MEET OUR TEAM
Alice Cowman
Chief Executive Officer
Alice has over a decade of experience in renewable energy in the Middle East and Africa working for organisations such as IFC and Adam Smith International. Prior to Enerwhere, Alice worked on improving the prospects for renewables in the Middle East as the CEO of the MENA Clean Energy Business Council (CEBC).
Trained as a project finance lawyer at McCann Fitzgerald in Ireland, she holds a Masters Degree in Climate Change and Energy from Columbia University, where she was awarded a fellowship and Fulbright scholarship for energy and environment.
Axel Destremau
Chief Operating Officer
Axel has 30 years experience in the Oil & Gas Industry, with TOTAL, Schlumberger, and OilSERV before joining Enerwhere to expand the off-grid business with the Oil & Gas industry. Axel worked across all continents, managing large projects in Heavy Oil & Deep Water, before running multiple business lines as VP in US, South America & the Middle East. He was MD in China, Japan, Korea and most recently Iraq.
Axel graduated from a French Engineering School in Aeronautics, then obtained a MS in Mechanical engineering in Corvallis, Oregon.
Hassan Shamma
Chief Technology Officer
Hassan has over 15 years of hands-on experience in business operations, production planning, procurement, and the management of multiple-million USD budgets. Past work has included environmental management consulting in the UK SME sector & techno-economic evaluations of novel water and power production technologies in MENA.
Hassan holds a MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering & Entrepreneurship from the University of Nottingham in the UK.
Daniel Zywietz
Founder & Chairman
Daniel has 20 years of experience in management consulting, banking and entrepreneurship in Europe and the Middle East, with a focus on utilities, renewable energy & energy efficiency. Prior to founding Enerwhere, Daniel held roles at Ambata Capital, Booz & Company, A.T. Kearney and DEG (KfW Group).
Daniel holds a master’s degree in International Business from Maastricht University and is the co-author of several studies on the potential for renewable energy in Europe and the Middle East.