Staff profiles
Jens Thomsen
Head of Trade Section
Mobile phone: +27 (12) 430 9344
Email: [email protected]
Jens joined the Embassy of Denmark in South Africa in 2022 and has more than 20 years of professional experience from sales and export. His background in businesses and several occupations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has given him a strong inside into building relations. His focus will therefore be on building relations between Danish and South African stakeholders and supporting Danish companies.
J. D. Senekal - Food and Agriculture
Senior Trade Officer, Head og Sector
J.D. Senekal has been Senior Trade officer for food, agriculture and fisheries in South Africa since May 2016. As part of the portfolio he is responsible for advising Danish companies in the food, agriculture and fisheries sector on how to grow their exports and investments into Southern Africa. J.D. was born and raised on a farm, and has three years professional experience with the Agricultural Sector (mostly with DOW Agroscience).
Mobile phone: +27 (12) 430 9340
Email: [email protected]
Maleepile Moseki – Energy
Senior Trade Officer, Head of Sector
Maleepile Moseki’s focus is on facilitating trade between Denmark and Southern
Africa, assisting companies in investing large pools of capital in the clean
energy infrastructure space. As an Energy and Investment Advisor, her role is
to further Danish economic interests by providing information and facilitation
of financial possibilities, such as investment funding for Danish exports to
Sub-Sahara Africa. Her key focus areas are preparing Danish companies for the
deployment of Renewable Energy (Onshore Wind, Onshore Solar PV), Bioenergy
(Biogas, Biomass) and Energy Efficiency into the market.
Mobile phone:
+27 (60) 998 3055
Email: [email protected]
Simone Smit – Sustainable Value Chains
Trade Advisor
Simone is dedicated to uniting flagship Danish suppliers with South African organizations to drive transformation in production and energy supply. Her focus is key sectors such as Water, Energy, Mining, Industrial Manufacturing, and Agriculture. The Green Capacity Group - an initiative aimed at fostering sustainable development and facilitating investments that support long-term environmental and economic goals - plays a pivotal role in elevating and prolonging the Danish-South African energy partnership, which has been in place since 2012.
Simone is experienced in mergers and acquisitions. This supports the forging of new relationships between Danish and South African businesses.
Email: [email protected]
Sean Hlomane – Water
Senior Trade Advisor, Water
Sean brings extensive experience in international trade, economic diplomacy, and market analysis, having worked with various international organizations and diplomatic institutions. This varied background equips Sean with a unique perspective and skillset to identify and capitalize on market opportunities for Danish companies in South Africa and the broader region, particularly within the water sector.
As Senior Trade Advisor, Sean will play a key role in assisting Danish companies in the South African market and strengthening collaboration between South Africa and Denmark. He will focus on developing projects in the water sector, introducing state-of-the-art Danish solutions to South African public and industrial players.
Email: [email protected]
Mobile phone: +27 66111 0757
The trade officers are also supported by two dedicated master-level students from a Danish or foreign university, studying the fields of business, economics, political science or law.