Prosonergy GmbH

Prosonergy is a for-profit sales & distribution company for off-grid lighting and energy products for low-income customers in Africa and Asia

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Clean Technology
  • Location Munich, BY, Deutschland
  • Currency EUR
  • Founded November 2012
  • Employees 8
  • Website prosonergy.com

Company Summary

WE ARE...an international for-profit Impact Business aiming to solve the logistics and import challenges for solar powered products in developing countries. OUR GOAL...to increase access to clean energy products in rural regions of Africa and Asia. OUR MISSION...to open up sales and distribution organizations in developing countries and to serve local distributors. THE IMPACT...triple bottom line improvement of 1.3 billion people w/o electricity

Team

  • Johann Lachhammer
    Global Supply Chain Management

    Johann Lachhammer has more than 22 years experience as an area director with a special focus on process re-engineering and efficiency increase. He has profound knowledge in Supply Chain Management across different industrial sectors and across Europe, America, Asia and Africa. As an expert in working capital reduction and organizational design for distribution companies, Johann is responsible for Prosonergy's streamlined supply chain management.

  • Founder + CEO

    Güngör has more than 16 years of industry and consulting experience across various industries. He has setup global Supply Chains and managed Business Development projects across the world (e.g. Africa and Asia). As a Senior Manager with A.T Kearney he worked in countries around the globe and managed turnaround and operational improvement projects. Güngör is managing Prosonergy's Suppliers and Key Accounts, and has experience as a CEO for Startups

  • Daniel Uphaus
    East-Africa Market-entry Manager

    Daniel Uphaus has more than five years of pragmatic experience within the solar lighting industry in Africa through study and business. Being founder and chairman of the award winning non-profit African Solar Rise he established a scalable consulting system for SMEs in Tanzania. With connections to the government and organizational key players in East Africa, Daniel Uphaus will coordinate market-entry in Tanzania.

  • Chief Financial Officer

    Leyla Kara will be responsible for financial accounting, liquidity management, business reporting, as well as human resource, legal and admin tasks. She has, with more than 10 years’ experience in the banking sector, a strong financial background. As a project leader, she executed multi-billion structured financing deals for medium to large sized companies and banks all over the world. Leyla is coordinating our financial structure and reporting.

  • Tsamaiso Pitsela
    Sales Manager

    Tsamaiso Pitsela is our expert for Sales and Key Account Management in Central Africa. He was born in Botswana, worked mainly in the Telecommunications sector and has deep expertise in solution selling for large corporations. Tsamaiso coordinates sales push activities and marketing campaigns in Africa, and negotiates Key Accounts contracts.

  • Sales Manager

    Lydia is our Sales Manager for East-Africa and has deep expertise in selling solar powered products due to her previous position with an international solar distributor. She was born in Tanzania, studied Public Administration in Morogoro/Tanzania, and is completing a part-time MBA in Germany. Lydia speaks fluently Swahili, English and German and, as an expert in the solar sector, she is now coordinating our sales activities in East-Africa.

  • Prof. Peter Sachsenmeier
    Head of Strategic Partnerships

    Prof. Peter Sachsenmeier is a strategist, sales expert, industrial innovator and visionary Leader who has worked for the UN, World Bank, Unesco, WHO, and UNEP. He lived in Africa and Asia for long periods, and has done substantial development and pro bono work for the BOP. Peter coordinates our strategic sales & distribution partnerships. He has strong relationships with larger corporations who have established infrastructure in Africa.

Advisors

  • peter George
    Strategic Advisor
    Unconfirmed
    Melanie Bunke
    Advisor in Strategic Sales and Marketing
    Unconfirmed
    Kolev, Nikolay
    Strategic Advisor and Expert in Digital Transformations
    Unconfirmed

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