Davin Chown

Background

About Davin Chown

Director & Exec at Genesis Eco-Energy Developments, part of the GIRE Group;Director at Genesis Investments; 2009-2014 headed up the JV between Genesis and an international partner-successfully won 560MW of wind & solar projects in the SA Government bidding programme. In 1989 I started on the journey to help champion the shift to sustainability and away from the addiction our society has to a range of unsustainable social, financial and ecological practices. Key positions 1. Executive Director: Genesis Eco-Energy Investments-Initiated & set up the JV with Mainstream which entailed exec position, general management. Project development Advisor - Bronzeoak Limited UK based bio-energy company - focused on developing bioethanol projects in the sub-Saharan African region. Co-founder and former Associate: Incite Sustainability a strategic sustainability consulting organisation. Founder & director: OneWorld Sustainable Investments: Business development and venture initation; deal structuring & negotiations; project management; business development, strategy, environmental strategy and systems. Shareholder & director of carbon advisory group CDM Africa. Senior Manager: Accenture: organisation & sustainability strategy, leadership development; environmental management and systems, change management, transformation, human resource development and industrial relations. Sectors: IT, local government, national government, natural resources (mining, forestry). Manager: Leadership Development & Environmental Affairs Focal Point (IBM). Held various positions in the banking industry over 6 years incl general management. Specialties: Corporate strategy, finance & sustainability; RE project development; general management; environmental management, strategy and systems; social impact assessments, social plans, corporate social responsibility strategy;transformation and change management; natural resources management.