Our staff include professionals in project development, engineering, business development and asset management
Project Commercialisation
Heini Nel
Energy Project Manager
Heini Nel joined the G7 team as Energy Project Manager in 2023. He qualified as a mechanical engineer in 1988 from the University of Stellenbosch and holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (1994).
From 2006, Heini worked as an energy industry professional – in corporate energy management consulting, services, and solutions with small, medium, and large, energy-intensive users, and multi-site commercial, industrial, and mining customers. For a period of 3 years before joining G7, he worked in the sub-national/provincial public sector, on renewable energy independent power producer procurement strategy, municipal programmes, and pioneering project management. The transaction advisory management components included multi-functional and multi-disciplinary aspects such as regulatory/legal, commercial/financial, engineering/technical, and other fields such as socio-economic development. Heini is also a Certified Public Private Partnership (PPP) practitioner CP3P.
Heini’s energy professional career is built on more than 15 years of business experience, including project and engineering management in multinational fast-moving consumer goods and international multi-site industrial products companies, business consulting with a Big Five multinational professional services firm, followed by business venturing and start-ups, including electronic business and commerce, industrial inspection technology, medical devices, and post-harvest treatment solutions.
Shannon van Jaarsveld
Project Administrator
Shannon van Jaarsveld joined G7 in 2023 as Project Administrator. Shannon is a detail-oriented administrator with experience in oil and gas projects and in the legal industry.
Theuns Duvenhage
Head: Technical & Procurement
Theuns Duvenhage joined G7 as Head of Technical and Procurement in 2023. As a professional with a master’s degree in electrical engineering and a bachelor’s degree in project management, Theuns specializes in renewable energy solutions and high-voltage infrastructure. He excels in designing efficient and sustainable renewable energy systems, ensuring the reliability of HV substations, and optimizing electrical networks.
He has been involved in renewable energy projects since the second bid window of the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme
Careers at G7
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
