Alexandre Dunod is Chief Operating Officer of Aera Group since 2016. Alexandre leads Aera’s advisory business and development with a focus on renewable energy, fuel switch, energy efficieny and waste treatment methodologies in Africa. He has advised and participated in 50+ climate finance & emission reduction certification projects in 15 African countries and contributed to raising over 100 m€ climate fundings from development institutions like Green Climate Fund, SEFA, PSI, UNOPS.

His carbon finance expertise oversees the due-diligence of sustainable development projects in the context of existing climate change funding mecanisms; the elaboration and support of of budgets and funding requests, and coordination and follow up of the certification and appraisal processes until emission reductions allowances. Formerly, he held similar functions at ecosur afrique (2010-2015) and completed ecosur largest investments in Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire and DRC in the renewable biomass and clean cooking technologies.

Alexandre graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris (France) as an engineer and holds a M.Sc. Management of Technology from the National University of Singapore (Singapore). He is a CFA charter-holder (Chartered Financial Analyst Institute) and a volunteer mountain rescue & fire worker.

After 10 years of living and working in Africa, holding various management and administrative senior functions, I am joining Aera to continue to work on this continent and from now on with respect to ambitious projects, reconciling in a unique way, economic, financial, environmental and social objectives. This virtuous circle is an important source of personal motivation because it is part of this global dynamic aiming to achieve carbon neutrality. Aera is perfectly positioned to accompany these profound changes and I am delighted to contribute to them as part of the Aera’s team.

Haashim Goburdhun is Aera’s Chief Financial Officer. He manages the Accounting & Reporting, Treasury and Tax functions of the company. He is also responsible for preparing Aera’s Budgets and Forecasts and ensures adequate controls and policies are in place.

Haashim has held various senior finance positions in multinational companies in the Financial Services, Pharmaceutical and Mining industries. In his last role, he was the Head of Treasury & Shared Services for the African business of a large Mining company and also the Executive Director of the Mauritian subsidiary.

He is a Chartered Certified Accountant with more than 14 years of experience in the profession and is also a fellow member of the ACCA.

Haashim joined Aera in november 2021 as an external consultant.

Alexandre is in charge of Sales & Marketing. He is in direct contact with buyers to provide them the best market insights and offers them a solution to their credits carbon needs.

On the marketing side, he works along with project owners (35+ projects) and buyers to produce the communication content needed. He also keeps the reporting lines with buyers on project progress and help them keep track of project status regularly. He also provides ideas to better highlight projects’ key CSR contribution and portray impacts as accurately as possible.

Prior to joining Aera, Alexandre worked at the French Employer Union and at the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile on the marketing departments. He holds a Master degree in Management & Luxury from the European Business School (Paris).

Jokhanan TOE joined Aera Group in 2020 as a Carbon analyst. He is involved in all stages of carbon project certification, from assessing the potential and eligibility of the project, to recording and coordinating verification. Speaking fluently English and French, he worked on projects in Burundi, Ghana, Mauritania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In addition, Jokhanan also carries out greenhouse gas emissions assessments according to the principles of the GHG Protocol, Bilan Carbone, and ISO 14064. He supported the carbon footprint assessment of NKOK industrial Zone (Gabon).

Jokhanan holds a degree in industrial and environmental engineering from Unilassale Rennes, as well as a Master's degree in sustainable management and eco-innovation from Rennes School of Business

Gagan is a chartered accountant by training who joined Olam in 2008 before taking on the role of Country Head of Gabon in 2010. Since then, Gagan established Olam’s flagship infrastructure and logistics ventures in Gabon, before rolling out this new business model across West Africa under the banner of ARISE, an affiliate company. ARISE designs, finances, builds and operates industrial zones, roads, ports and other infrastructure in key African trade hubs, including Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo and Benin.