Iskander BuranovHead – Business Initiatives, Commonwealth of Independent States Renewables Business Unit

    Head – Business Initiatives, Commonwealth of Independent States
    Renewables Business Unit

    Larsen & Toubro Construction

    Led business development program of Siemens Energy and Siemens in Uzbekistan – power generation, renewables, oil & gas, power transmission, investments. Advised the top management and business units on different issues: technical, cross-sectoral, institutional, etc.

    As the World Bank staff provided implementation support of the US$125 million UZ Energy Efficiency Fund Project; Supervision of $110 million IBRD loan for the Talimarjan Transmission Project, $180 million IBRD loan for the Advanced Electricity Metering Project.

    Preparation of the new operations: Kaniv Pump-storage Hydro Station (Ukraine), District Heating Energy Efficiency Project, Electricity Distribution Modernization Project, and Vietnam Energy Efficiency for Industrial Enterprises Project.

    Led the component on assessment of the wind energy potential of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which could help to identify rich wind resources of 52 TW.

    Author of several publications on energy efficiency, renewable energy development, manufacturing localization; currently working on PhD.

    Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1979

    Education
    1999 – 2001 Master of Science, Hydraulic Engineering Tashkent Institute of Architecture and Civil Works
    1995 – 1999 Bachelor in Hydraulic Engineering Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Mechanization of Agriculture Engineers

    Working experiences
    2022 – till now Head – Business Initiatives, CIS, Renewables Business Unit, Larsen & Toubro Construction
    2020 –2022 Country Manager for Siemens Energy in Uzbekistan
    2016 – 2020 Country Manager for Siemens in Uzbekistan
    2015 – 2016 Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank Group
    2008 – 2015 Energy Specialist, World Bank in Uzbekistan
    2008 – 2010 Operations Officer, Energy & Infrastructure, World Bank in Uzbekistan
    2001 – 2008 Group Leader, Director Assistant, Engineer, Gidroproekt, Design Institute