Vivek Mittal is the CEO and member of the Board of Africa Infrastructure Development Association (AfIDA).  In this role he has led the creation of the Catapult Accelerator for start-up developers of infra project in Africa.  In addition to this, he leads the Associations training and advocacy work as well.  

Prior to this role, over the previous twenty-five years in international energy and renewable energy sector, he has straddled roles as lender, investor and developer on over sixty projects in twenty-five countries.  He has promoted clean energy start-up IPPs in India, Sri Lanka, CEE and USA over fifteen years, and serves as the Independent Investment Committee Member on Crescent Capital’s clean energy fund - the first clean energy fund to focus on Turkey and South Eastern Europe.  Between 1993-2006 he held senior project finance roles in International banks and corporates, including ING Bank, Enron Europe Limited, Edison Capital Europe Limited, and Bank of Scotland (HBOS plc). 

He holds an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management and MSc (Tech) in Instrumentation from the Birla Institute of Technology in India.  He lives with his wife and two children in London.