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Mikael Karlsson

CEO

Globeleq

Private Sector & Development author

Mikael Karlsson's 19 years' experience in infrastructure began at ABB Equity Ventures, which developed and invested in independent power projects. His association with Globeleq started in 2002 and he was appointed CEO in 2009. Mikael is also a co-founder of InfraInvest, which advised on energy and infrastructure investments and led to the inception of Arox Infrastructure and Arox Capital, focusing on the management of infra-structure funds.

Globeleq

Globeleq is wholly owned by Actis, the emerging market's leading private equity firm. In total, the company has invested more than USD 1.3 billion of equity across 41 different power projects. Since 2007, it has focussed on sub-Saharan Africa and Central America, investing to enhance performance of existing assets, or develop and construct new power projects. In the past 2 years, Globeleq has undertaken construction of 520 MW of new generation and commenced a 139 MW expansion of an existing operation.