Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle
Speaker
Chief Financial Officer

Sun Africa LLC

United States

As CFO of Sun Africa and UGT Renewables, Robert (Bob) is responsible for overseeing all financial operations of the companies and executing the financing strategies we put in place for our clientele. Before joining Sun Africa and UGT Renewables, Bob was the Director of Project & Structured Finance at Honeywell UOP. He was responsible for arranging structured financing solutions for customers seeking to purchase goods and services related to Honeywell's processing technologies in the oil, gas, and petrochemical sectors. Prior to his most recent role, Bob spent over 15 years working in corporate and investment banking, where he specialized in structuring sovereign, corporate and limited-recourse project finance loans involving support from Export Credit Agencies, Development Banks, and Multilateral Agencies for large infrastructure projects around the globe. Bob's banking experience has included various lending positions with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, ABN AMRO, US Bank, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Additionally, Bob spent several years running a financial advisory business for Hatch, Ltd., a Canadian engineering company, where he advised clients on acquisitions and divestitures in the M&A space for assets in the mining, power, and oil & gas sectors.

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Plenary Room

Shedding light: Renewables development across Sub-Saharan Africa

Whilst fossil fuels are likely to remain an important part of Africa’s energy mix, there is significant appetite for developing more renewables. This session considers:

  • Sourcing bankable renewable projects in Africa
  • The role of ECA and DFI backing in African renewables
  • The unique challenges dealmakers face when procuring renewables project across the continent

Aqueel Bohra
Senior Director, Project Development,
AMEA Power
Katherine Persson
Head of SOLA Assets,
SOLA
James Cumming
General Manager,
Africa Clean Energy Developments
Robert Doyle
Chief Financial Officer,
Sun Africa LLC
Robert Voskuilen
Manager Agribusiness, Food and Water Asia,
FMO - Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank
Moderator
Ralph Gunn
SVP,
Standard Bank