DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: We are pleased to announce that as
from 1 January 2021, ENGIE (www.ENGIE.com) has merged its Africa portfolio with the
MESCAT Business Unit under the leadership of Sébastien Arbola, Chief Executive Officer
of ENGIE MESCATA (Middle East, South and Central Asia, Turkey and Africa).
Sébastien Arbola has also been appointed Executive Vice President in charge of Thermal Generation and Energy Supply activities at ENGIE Group level, effective 1 February 2021. The
enlarged Business Unit MESCATA, with headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and
regional offices throughout the region, will draw on ENGIE’s long term presence and
experience in the region to keep accelerating the transition towards carbon neutral
economies.
With this new organization, ENGIE continues to simplify and streamline operations, and
increase selectivity in terms of activities and geographical presence as announced when the
2019 results were published.
Joining MESCAT and Africa is seen as being mutually beneficial, combining scale and expertise with deep market knowledge.
Sébastien Arbola, CEO of ENGIE MESCATA said, “Enlarging our geographical scope will
allow us to have a much greater impact on the markets where we operate and to better serve
our clients as we accompany them in their path towards carbon neutrality.
“Our strategic focus will be on markets that are currently or potentially large, have attractive growth
profiles and a transparent and stable regulatory framework. We will maintain a strong local
presence to build up-front relationships with our customers and respond to their needs”.
In line with ENGIE Group’s strategic orientations, ENGIE MESCATA’s activities will
revolve around four major priorities:
Growth opportunities in thermal energy, mainly gas as part of the decarbonization
pathway, and desalination
Growth in renewable energies
Investments in energy infrastructure projects such as gas networks and cooling and
heating systems
Refocus of our client solutions on complex, high value-added offers in the countries
where it already has a firm presence.
In Africa, the power generation activity will focus on the development of utility-scale
generation in 4 countries: Egypt, Morocco, Senegal and South Africa. To leverage scale and
resources, materialize cross-fertilization and optimize partnerships as well as financing
around the energy access activities, Mobisol, Fenix and Power Corner have been gathered
under a single entity, ENGIE Energy Access, and will report directly into ENGIE’s
Corporate Thermal and Energy Supply division, under the supervision of Sebastien Arbola.
In the Middle East and South & Central Asia, ENGIE has participated for over three decades
to the development of power and water projects. The company will remain committed to
providing electricity and water to local populations through sustainable means, like combined cycle gas turbine plants (CCGT) and reverse osmosis.
In the Gulf countries, ENGIE will also focus on accompanying the successful growth of Tabreed, a UAE-based word leader in district cooling 40% owned by the Group since 2017.
As a leading energy actor, ENGIE is committed to supporting these countries’ visions and to
accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy with many sustainable ways to
power cities and territories.
ENGIE MESCATA’s executive committee will be formed by:
Turki Alshehri
Sébastien Arbola
Suresh Bhaskar
Rosemarie Bisseling
Frédéric Claux
Charles Dexter
Florence Fontani
Ian Harfield
Mohamed Hoosen
Philippe Miquel
George Mullin
Neerav Nanavaty
Cem Sakarya
