African renewables developer Lekela has appointed Bernard Kiernan as head of project finance.
Kiernan will be responsible for the financial structuring of business development investments and will manage all project finance arrangements, according to Lekela.
He was most recently investment director at GreenWish Partners.
Lekela chief executive Chris Antonopoulos said: “We are very pleased to welcome Bernard. He brings excellent skills shaping and securing the right project finance for what are complex, multi-faceted projects.
“He will be particularly valuable as our pipeline of projects in South Africa, Ghana, Senegal and Egypt accelerates.”Kiernan said: “I’m very much looking forward to joining at such an exciting time.”
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Lekela adds new finance head
By EBS