Malcolm Van Harte has 24 years of experience in the electric utility transmission and distribution industry. He holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and works in distribution as the Senior Manager for SMART GRID (including Cyber Security, Data Analytics and Distribution Telecommunication Operations). He’s also worked in risk and resilience, network planning, regional and national control centers, and network optimization.
He has authored Eskom guidelines and standards, as well as a number of national and international papers, and has achieved a number of milestones, including 33 articles (author and co-author), 3 articles, guest speaker for 5 conferences, lectured 7 short courses, 9 position papers on future Distribution business, and contributed to 6 national or international institutions, as well as receiving 7 awards for his contributions in these fields and Distribution Executive of year 2022.