Riccardo Ridolfi
Riccardo Ridolfi was elected a Non Executive Director on the 17th day of May, 2018.
His experience derives mainly from advising corporates, sovereigns and multinational organizations in matters relating to finance, energy and foreign investment. He also matured significant experience negotiating concessions and tariffs for off-grid investments in the region.
Riccardo is the founder of Equatorial Power, an access to energy company active in East Africa. He was previously a partner and Director for Absolute Energy Africa Ltd, a renewable energy and mini grid developer. Before that, Riccardo was an associate in the Banking and Finance department of Pavia e Ansaldo (an Italian international law firm), advising on structured and project finance, investment funds and foreign investment protection.
He has served as a pro bono Investment Advisor to the Government of Uganda, through its Embassy in Rome and has consulted for the Africa Caribbean Pacific Secretariat in Brussels on investment related matters. Over the last few years, Riccardo has championed accelerated access to productive energy in sub-Saharan Africa, both as an investor and an advocate.