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Stephen Larkin is an entrepreneur in the African infrastructure space. An economist by training, he has obtained insight into three of the world’s most respected companies with seven years of UK/European experience with Unilever's Finance, British Airways Fuel Finance and GE Capital’s Treasury Teams respectively. In 2004 he returned to South Africa to help disadvantaged entrepreneurs start businesses in the technology and renewable energy space, culminating in his assistance of a disabled group of entrepreneurs to win the the first solar tender in African history – the Mbeleko Mafikeng Project. He has since advised a number of African governments on energy security strategies, including Namibia, where his UN-funded Stranded Natural Gas to Solar Strategy has resulted in his Oil and Gas Exploration Company, Africa New Energies being awarded three oil and gas blocks - covering over a total of 3.4 million hectares (the size of Belgium). A prolific inventor, he is the first named applicant for 41 patents. Based on two offers, the company is targeting a valuation at over $1 billion on its IPO in 2027.Specialties: PFI modellingHeuristic algorithmsTechno-economic analysisProject finance structuringEnergy resource modellingEnergy technology innovationStrategic business planning
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Africa New EnergiesLondon, Gb -
Chief Executive OfficerAfrica New Energies Nov 2011 - PresentStephen is one of the co-founders of the Africa New Energies, which has been awarded two oil and gas blocks in Namibia. Africa New Energies was selected as the first company on the UK Government Funded Growth Accelerator Program, which is looking to target 26,000 high growth small and medium sized businesses.The company's key competitive advantage lies in its propietory exploration methodology that triples the probability of drilling discovery at less than 1/10th of the cost of traditional seismic based exploration techniques.Stephen was instrumental in enabling Africa New Energies to become the first UK company housing an international oil and gas exploration project to receive Enterprise Investment Scheme status, enabling investment in high risk oil exploration to be protected by UK tax credits.In 2017, the company was subjected to a $500 million unsolicited bid from a US private equity firm, backed by a far eastern sovereign which it rejected.The company has since expanded with local partners into six new concessions in Africa and he has assisted with the development of intellectual property into the communications using TV White Space, technology and the aviation sectors in other companies he is involved in.
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Chief Financial OfficerPinpoint Energy Group Sep 2008 - Oct 2011Stephen was a co-founder of Pinpoint, whose aim is to make solar energy affordable to Africa. In January 2009, Pinpoint was able to announce that it had assisted the Mbeleko Consortium to develop a portfolio of alternative PV and CSP projects in Africa and a Solar PV project (Raw Solar) in the UK and Ireland that used his experience in remote monitoring, consumer finance, insurance and solar to facilitate low-cost financing of solar installations under European feed-in tariffs for small businesses and residential customers.The group has also consulted to a number of African governments on electricity security. In 2011, it was funded by the UN-affiliated African Innovation Foundation to develop a long term solar strategy for Namibia. His Natural Gas to Solar strategy resulted in the Namibian government awarding two oil and gas concessions to Alumni Exploration East Namibia (Pty) Ltd., a subsidiary of Africa New Energies Ltd, where he moved to as CEO. -
Chief Financial Officer - Later CeoIlali Holdings Apr 2004 - Sep 2008An industrial IT start-up focused on using industrial information technology to improve mine safety, reducing carbon and saving energy in the African mining sector.He used his financial modeling process to persuade one of South Africa’s largest banks to back a majority Black women-owned industrial IT business – the first pre-revenue software start-up they have ever backed;Achievements include sharing a platform at the Harvard Club in New York along with Goldman Sach’s most senior African American Banker, an award-winning BBC documentary maker and a New York Times best-selling author where he presented how he persuaded the Independent Telecoms Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to change the South African telecoms law to accommodate Ilali’s Mine Safety Spectrum.He led project teams that created four world firsts in blast optimization and mine safety - including two patent applications.Ilali also launched its Green Sky program where Stephen personally mentored two previously disadvantaged IT entrepreneurs in South Africa with the use of the financial modeling template to assist them to raise $500k in Special Program Program for Industrial Innovation grants and penny stock investors.
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Business Intelligence AnalystGe Capital Apr 2003 - Apr 2004Norwalk, Ct, UsContract role where Stephen was involved in the integration of the First National Bank subsidiary into GE Capital. Projects included:- Moving business intelligence function from London to Leeds;- Writing an improved asset run-off model on the entire debt book;- Stress testing and assessing regulatory capital adequacy ratios based on Basel II;- Creating debt early settlement model, using Delphi credit scores - later used as a Six Sigma training project;- Financial modeling and cashflow forecasting for new consumer debt products that minimized the risk of cannibalization. -
Fuel Finance AnalystBritish Airways Mar 2001 - Mar 2003Middlesex, GbWrote the business case persuading the Civil Aviation Authority to reduce the mandatory level of potable water onboard Boeing 747s, saving GBP7 million per year in fuel costs; - Created BA’s first suite of exotic derivative pricing models;- Was the finance support on the Jet-A.com airline-industry e-procurement initiative ;- Moved with fuel team to become treasury analyst; analyzing BA’s $4.5 billion FX exposure;- Against prevailing wisdom, predicted the appreciation of the South African Rand in 2002, persuading BA to reduce their Rand hedging, -
Media Finance AnalystUnilever Mar 1998 - Feb 2001Blackfriars, London, GbCreating and maintaining the Board Reports for Elida Fabergé and Lever Brothers Divisions (EUR1 billion turnover); including the balanced scorecard of key performance indicators, category and brand profitability trends, cashflow, debt and stock levels; Commercial support to the Media & Direct Marketing Team with their £55 million budget, maintaining a media deployment sheet, and ensuring that the budgets, value-added analysis of financial implications on media decisions; Financial analysis of Unilever’s Pan European Innovation Centres.
Stephen Larkin Education Details
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University Of Cape TownEconomics -
Diocesan College
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St Josephs College Rondebosch
Frequently Asked Questions about Stephen Larkin
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Stephen Larkin works for Africa New Energies
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Stephen Larkin's current role is CEO Africa New Energies.
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Stephen Larkin's email address is stephen.larkin@ane.na
What schools did Stephen Larkin attend?
Stephen Larkin attended University Of Cape Town, Diocesan College, St Josephs College Rondebosch.
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Stephen Larkin's colleagues are Duncan Wicht, Dr.saad Khan, Brendon Raw, Karen Wilkes, Helena Larkin, Kholiswa N., Collen Maunganidze.
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