Mag. Rudolf du Plessis

Engaging with stakeholders and potential customers both within South Africa and regionally, managing delivery of projects, from small-scale advisory interventions to large-scale implementation programmes. - Assurance and benchmarking for Green issuances and Sustainable Finance Frameworks - SA Lead on Green Hydrogen partnership and programme development - Carbon Footwriting and setting Science-Based Targets for public and private sector clients - Energy Transition advisory to corporates and government

Project Management and coordination for KfW financed activities in the Renewable Energy and Efficiency, Finance and Transport sectors in South Africa.

Providing technical advisory services to local governments in South Africa within the activities of the Governance Support Programme (GSP II)

Provide research assistance to the KFW Competence Centre for Environmental and Social Sustainability.

Research interests: China-Africa development cooperation, Infrastructure financing in Africa, entrepreneurship and inclusive urban development. - Proposal Writing - Event coordination - Programme Management (reporting, event evaluation and coordination)

- Manage Proposal development process and maintain timelines for proposal teams - Coordinate with staff team for standards, conditions and timing of research for potential business opportunities. - Research, analysis and client liaising

-Desk research and trend watch relating to Chinese mining sector and investment relations between Australia, Brazil, China, Russia and African states. -Processing, analyzing, interpretation and presenting of relevant data in Excel, Power point and publisher software -Cross checking of data and operational assistance

- Carried out monitoring and evaluation of the activities of shipping between SA and Panama, and reported results to top management - Worked together with the project team to further the Panama’s diplomatic goals - Administrative tasks and errands

Recipient of Erasmus Mundus Scholarship - South Africa regional window Mundus Urbano (MU) is an interdisciplinary Master of Science programme, jointly offered by four European universities, with the support of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union (Erasmus Mundus Master Course, EMMC).

Thesis topic: China's role as global power: An increased need for regional bilateralism in an interdependent Central- and Southeast Asia (在中亚及东南亚相互依存背景下中国参与区域性双边合作的重要性)