Industry Strategist and Planner – Presently developing the national hydrogen commercialisation strategy for South Africa. Mahandra Rooplall is an industry strategist and industry planner. Mahandra Rooplall previously worked as a Project Investment Specialist focusing on energy economics, project development, risk management, project management and business development. In his career, Mahandra has advised State Owned Entity Clients, Lenders to Power Projects and Independent Power Producers in an Owner Engineering, Lenders Technical Advisory, Programme Management and Risk Management capacity.  Mahandra also worked in the petrochemical and energy for 11 years undertaking investment analysis and risk management on major investments, business development on green field projects, project management on multidisciplinary projects and design of plant optimization systems.   Mahandra has a degree in Electronic Engineering and an MBA.  Mahandra is registered as a professional engineer (PrEng) and as a project management professional (PMP).