Our Staff
Our staff bring a broad range of talents and backgrounds to help change energy for good
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Aakansha Gulati
Director, ACT
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Abanti Sankaranarayanan
Group Chief Public Affairs Officer and Executive Board Member, Mahindra Group
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Achim Steiner
United National Development Programme - Administrator
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Ajay Banga
World Bank Group - President
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Ajay Mathur
International Solar Alliance - Director-General
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Akinwumi Adesina
African Development Bank Group - President
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Alex Flower
Contracts Manager
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Ana Lazo
Executive Assistant
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Andrew Steer
Bezos Earth Fund - President and CEO
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Anjali Bansa
Founding Partner, Avaana Capital
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Anju Mathur
Office Manager, India
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Anna Smith
Associate, Human Resources
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Anne Finucane
Business Executive, Former Vice Chair of Bank of America (BofA) and Former Chairman of BofA Europe
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Annette Mutuku
Director, Communications, Africa
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Avi Kestenbaum
Director, Global Operations
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Avishek Neogy
Technical Manager, India
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Bernadette Gitau
Director, People & Operations, Africa
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Bonheur Buconyori
Country Lead, Burundi
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Børge Brende
World Economic Forum - President
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Caro Brown
Director, Controller
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Catherine Jeiza
Executive Assistant and Team Coordinator, Africa
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Charles Muthee
Office Assistant/ Driver
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Chianda Njogu
Manager, Demand, Jobs, and Livelihoods
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Chipo Hamukoma
Senior Associate, Demand, Jobs, and Livelihoods
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Claire Davies
Editorial
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Claire Eboi
HR Manager, Africa
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Collen Zalengera R.Eng. PhD MSc BSc
Country Delivery Lead, Malawi
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Corey Karaka
Director, Investment
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Damilola Ogunbiyi
Sustainable Energy for All - CEO, SSRG and Co-Chair of UN-Energy
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Damola Omole
Director, Utility Innovation
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Daniel Tascon
Manager, Investment
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Deepak Bawari
Director, Mini-grids, India
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Dennis Waweru Nderitu
Manager, Energy Systems
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Divya Vohra
Executive Assistant
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Dr. Frannie Léautier
Board Member
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Dr. Snowy Khoza
Senior Advisor, South Africa
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Edward Borgstein
Managing Director for Country Programs
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Elizabeth Small
Chief Legal Officer and Head of ESG
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Emma Miller
Scaling Mini-Grids Specialist
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Enas Abdulmalik
Country Delivery Lead, Ethiopia
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Eric Gay
Managing Director, Communications and Advocacy
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Eric Wanless
Head, Solutions
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Erika Buffa
Executive Assistant
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Farouk Magaji Bello
Manager, Demand, Jobs, and Livelihoods
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Fatih Birol
International Energy Agency - Executive Director
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Fauzia Chevonne Okediji
Manager, Utility Innovation
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Felicity Tan
Director, Global Partnerships
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Felix Khembo
Utility Expert, Malawi
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Frances Santos
Associate, Legal
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Francesco La Camera
International Renewable Energy Agency - Director-General
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Francesco Starace
EQT Group - Partner
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Hanifa Monawer
Managing Director, Finance
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Hariom Mishra
Manager, Demand & Enterprise Development - Bihar, India
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Harish Hande
Co-founder, SELCO India
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Ighodaro Ajayi
Associate, Operations
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Ilan Goldfajn
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - President
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Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven
Managing Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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Isabel Beltran Villavicencio
Managing Director, Latin America & the Caribbean
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Jayant Sinha
Member of Parliament; Former Minister of State for Finance, Government of India
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Jenny Koh
Investment Consultant
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Jess Kersey
Consultant, Latin America and the Caribbean
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Jessica Uhl
Vice Chair, Mission Possible Partnership
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Jin Liqun
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) - President and Chair of the Board of Directors
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Jo Shaw
Team Coordinator, Investment
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Jon Creyts
RMI - Chief Executive Officer
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Jonas Støre - Co-Chair
Kingdom of Norway - Prime Minister
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Joseph Nganga
Vice President, Africa
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Kalistra Draper
Manager, Recruitment
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Kasia Krol
Manager, Communications & Digital Strategy
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Kate Wills
Chief Communications Officer
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Kelly Sims Gallagher
Tufts University - Dean of Energy and Environmental Policy
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Kenneth Kamau
Manager, Investment
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Keryn James
Board Member
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Kitty Bu
Vice President, Asia ex-India
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Larry Edevbie
Director, Finance
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Laura Lavender
Executive Assistant
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Lauren Olson
Associate, Human Resources
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Lisa Lee
Manager, Investment
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Logan Appel
Director, Global Information Technology
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Lourdes Melgar
Board Member
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Lubna Bhayani
Director, Partnerships, Africa
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Lucky Nurrahmat
Country Delivery Lead, Indonesia
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Lucky Nurrahmat
Country Delivery Lead, Indonesia
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Lucy Nyoike
Senior Associate, Partnerships, Africa
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Lyza Onema Shodu
Country Lead, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
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Mafalda Duarte
Executive Director, Green Climate Fund
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Mahua Acharya
Chief of Staff, CQuest Capital; Former MD, Convergence Energy
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Makena Ireri
Director, Demand, Jobs, and Livelihoods
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Makhtar Diop
Managing Director, International Finance Corporation
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Marina Lahowin
Senior Associate, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation
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Masatsugu Asakawa
President, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Michelle Hammer
Managing Director, Partnerships for Scalable Solutions
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Muhammad Wakil
Country Delivery Lead, Nigeria
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Mukesh Khandelwal
Senior Director, RTS, India
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Naomi Wagura
Director, Solution Led Countries, Africa
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Navneet Gupta
Associate Director, RTS, India
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Nderaisho Leshamta
Director, Risk
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Nick O’Donohoe
British International Investment - Chief Executive Officer
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Nivea Ikutwa
Executive Assistant
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Oliver Glanville
Manager, ACMI, Solutions
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Oscar Garcia
Chief Impact Officer
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P.K. Sinha
Senior Advisor, India
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Pariphan Uawithya
Managing Director, Country Delivery, Asia
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Patricia Espinosa
onepoint5 - Founding Partner and CEO
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Paul Polman
Business leader, climate and equality campaigner, co-author of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take”
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Per Heggenes
IKEA Foundation - Chief Executive Officer
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Rachel Morrisey
Communications Analyst
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Rahul Kumar Kandoi
Technical Expert, Energy Systems
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Rajiv Shah - Co-Chair
The Rockefeller Foundation - President
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Rania Al-Mashat
Arab Republic of Egypt - Minister of International Cooperation
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Ravi Venkatesan
Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet Board Chair
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Rebo Wahogo
Senior Associate, Finance
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Rémy Rioux
Chief Executive Officer, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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Richard Harrison
Managing Director, Strategy & Partnerships, Asia
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Ronnie Khanna
Director, Partnerships, India
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Sachin Narang
Accounts Executive
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Sagar Gupta
Manager, Accounting, GEAPP India
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Samit Mitra
Director, Country Programs, India
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Sarah Goodhart
Director, Human Resources
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Sarah Kanda
Manager, Demand, Jobs and Livelihoods
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Satya Prakash Choubey
Director, Demand & Enterprise Development, India
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Saul Perez
Data Reporting Adviser
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Saurabh Kumar
Vice President, The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) in India
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Seema Chandel
Director, People & Operations, Asia
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Shaan Boolell
Project Manager, Spin-off
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Shirley Collins
Office Manager, UK
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Shoaib Kochar
Manager, Accounting, India
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Simon Harford
CEO, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP)
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Soraya Walli
Strategic Project Lead
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Stephen Doig
Senior Advisor, Solution
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Stephen Sidebottom
Chief People and Operating Officer for the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP)
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Sundaa Bridgett-Jones
Vice President for the Americas and Chief Partnerships Officer, The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP)
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Sunita Dubey
Country Delivery Lead, Vietnam
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Tabitha Olang
Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Africa
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Terri Waiyaki
Executive Assistant
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Thanutra Teerasuphaset
Admin Assistant
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Udaya Easwaran
Office Manager, Asia
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Umang Maheshwari
Director, Solutions Deployment, India
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Urvashi Devidayal
Senior Advisor, India Climate Collaborative
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Vaishali Mishra
Director, Communications and Advocacy, Asia
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Vera Songwe
United Nations High Level Climate Panel - Co-Chair
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Victor Okinda
Senior Associate, R&D and Market Testing, Solutions
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Victoria Greindl
Associate, Investment
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Wale Aboyade
Director, Government Enablement
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Wanjiru Wambugu
Associate, Youth & Entrepreneurship
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Werner Hoyer
European Investment Bank - President
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Yinglun Teng
Strategy Manager
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Zeph Kivungi
Senior Associate, Country Programs & Partnerships, Africa
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Ziyad Cassim
Country Delivery Lead, South Africa