Steve Nicholls is the Director of African Energy Futures (AEF), where is is leading the work to establish a network of African energy research hubs. Steve’s past experience is in connecting climate issues with economic impact and building the strategic case for integrating climate considerations into economic planning, strategy, risk management, investment planning, policy development and implementation. Before joining AEF, he led the mitigation team at South Africa’s Presidential Climate Commission (PCC). Prior to joining the PCC, Steve led the Environment and Society programme at the National Business Initiative. In this role, he ran the programmes that harnessed the collective effort of South African business across the areas of Energy, Climate Change, and Water. Steve has worked in the consulting industry in the United Kingdom and South Africa and has worked on projects in Europe and Southern and East Africa. He has worked across several sectors including Mining, Telecoms, Government, Electrical Energy, Oil and Gas, Financial Services and Retail.