Arnaud Henin

Arnaud HENIN is managing director of Gommyr Power Networks, leading work on energy transition issues including renewable, minigrid, climate tech, energy storage, and microgrid projects as a trusted project director, engineering lead, advisor and project developer.  He brings more than 15 years’ experience in the renewable energy and microgrid sectors covering strategic, technical, engineering and economic issues.  He is focused on developing customised and appropriate technical options as well sustainable business models for deploying renewable energy in microgrid and localised power solutions.   Arnaud has led projects covering village electrification, commercial and industrial systems, and utility scale projects.  He has worked across a range of geographies including Nigeria, DR Congo, Mozambique, Kenya, Sierra Leone and Senegal.

Prior to Gommyr Power, he managed the Piraeus Clean Energy fund, investing in renewable energy and cleantech projects in South East Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean region. Before that he was a manager with McKinsey & Company serving clients on projects in the energy, renewables and climate change sectors across Europe and Africa. At the beginning of his career, he spent several years working in engineering and as a manager with a number of start-ups in the high-tech sector in Canada. Arnaud holds a B.Eng in Electrical Engineering from McGill University and an MBA from INSEAD.