GEAPP Appoints Agnes Dasewicz as Chief Investment Officer to Drive Critical Funding for Renewable Energy Projects Across Emerging Economies

Washington, D.C. | 10 March, 2025 — The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) is excited to announce the appointment of Agnes Dasewicz as its new Chief Investment Officer. Agnes is a leader in development finance, with extensive expertise in identifying investment opportunities that drive sustainability and poverty reduction in emerging markets.

As Chief Investment Officer, Agnes will be responsible for leading GEAPP’s investment strategy, driving new opportunities to scale the Alliance’s impact, and furthering its mission to provide affordable, clean and reliable energy solutions in underserved regions. Her leadership will be pivotal in advancing GEAPP’s work to address energy poverty and climate change, catalyze investment in renewable energy, and create resilient, sustainable communities around the world.

Prior to joining GEAPP, Agnes served as the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Investments at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), where she led unprecedented growth in investments and prioritized increasing capital allocations to energy, infrastructure, and nature-based solutions. She was also instrumental in expanding DFC’s presence in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Earlier in her career, she held senior leadership roles at USAID and IFC, co-founded an impact investing fund, and served on the boards of international corporations and nonprofit organizations.

“We are thrilled to welcome Agnes to GEAPP at this crucial moment,” said GEAPP’s CEO Woochong Um. “Her exceptional leadership and deep expertise in mobilizing capital for sustainable development will be invaluable as we continue to scale our investments and drive investment in renewable energy across emerging markets. With her experience in both the public and private sectors, Agnes is uniquely positioned to help GEAPP unlock new opportunities and accelerate our mission to provide clean energy solutions to underserved communities around the world through public-private-philanthropic partnership.”

“I am honored to join GEAPP as Chief Investment Officer and to contribute to its groundbreaking work in transforming global energy systems,” said Agnes Dasewicz. “GEAPP’s commitment to a just energy transition and its focus on sustainable, inclusive growth align with my own values and passion for tackling the world’s most pressing challenges. I look forward to working with the team to mobilize capital and drive impactful investments that will help ensure universal access to affordable, renewable energy.”

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About Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP)

The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) is an alliance of philanthropy, governments in emerging and developed economies, and technology, policy, and financing partners. Our common mission is to enable LMIC’s shift to a clean energy, pro-growth model that accelerates universal energy access and inclusive economic growth, while supporting the global community to meet critical climate goals during the next decade. As an alliance, we aim to reduce four gigatons of future carbon emissions, expand clean energy access to one billion people, and enable 150 million new jobs. With philanthropic partners, IKEA Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, and Bezos Earth Fund, GEAPP works to build the enabling environment, capacity, and market conditions for private sector solutions, catalyze new business models through innovation and entrepreneurship, and deploy high-risk capital to encourage private sector solutions and assist just transition solutions.

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