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Glyn Craig
Techlyn
Glyn Craig spent his formative years in a small town in
the KZN midlands. The town had its own power station
where his father was the engineer in charge. The station
was basically wood-fired, with timber grown sustainably
on extensive municipal estates. This resulted in Glyn’s
early decision to pursue a career in engineering. After
completing his schooling, he joined the South African
Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) as a trainee and was later awarded a bursary
to study at the newly established Wits Technikon. The course was RF oriented
but broadly based with courses in applied mechanics, physics and heavy current
electricity. Apart from imparting theoretical concepts, the course stressed prac-
tical knowledge including mechanical work. After completing the course, Glyn
was posted to the SABC’s Bloemendal transmitting station near Henly-on-Klip
where he worked on high power (250 kW) shortwave transmitters. While run-
ning an electronics and mechanical department in a mining research laboratory,
Glyn studied and completed the Government Certificate of Competency (GCC)
by correspondence. The mechanical subjects were to prove valuable when he
founded Techlyn in 1985.
Enquiries: Email
PhilipVenn
Air Products South Africa
Philip Venn is the Engineering Manager for the Packaged
Gases division at Air Products South Africa. Philip has
been with Air Products for more than 25 years. After
gaining his apprenticeship as a Fitter and Turner through
General Electric (GE), Philip joined Air Products in 1990
as an Engineering Technician in the company’s Advanced
Research and Development department. After five years
he was promoted to Senior Technician, and then to the position of Maintenance
Supervisor. During this time, Philip qualified as an electrician and later obtained
a Management Diploma from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Philip was
appointed Acting Project Manager in 2010 and Bulk Engineering Manager until
the end of 2014 when he was appointed to his current position.
Enquiries: Lizette Stokes. Tel. 27 (0)11 977 6470 or email stokes@apsap.
Izelle Bosman
Energy Cybernetics
Currently employed by Energy Cybernetics, Izelle Bos-
man joined the North-West University in the Energy
Management field in 2003 while doing her Masters
degree in Mechanical Engineering. Since 2005 she has
been lecturing in Energy Management to post-graduate
engineering students at the University. She also presents
international training short courses to working engineers.
Since 2012 she has been head of the Training Division called the Energy Training
Foundation (EnTF). EnTF presents international qualifications in the Energy field
and has the sole licence from the US-based Association of Energy Engineers
(AEE) to present the courses in Southern Africa.
Enquiries: Email
Yolanda de Lange
Energy Training Foundation (EnTF)
Yolanda de Lange holds the position of business develop-
ment manager at the Port Elizabeth office of the Energy
Training Foundation (EnTF). She is a member of the SAEE
and MVPCSA. She has a Diploma in Journalism, and has
been working in the energy industry since 1995. She has
been involved in the SAEE since its inception in 2001/2.
She was involved in the ESCO association, the Profibus
Association set-up, developed the SABS0142 Wiring Committee compliance
handbook, and compiled the first two editions of the Energy Efficiency Made
Simple Handbook. Yolanda was the editor of Sparks Electrical News for two
years and editor of Electricity+Control for 10 years. She has co-authored numer-
ous research papers which have been presented at conferences. She manages
the largest energy-related database in South Africa.
Enquiries: Email
Antony English
Freedom Won
Antony English holds a BSc Engineering (Electro-Me-
chanical) from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and an
MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (Uni-
versity of Pretoria). As the chief designer and co-founder
in Freedom Won, he is an innovator in Africa in the
implementation of electric mobility solutions. Antony
(and his team at Freedom Won), has developed a wide
range of energy storage solutions for renewable energy and battery back-up
systems, using lithium batteries. Antony is photographed with Freedom-Won
co-founder, Lizette Kriel.
Enquiries: Antony English. Tel. +27 (0)83 280 6042
Philip Lloyd
Cape Peninsular University of Technology
Philip Lloyd is a Research Professor at the Cape Penin-
sular University of Technology (CPUT), having previously
been part of the R&D team of the Chamber of Mines
Research Organisation and then part of the world of inter-
national construction. He trained as a Chemical Engineer
at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and as a Nuclear
Physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT). He has won a number of awards, including a SANEA Award in 2010.
Enquiries: Email
Henry du Preez
Consultant
Henry du Preez has a BSc degree from the University of
the Witwatersrand (Wits), an MBL from the University of
South Africa (UNISA), GDE Electrical Engineering (Wits)
and an Electrical and Mechanical Government Certificate
of Competency. He is a Fellow of the South African
Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) and a registered
Professional Engineer. He has fifty years’ experience in
the heavy engineering field, industry and mines and specialises in electrical
machines and transformers in association with ‘Specialized Knowledge’.
Enquiries: Email
Celine Paton
Frost & Sullivan
Celine Paton is an Independent Contractor for the Energy
& Environment (E&E) team at Frost & Sullivan Africa. She
has over four years’ energy advisory expertise in addi-
tion to five years’ investment banking (project finance)
experience at a renowned European bank. Celine holds
a BBusSc in Management and a Master of Commerce
in Business Economics from the Universite Catholique
de Louvain and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium.
Enquiries: Tel. +27 (0)21 680 3574 or email
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