented by UNIDO. GEIPP is a 7-country program advancing the uptake of Eco-Industrial Parks practices and creating an EIP conducive policy environment
Klaus served previously as division chief at UNIDO, policy advisory role at UNDP and the European Commission. Klaus started his career in manufacturing industry and has also served as consultant in more than 20 countries. Klaus has post-graduate degrees in Engineering, Environmental Policy and Business Administration from his native Finland, Belgium and UK, respectively.
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UNIDO
Christian Susan is an Austrian national. He holds a MSC in Integrated Water Resource Management and a MSC in Environmental Economics. Christian joined UNIDO in 2008 and has since worked as the project manager on a wide array of environmental projects in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe as well as in Latin and Central America. Promoting public-private-partnerships for water stewardship, circular and sustainable industrial approaches, facilitating Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP), the Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies (TEST) and supporting the transition towards Eco-Industrial Parks are the main objective of the projects managed by Christian. In 2018 Christian has assumed management responsibility for the Swiss funded Global Eco-Industrial Park Program (GEIPP) as well as for the GEIPP country level interventions in Colombia, Indonesia, Peru, South Africa and Viet Nam. The GEIPP is one of UNIDO’s flagship projects promoting the adoption of circular economy approaches in industries.
