Our staff include professionals in project development, engineering, business development and asset management.
Management
Kilian Hagemann
Chief Executive Officer
Nicolas Rolland
Chief Operations Officer
Nicolas Rolland is a founder and director of G7. He qualified as a mechanical engineer in 1996 from the Fachhochscule Konstanz in Germany and holds an MBA from EM-Lyon in France since 2003.
Nicolas has worked in a multinational Swiss engineering company where he evolved from engineering to key account management prior to becoming an entrepreneur.
Since co-founding G7, Nicolas became a board member at the South African Wind Energy Association and helped the organization gain momentum from 2009 to 2011.
Karen de Bruyn
Chief Project Officer
Karen holds a master’s degree in Environmental Management from the University of Stellenbosch. She passionately contributes to South Africa’s successful transition to a low carbon energy mix. Karen was recognised as a 2020 Africa Energy Elite in the leadership category and received the Windaba SAWEA Watt-a-Woman award in 2022.
Careers at G7
Internship Programmes:
The G7 internship program involves on-the-job training and hopefully time spent working with G7, will inspire young interns with the same passion that we have for renewable energy. Depending on specific interests and skills, G7 can offer the chance to gain unique exposure to a wide range of activities and some of the latest advances in the field of renewable energies.
We regularly take on interns, which we see as a great opportunity for future generations to develop their skills and gain significant work experience. Our internship program is aimed at undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate students, as well as people looking to change career paths. Some of them have now joined our organisation on a permanent basis.
Testimonials from Interns
