Managing Director

Born in Argentina, Virginia has got an MSc in Sustainable Environmental Management from the Natural Resources Institute (2007, UK) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from Warwick Business School (2018, UK). Her past experience includes project management at Africa Conservation Fund of an alternative fuels programme in Virunga National Park in DR Congo, project management in Tai National Park, Ivory Coast, for Proyecto Gran Simio, project management of the registered CDM and Gold Standard ICSEA Programme of Activities from Uganda Carbon Bureau in East Africa, and currently serves as a strategic adviser to several organisations seeking access to carbon finance mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Training and Maintenance

Robert was born in eastern Uganda, and is a passionate farmer during his spare time. He has worked for over a decade in a school kitchen and today he trains kitchen staff on how best to operate the institutional improved cook stoves (IICS), while inspecting and providing maintenance whenever needed. Robert is also responsible for supervising the quality assurance of the IICS at the manufacturer, as Simoshi places the orders from the schools.

Administrator

Charity was born and raised in Masaka, Western Uganda, where she attended both primary and secondary schools. She is responsible for taking care of Simoshi’s office and administrative work, and you will be speaking to her first when calling our office lines.

IICS Testing

Marius was born in Bushenyi, Western Uganda, and has recently graduated from Kampala International University with a Bachelor in Business Administration. Marius has previously worked as a marketeer with a travel agency, and has a year of experience in the field promoting local travel. She helps Simoshi when testing the institutional improved cook stoves (IICS) in operation is schools since 2016.

Research & Development

Markus was born in Germany, and has spent several years working all over the world as an electrical engineer, including the United States, China, Poland and South Africa. He has lived in Uganda for the past 14 years, and is currently supporting Simoshi in its strategy to have the schools move up the energy ladder, towards using cleaner sources for cooking.

Security Team

These 2 ladies have been rescued from the streets in Kampala, and are the sweetest companions in the office. When things get complicated and stressful, they know how to make us feel relaxed again.