Rivoningo Mnisi is group executive of Renewables at Eskom

Rivoningo Mnisi, group executive of Renewables at Eskom

He will also lead the advancement of Eskom’s pipeline of more than 20GW of clean energy projects to diversify its energy mix as part of the emissions reduction strategy.

With over 20 years’ experience in digitalisation, innovation, and sustainability, his focus will be on work already in progress for an executable initial pipeline of at least 2GW of clean energy projects by 2026.

“In the last ten months, we have focussed on strengthening our executive team not only to bring in specialist skills to drive the delivery of our strategy in a fast-moving and increasingly competitive marketplace, but to also drive interventions to address the legacy management control issues that have characterised our recent audit findings,” said Dan Marokane, group chief executive: Eskom.

Before joining Eskom, Rivoningo served as chief strategy officer at Exxaro. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Johannesburg, a BSc (Hons) in Applied Science from the University of Pretoria, and an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). He is a contributing member of the World Economic Forum’s Chief Strategy Officers Community for the Global Mining and Metals Industry.