Full Name
Henry Paul Batchi Baldeh
Job Title
Director of Power Systems Development
Company
African Development Bank
Speaker Bio
Mr. Batchi Baldeh has over 36 years of professional experience across the power value chain and financing capital structure. He is currently the Director - Power Systems Development, at the African Development Bank (AfDB), which he joined in May 2017.
Prior to joining AfDB, Mr. Baldeh was the Director - Power Business, Investments Division, of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). He also has been a consultant to the World Bank, European Union/BizClim and Government of Lesotho; and was the pioneer Managing Director fo Gambia's National Water and Electricity Company, from 1995-1999.
Batchi is a non-executive Director of the AFC and Development Bank of Nigeria. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cabeolica S.A. and Cenpower Operations and Services Limited; ad as an Alternate Director and Technical Committee member of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company.
Mr. Baldeh holds an MBA from Boston University (USA) and BSc - Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Newcastle-upon-Tyne University (UK). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, Southern Africa, and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK).
Prior to joining AfDB, Mr. Baldeh was the Director - Power Business, Investments Division, of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). He also has been a consultant to the World Bank, European Union/BizClim and Government of Lesotho; and was the pioneer Managing Director fo Gambia's National Water and Electricity Company, from 1995-1999.
Batchi is a non-executive Director of the AFC and Development Bank of Nigeria. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cabeolica S.A. and Cenpower Operations and Services Limited; ad as an Alternate Director and Technical Committee member of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company.
Mr. Baldeh holds an MBA from Boston University (USA) and BSc - Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Newcastle-upon-Tyne University (UK). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, Southern Africa, and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK).
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