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Umair Shaikh

CEO

Umair Junaid has been in the renewable sector in MEA and beyond with more than 12 years of experience. He has been involved in the renewable energy sector since 2015 with a passion to help businesses in emerging markets to reduce energy costs, increase energy reliability, all while reducing their environmental footprint.

He has been involved in utility-scale and distributed energy project of more than 250 MW in MEA, Africa, and Central Asia. He has been the guest speaker in the Tomorrow’s Business, Today: OpenWorld Dubai 2019 and shares his opinion in Forbes on Renewable Energy Sector and its development.

Basit Zaidi

Managing Director

As a Managing Director at ZE, Basit Zaidi combines his commercial expertise and engineering education to bring forth the best solar and energy efficiency solutions for his clients.
With a decade of experience in international markets such as MENA and Central Asia and the GCC having more than 200 MW under his belt covering project development, design, construction, operations, and maintenance. A talented communicator and detail-oriented leader. Basit ensures his clients are satisfied with project results and objectives. Basit Zaidi holds a Master of Electronics Engineering from University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

Khalil Tunio

Head of Design & Execution

As the Head of Project Design and Execution at ZE, Khalil Tunio ensures high quality and efficient delivery of solar and energy efficiency projects. He has more than 8 years of experience in the solar industry, particularly in designing, construction, and commissioning. An electrical engineer by training, Khalil combines his technical expertise and leadership acumen to optimize results for ZE’s commercial and industrial customers. He has led ZE’s engineering teams to deliver numerous solar PV projects for ZE.

Ubaid Daudpota

HSE Engineer

Experienced in HSE with a passion of sustainability and renewable energy. Proven success in execution and commissioning of Photo Voltaic Power Plants. Ubaid Daudpota is working for DEWA projects and has membership in Society of Engineers. In addition, he has rich experience as a project engineer, and he completed various projects in Solar.

Mohamed Nasser

Business Development Manager

As a Sales and Business Development Manager at Zaish Energy, Mohamed Nasser contributed and will continue to contribute to the spread of solar and clean energy in the Middle East region as his passion. He has been working in the field of solar energy since 2013 in several countries in the Middle East, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and UAE. Through it, he participated in all domains of solar project, including sales design, execution and maintenance.

Kiran Lohi

Site Engineer

A mechanical engineer by qualification, Kiran Ramankulath Lohidakshan has experience of managing operations and maintenance of tracker systems and cleaning of PV Panels through robotic systems. In addition, he is also experienced in managing human resources and supervision on sites. He is a master’s degree holder in business administration on two streams marketing and human resources.

Rasheda Khanom

Finance & Administration

As a Finance and Admin professional, Rasheda is responsible for gathering and monitoring financial data, preparing accurate statements, forecasting costs and revenues, managing tax payments, and conducting internal audits. She also ensures compliance with accounting regulations and supports the company’s financial decisions.