Country Head, South Africa, Daystar Power
Wendy has been involved in the energy industry since 2009, where she worked with Exxaro Resources to develop its energy and carbon management strategy and programme. An element of this was to develop energy generation projects across a number of technologies including wind, solar, cogeneration and coal bed methane.
This work culminated in the establishment and development of Cennergi. Wendy was a key member of the founding executive team and led Cennergi’s strategy and business development through the complexity of the ever-changing energy IPP environment. Achievements included the completion of the 138 MW Amakhala Wind Farm near Bedford in the Eastern Cape, as well as a 95 MW community wind farm in Tsitsikamma. Wendy co-founded the Fusion group of companies in 2014, whose specific achievements include the development of the 25 MW Ngodwana
Biomass Project with Sappi in Mpumalanga.
Wendy did various consulting work before joining Sasol’s low carbon energy team where she is primarily focussed on renewable energy.
Wendy’s areas of specialisation include executive management, business strategy, sustainability, management leadership, project development and implementation.