Our Team
With Terra Firma, you can rest assured your business energy needs are in the hands of top solar power and energy storage professionals, driven by a shared purpose of creating a better energy future. Our in-house team of 300+ employees consists of the industry’s best engineers, project and construction managers, finance officers, qualified and registered electricians and health and safety experts.
Grant holds civil engineering and MBA degrees. He has over 20 years’ experience in the development, construction and financing of energy and infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Grant has extensive experience in utility scale energy markets (in particular, South Africa’s REIPPP programme) as well as commercial and industrial energy markets specialising in captive energy solutions to private customers.
As an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa, Shaun started his career within the legal profession, progressing to a commercial in-house role where he found a passion for the renewable energy sector. Prior to joining Terra Firma Solutions, Shaun spent 4 years in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPP), gaining experience in contract and commercial law with some of the leading international developers of solar PV and concentrated solar projects. Shaun holds a B Com (Law) and LLB degree from the University of the Free State.
Nesheen is a seasoned Human Resources executive with a Masters Degree in Industrial Psychology from the University of KZN. She has over 17 years of experience in overall HR strategy, talent acquisition, leadership development, transformation, compensation and industrial relations. She has redesigned, created and grew HR divisions across various retail and financial services companies in South Africa and across the African continent. She previously fulfilled the role of HR director and developed and implemented HR strategy at executive committee and board level. She remains passionate about employee wellbeing and building a strong corporate culture that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion.
Ben’s career has developed from the Corporate Medical Industry to the emerging Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy market where he assists large corporations by strategically addressing their energy challenges. Ben has gained extensive experience in Business Development while employed by international corporate firms based in the USA, EU and Australia over the last 15 years. He is passionate about securing a brighter and cleaner future for South African Companies by concentrating on a win/win model for the customer and the environment.
