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Hitachi Energy

Southern Africa Company Profile


Table of Contents
About Hitachi Energy in Southern Africa 01
Safety, Integrity & Quality 02
Global and Local Heritage 03
Southern Africa Team 04
Southern Africa Footprint & Operations 05
Hitachi Energy Global
06
Southern Africa Projects
07
Business Units & Services
08
Vision & Sustainability Goals
09

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About Hitachi Energy in
Southern Africa

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About Hitachi Energy in Southern Africa

Hitachi Energy is a technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers
in the Utility, Industry and Infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain.
Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to
accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the energy system to
become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value.
Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries globally
and is headquartered in Switzerland.
In Southern Africa, Hitachi Energy employs around 200 people in 6 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa and
generate business volumes of approximately $150 million.

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Safety, Integrity & Quality

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Safety, Integrity and Quality are part of our DNA

• We focus on quality
• We win trust by being
honest
• We compete open and
fairly
• We trade globally
• We refuse to make
improper payments
• We protect our
credibility by shunning
gifts and favors

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Safety, Integrity and Quality - Our license to operate

Five pillars to drive our culture and performance and make Safety, Integrity and Quality, part of our DNA

01 Organization We learn from events and experience and focus on human factors

Safety
02 Skills We are all competent in Safety, Integrity and Quality

03 Processes We know the rules & processes, apply them and continuously improve Integrity

04 Compliance We act with transparency and speed to mitigate disruptions & liabilities
Quality

05 Digital We leverage technology to efficiently prevent, detect and resolve

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COVID-19 Response

Cross-functional COVID-19
01 response teams in place

Staying close to customers

Employees
02 and partners
Preserving
Protecting Continue to stabilize the
business
Customers people
continuity 03 supply chain

Partners Ensuring secure liquidity & cash

Working in the
04 (engaging customers and partners)
Community “new norm” Engaging governments and

05 institutions (minimizing disruption,


ensuring financial support)
Continue to Learn, Adapt and
Team up, collaborate and
prioritize to manage and 06 Adopt (collaboration, digitalized &
remote work)
overcome the crisis
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Hitachi Energy’s four guiding principles

1 We bring
energy!
Work with purpose
2 We achieve more
together
Diversity + Collaboration
3 We inspire
progress
Think Big
4 Our impact is
real
Energize your career
= Great Innovation

purpose meets passion

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Global and Local Heritage

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Our History

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Our New Name | Hitachi Energy

We are advancing the world’s


energy system to be more
sustainable, flexible and
secure. As the pioneering
technology leader, we
collaborate with customers
and partners to enable a
sustainable energy future –
for today's generations and
those to come.

With our new name – Hitachi


Energy – we are broadening
our commitment to creating
real impact for our customers
and partners, our people and
society.

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Hitachi Energy South Africa | B-BBEE Structure

The ubora group is a subsidiary of the Kutana Group.

Today we announce the details of The Ubora Investment Group (Pty) The Education Trust will identify and
our Broad-Based Black Economic Ltd. is a black women-owned, select black females as beneficiaries
Empowerment (B-BBEE) female-led industrial supply group of scholarships, bursaries and
shareholding structure implemented committed to excellence in awards for study and research in
with ‘The Power Grids South Africa sustainable industrial supply. engineering and related fields of
Education Trust’ and strategic study.
shareholder Ubora Investment
Group (Pty) Ltd.

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Southern Africa Team

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Southern Africa Leadership Team

Managing Director
Malvin Naicker

Executive Personal Assistant Leadership Team


Charlene Isaacs

Finance Director
Michelle Sampson

Head of Sales
Stuart Michie

Head of Legal & Integrity


Sally Elliott

Head of Human Resources


Tracy Golovey
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Southern Africa Management Team

Managing Director Executive Personal Assistant


Malvin Naicker Charlene Isaacs

Support Functions Oversight Countries Business Leads

Finance Director Grid Automation


HSE Manager CMD - Angola
Michelle Sampson Operations Unit Manager
Nerissa Swanepoel Celestino Bravo
Kovilan Naicker

Head of Human Resources Traction Transformer Factory


Supply Chain Manager CMD - Tanzania
Tracy Golovey LPG, GM & Project Manager
Kholofelo Ramashala Michael Otonya
Quinton Gouveia

Head of Sales CMD - Democratic Republic of Grid Integration


Quality Manager
Stuart Michie Congo LPG Manager
Garth Nofal
Thryphon Mungono Colin Elliott

Head of Legal & Integrity Information Systems Manager Transformers


Sally Elliott Danzel Maphula Market Manager
Abel Gilbert

Communications Manager High Voltage


TBC Market Manager
Confidence Mabulwana

Grid Automation Grid Integration


Market Manager Market Manager
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Southern Africa Footprint
& Operations

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Southern Africa Footprint and Operations

~200 employees

Kenya
Head Office
DRC South Africa
Tanzania
Representation:
Angola • Angola
Zambia
Uganda
Kenya
Mozambique
• DRC
DR Congo
Namibia Tanzania • Tanzania
Johannesburg

Angola
• Zambia
Mozambique
Zambia

Zimbabwe
• Namibia

Namibia
South Africa
Botswana Mozambique
South • Kenya
Africa

• Zimbabwe

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Grid Automation Factory

• ISO 9001:2015 Quality Certification


• HSE requirements fulfilled
• Adequate test and measuring
equipment
• All calibration certificates current and
recorded
• Scalable capacity – ability to produce
>600 panels per year

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Traction Transformer Factory

In 2015 a we undertook a project to initiate


the strategic transfer of production from
traction transformer facility in Geneva
Switzerland to Johannesburg South Africa.
The outcome is a world class production
facility with well trained and extremely
competent production staff, delivering
superior quality locally produced Traction
Transformers for the rail industry. These
transformers are sold to Locomotive build
OEMs
• Local production
• Local competence
• Local skills development
• Local employment opportunities
• Local supplier development
• Local content of 55-65%

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Hitachi Energy Global

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About Hitachi Energy Globally

38,000 employees

90+ ~250
countries with years’ heritage
200 offices combined

5,500 2,000
sales employees engineers &
& field engineers scientists in R&D

4 Business Units

Headquarters in Grid High Voltage


Zurich, Switzerland Automation Products

Grid Integration Transformers

Customers Offering Geographies


■ Services
■ Transport & Infrastructure ■ Asia, Middle East & Africa
■ Software & Automation
■ Industry ■ Americas
■ Systems
■ Utilities ■ Europe
■ Products
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Global Technology and Market Leader

Grid Automation Grid Integration High Voltage Products Transformers

50% Technology
1 in every 4 World's largest
of the top 250 global electric leader in power quality high-voltage switchgear
installed base of power,
and grid connection solutions distribution, traction
utilities supported by our installed in the world
and services transformers
leading portfolio

More than Technology


~$4 trillion Leader in HVDC* systems
with 200 GW installed 1M leader in transformer
mission-critical infrastructure applications for HVDC,
assets managed with our circuit- breakers
installed in the world renewables and digitalization
software solutions

world's largest installed base


Maintaining and modernizing the
Services More than 200 service centers and 1,500 field engineers worldwide

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Markets We Serve

Utilities Renewables Industries

Partnering with utilities for ~130 years Accelerating renewable integration with Supporting industrial customers to
from generation, to transmission and strong installed base electrify the entire energy value chain
distribution

Transportation Data Centers Smart Life

Enabling society to meet sustainable Providing the data center industry with Advancing sustainable energy for
mobility demands in air, land, water reliable power connection and industry and society with solutions that
and rail eco-efficient solutions reduce waste and CO2 footprint

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Delivering Across the Value Chain – Supported by Digital & Services

Utilities Industries Transportation Data Centers Smart Life

Your total life-cycle partner


Plan Build Operate & Maintain

Virtual and augmented reality Remote FAT* Analytics assisted operations Predictive maintenance
Digital twins Virtual commissioning AI** driven operations Optimized workforce
Energy solutions consulting Virtual training Autonomous operations Self servicing assets

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Digital Transformation – Fundamental for the Energy Transition

Towards a carbon-neutral energy system


Flexible energy transmission, Electrification of transport,
Renewable integration
distribution and storage systems industry and buildings

Eco-efficient products, solutions and services

Industry specific
digital solutions x New
business models x Improved
customer experience

Enterprise IT expertise, integrated applications and digital services

Domain Expertise Innovation

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Hitachi Energy – Advancing a sustainable energy future for all

Hitachi Energy – Advancing a sustainable energy future for all


Interconnecting
We are advancing the world’s energy system to be
more sustainable, flexible and secure.
regions, countries
and continents
As the pioneering technology leader, we collaborate with
customers and partners to enable a sustainable energy future
– for today’s generations and those to come.

Managing energy
Delivering
complexity and
reliable energy to
enabling smart
cities and remote
life through
communities
digitalization

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Southern Africa Projects

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Highlight Projects in our region

1. Hitachi Energy
solutions for
improving power
quality.

2. Hitachi Energy
wins major order
to support Sub-
Saharan Africa’s Helping South African power grids Hitachi Energy has been contracted by
brave thunderstorms. Hitachi Energy MCA to contribute to the development
largest solar
PEXLINK line surge arresters can of Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest
venture in Angola
safeguard transmission lines from photovoltaic project, in Angola
lightning strikes, ensuring ‘business as
usual’ for everyone in the country

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Robben Island: Remote Communities

Robben Island, a UNESCO About the project Solution


World Heritage Site and
former prison that receives up • Project name: Robben Island • Solar PV (667 kWp)
to 2,000 visitors a day, is • Location: South Africa • Diesel (1 x 500 kW)
• Customer: Department of Tourism, South Africa • PowerStore Battery (500 kW/837 kWh)
drastically reducing their
• Completion date: 2017 • e-mesh Control System
diesel consumption by
deploying microgrid solution.
The island now operates on
solar power for at least nine
months out of the year. Due to
Customer benefits
treacherous currents, it is
safely operated remotely. • Lower fuel costs and carbon emissions by 50%
• Enabling the island to run on solar power for at
Web story / Video
least 9 months of the year
Infographic / Fact Sheet • Remote monitoring of the entire system from
Cape Town
• Remote set-up eliminates the need to maintain a
workforce on the island

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Business Units & Services

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Grid Automation | A pioneering leader since 1905

6,000+ employees
delivering solutions and
services in 90+ countries

Supporting $4 trillion+
50% of the critical
top 250 infrastructure
global electric assets
utilities managed

Comprehensive portfolio of solutions…


Grid edge Enterprise
Substation Communication Grid Automation Grid Edge
projects span Software
Automation Networks Services Solutions
480M more than Solutions
electricity 200
consumers …addressing all key segments connected to the energy system
references Transmission
& 500 MW Generation Industries Transportation Infrastructure
Distribution

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Grid Integration | World’s largest installed base

6,000+ employees
delivering solutions and
services in 90+ countries

~60
4,000+
Operating
projects
Units delivered the
around the last 15 years
world

~15,000
systems 200 GW
operating installed Comprehensive portfolio of solutions…
around HVDC systems Power High Voltage Grid & Power Service
Semiconductors
the world Consulting Direct Current Quality Solutions Solutions

…addressing all key segments connected to the energy system


1,000+ employees dedicated
to consulting and services Transmission
Renewables Industries Transportation Infrastructure
Distribution

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High Voltage Products | Over 120 years of innovation

More than one million high-


voltage circuit-breakers
installed worldwide

Installed
1 in every 4 Up to 1,200 kV
high-voltage AC and 1,100
switchgear in kV DC
the world

35 >100
manufacturing locations
facilities worldwide Key innovations
around the providing 24/7
world service Active technology power Eco-efficient switchgear Digital generator
quality circuit-breaker

7,500+ employees with Hybrid and integrated 1,100 kV gas-insulated lines Up to 1,200 kV switchgear
legacy of 120+ years switchgear

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Transformers | World’s largest installed base

With ~30
~14,000 service
employees
centers

Complete range Voltage


of power,
distribution & range
traction up to
transformers, 1,200 kV AC
components and
& services 1,100 kV DC
Applications
Transmission and Metals & Mining,
~60 Power generation
Revenues in distribution Oil & Gas
Facilities 90+
around the
world
countries Commercial &
Industry Mobility
Infrastructure

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Service | Partnering to solve tomorrow’s challenges

Digitalized Classic Services Advanced Services Servitized Solutions

Global network of expert support Connected-asset services Performance-based contracts

Collaborative value-creation
Remote support & training Consulting & assessments
together with customers

Complete life-cycle services incl. Advanced asset performance Social Innovation through
upgrades & retrofits management solutions ecosystem partnerships

Portfolio of sustainable services Reliability-centered maintenance

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Vision & Sustainability

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Vision 2025

Growth and portfolio shift Ambition

Double % of revenues Grow faster Strengthen #1


from service than the market market position

Key SDGs* embedded - Focus on 8 SDGs


following the launch of Sustainability 2030
Fully digitalized portfolio
People Planet Peace Partnerships
2017 2025

Consultancy, Service, Software #1 Grid planning


Grid automation & software
Digitalized products and systems Renewable's integration & storage
(incl. automation)

Conventional products and systems Best-in-class, quality,


delivery and operations

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Sustainability 2030

Our Targets

We have placed Planet


sustainability at the Carbon-neutral in our own operations
heart of our Purpose - ↓ 50% CO2 emissions along the value chain
↓ 50% waste disposed
Advancing a sustainable ↓ 25% freshwater use
energy future for all ↓ 25% hazardous substances and chemicals

People
Zero harm
Top quartile health absence rates
Claudio Facchin
Life-long learning culture
CEO, Hitachi Energy Increase female diversity from 19% to 25% by 2025

Peace
Zero incidents of corruption and bribery

Partnerships
Increase involvement in multi-stakeholder partnerships

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The world in 2050

Climate change
extremely urgent and
important to limit Internet of Things Global electrification
global warming to expands to will be more than

1.5°C 24bn 50%


interconnected devices of total energy
vs. 10bn connected demand – up from
devices today around 20% today
World population
reaches

~10bn
(up from 7.8bn
people in 2021)
Urbanization
Rapid growth in
increases with
EV sales rises to
Global demand for
steel is projected to 62M 68%
of world population
units p.a. globally –
increase up from 6.4M in 2021
living in cities – up
by more than a third from 55% in 2018
through to 2050

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Energy system 2050: towards a carbon-neutral vision

01 Fast facts So what?


Accelerated shift from
fossil-based to renewable Global electrification will
power generation Digital and energy
be more than 50% of total
platforms are needed…
energy demand
Electricity will 02 Electrification improves
…to manage the
enormous power
be the backbone Growing electrification of
Transportation, Industry and energy efficiency system energy
transition challenges:
of the entire Buildings sectors
All market sectors
converting towards increased complexity
energy system 03 electrification additional capacity
Sustainable energy carriers, for reduction of
complementary to direct Energy sector-coupling
beneficial CO2 emissions
electrification

Accelerating the transition to a carbon-neutral energy system requires adapting and


adopting policies and regulations to enable technology and new business models
to support Scalable, Flexible and Secure energy systems

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