Dr. Geoffrey Aori Mabea is the Executive Secretary of the Energy Regulators Association of East Africa tasked with spearheading the realisation of a robust Energy Union for Eastern African countries. He is an energy expert with vast experience in energy and infrastructure. Dr. Mabea has served in various leadership positions in national and international organisations where he has amassed a wealth of experience in managing multibillion-dollar projects and policy formulation in Africa. He is certified with SAP Project Systems and has managed the most extensive geothermal energy development programmes in Kenya, leading Northern Corridor countries’ regional energy Integration projects (NCIP) and in various assignments in South Africa and Indonesia. He has vast experience in infrastructure project origination and portfolio management for power sector energy projects. He has served in multiple national and regional policy formulation committees in East Africa. Dr Mabea is a Kenyan national with multidisciplinary education: Geomatics Engineering, and MBA, both from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology; MSc. Energy Economics and Policy, University of Surrey; and Ph.D. Energy Economics and Policy, University of Dundee. Dr. Mabea is a Chevening Scholar and has intensively researched on the economic benefits of integrating electricity markets in Eastern Africa. He is passionate about electricity markets and infrastructure in Africa and has been at the frontline forging the establishment of robust electricity markets in Africa. He is also the founding director general of the Energy Regulation Centre of Excellence(ERCE) and the African Journal of Energy Markets.