The Board
The REIAoN Board appointed in 2019 has had the task of rejuvenating and directing the Association to better reflect the major sectoral evolution and growth that has taken place since the Association was first established in 2008. The Current 2026 Board consists of:
Paulus Mulunga
Paulus Mulunga is a Namibian renewable energy executive, entrepreneur and energy-sector leader with over 10 years of experience in renewable energy, solar PV, battery energy storage and project development. He is the Managing Director of Lights Systems Namibia and has been involved in the delivery of renewable energy projects ranging from commercial and industrial systems to utility-scale solar developments.
Paulus holds a Global MBA from the IBR Institute of International Business Relations, Germany, in collaboration with Trinity International University, USA. He has served on the REIAoN Board since 2019 and currently serves as Chairperson, providing strategic leadership to advance Namibia’s renewable energy industry, strengthen private-sector collaboration, and support investment, local skills development, technology transfer and energy-sector innovation.
Jean Basson
Jean is a Namibian professional electrical engineer and Managing Director of the Eavion Group, with more than a decade of experience in electrical engineering and renewable energy.
A Stellenbosch University graduate, he worked at leading international firms such as Aurecon and Knight Piésold before leading Eavion. His experience spans solar PV & BESS, and electrical & electronic infrastructure, from feasibility and financial modelling through to construction and operation.
Jean is passionate about advancing Namibia’s energy independence through practical, commercially viable renewable energy solutions and improving the quality of solar installations.
He serves as REIAoN Vice-Chairperson and as Chairperson of the Solar PV GreenSeal & Installer Quality Task Force.
Tuwilika Johannes
Tuwilika is a Namibian Entrepreneur with more than 16 years of management experience in Renewable Energy, specialising in hybrid and mini grid solar systems.
He was born and grew up in Swakopmund and studied Millwright at NIMT and Business Administration at Stadio.
Tuwilika is compassionate about reducing Namibia’s carbon footprint and bringing affordable electricity to all Namibians.
He currently serves as REIAoN Secretary and Chairperson of the E-Mobility Task Force.
Ute Redecker
Ute is a Namibian global energy sector executive, board member and independent consultant with more than 30 years of senior management experience in energy. She grew up in Windhoek, studied electrical engineering in Stellenbosch, then started her global career at Siemens in Germany, moving to Asia and the world - and now back to Namibia as Managing Director of OL Energy.
In her capacity as Chairperson of the REIAoN Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and Green Industries Task Force, Ute has the passion and experience to contribute to bringing Namibia's energy industry to a next level.
Ferdinand Mwandingi
Ferdinand is a Namibian renewable energy sector professional, with more than 8 years of experience in operations and maintenance, asset management and project development.
He holds a BSc degree in Physics and an MSc in solar energy material science.
Ferdinand is passionate about the large-scale deployment of renewable energy in Namibia and the broader Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) region.
He is the Vice Chairperson of the Independent Power Producers and Green Industries Task Force.
Eileen Makuwaza-Kayombo
Eileen Makuwaza-Kayombo is an energy management specialist and electrical engineer, with a BSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Industrial Engineering. Her expertise spans metering, revenue recovery, power quality, demand management and renewable energy integration. As Chairperson of the REIAoN Net Metering and Distributed Energy Task Force, she is passionate about building a bankable, well-regulated distributed energy sector for Namibia.
Conrad Roedern
Conrad founded Solar Age Namibia (Pty) Ltd in 1989 with the aim to engage in Namibia’s energy transition. He’s an electrical Engineer with an MBA. Conrad spent 10 years at Honeywell Inc. (Germany), where he worked as an electronic design engineer and project manager (including technology transfer USA – Germany).
After retiring from Solar Age in 2017 he founded Electric Vehicles Namibia cc with 2 colleagues in 2019, recognising that the energy transition will always stay incomplete without a transition in our way of mobility. Fuel autonomy (especially PV and Wind) for Namibia and decarbonisation were his guiding aspects.
Conrad is one of REIAoN’s founding members and served as the Association’s Chairperson from 2012 to 2016.
Gerry Shaduka
Gerry is a Namibian entrepreneur and systems architect with more than 30 years of enterprise-building experience. He is the Founder & Executive Chair of REVOENERGY, an integrated green-industrialisation platform spanning renewable energy, water, green hydrogen and assembly-led solar manufacturing.
He studied Computer Science at Swansea University (UK), then founded CompuNeeds in 1993 — a pioneering ICT training and certification network through which thousands of people were trained and certified across Namibia and the SADC region — and later SHATECH, serving Parliament and Namibia’s Judiciary.
He earned a BSc in Renewable & Alternative Energy Management and an MSc in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, complemented by executive education at MIT Sloan and Wharton, and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA, from 2020–2024, in data systems, market intelligence and venture development.
Gerry returned to Namibia in 2025, passionate about strengthening the country’s productive capacity through local manufacturing, skills development and youth participation.
He currently serves as Chairperson of the REIAoN Suppliers & Manufacturing Task Force.
Tabby Moyo
Tabby is a seasoned Namibian media professional and a leading advocate for the renewable energy sector. With an extensive editorial background, Tabby has held senior leadership roles at the region’s most influential newsrooms, including serving as Editor of the Namibian Sun, Deputy Editor of Informanté, and Business Editor and Deputy News Editor at The Namibian. His international experience includes reporting for Reuters News Agency, South Africa’s Mail & Guardian and Independent Media Group, and the Financial Gazette in Zimbabwe.
Today, Tabby leverages his communication expertise to drive Namibia’s green energy transition as General Manager of the Renewable Energy Industry Association of Namibia (REIAoN) and as the Founder and Editor of Etango, the country’s premier renewable energy magazine.