Anton-Louis Olivier

Anton-Louis Olivier is founder and CEO of the REH Group of companies, which comprises Renewable Energy Holdings (Pty) Ltd, REH Project Development (Pty) Ltd, REH Operations and Maintenance (Pty) Ltd and a number of special purpose vehicle companies including three operational hydro power plants. Qualified in mechanical engineering and with a postgraduate degree in economics, he has worked in the public sector as well as in private sector consulting and as project manager with the United Nations Environment Programme in Denmark. After establishing an energy project development company in the Netherlands in 2000 he also opened its offices in South Africa. He established REH as a hydropower developer in South Africa in 2006. The REH group has since grown to a leading developer, owner and operator of small run-of river hydropower plants in Southern Africa. In 2017 he was awarded the International Hydro Power Association’s (IHA) Mosonyi Award for Excellence in Hydropower and was made an Honorary Life member and Fellow of the IHA (2018). Anton-Louis is based in Cape Town, South Africa.