NEC XON announced the appointment of Hilary Campbell as the new General Manager for Renewables and Energy Storage. Campbell, who takes over from Herman Viljoen, now GM of Strategic Projects, brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the renewable energy sector to her new role.
Campbell has been familiar with NEC XON since 2013 and has long admired the company’s growth in the energy sector, both locally and across Africa. She views NEC XON’s ability to support projects in regions where local suppliers lack the technical skills or financing as a unique opportunity to advance renewable energy, particularly in projects incorporating BESS, Battery Energy Storage System and EPC, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction services.
By working closely with NEC Corporation and NEC Energy Solutions, NEC XON has gained immense experience in the BESS market over the last decade, with NEC’s installed base of over 1GW BESS.
Campbell pivoted from being a corporate lawyer specialising in technology and energy mergers and acquisitions to becoming a renewable energy specialist in 2010. She used her engineering and renewable energy qualifications to advise on early-stage solar and wind projects in South Africa and across the African continent.
“Her impeccable timing in aligning with the emergence of the first three IPP programmes allowed her to gain extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of renewable projects, from technical and legal to financial, by working on many of them for funders and developers. This launched her into the substantial renewable energy and storage sector as an overall project adviser and technical consultant to a myriad of companies, banks, developers, and consultancies,” says Magnus Coetzee, Executive Infrastructure and Energy at NEC XON.
It is this experience and skill in every part of a renewable project required to make it successful for both clients and NEC XON that make her such a valuable acquisition to lead the Alternative Energy Team.
From energy strategy to reducing costs and carbon emissions to modelling designs with the best technology available, Campbell will be the Alternative Energy Team to give its customers the best energy advice and energy projects tailored to each customer’s unique requirements, all based on compliance with the energy and electricity regulatory landscape in South Africa and across the African continent.
