Edward is a Managing Director at GEAPP, focusing on Government Enablement & Country Delivery in Africa. With 14+ years in energy efficiency and renewables, he previously co-led RMI’s Africa Energy Program and founded a Brazilian energy consultancy. Edward holds a BA (Hons) and MEng in Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Suman has 20+ years of experience designing global programs that promote inclusive economic development in Africa and Asia. As a Managing Director at GEAPP, she leads efforts to ensure renewable energy investments improve jobs and livelihoods globally. Suman holds an MPA from Princeton and a BA from Johns Hopkins University.

Victor is a renewable energy professional with ten years of experience in sub-Saharan Africa, developing wind, solar, and hydropower plants. At the Alliance, he focuses on expanding clean energy access and promoting innovations to reduce costs for underserved communities. He is also passionate about emerging technologies in energy and IoT.

Makena Ireri is the Managing Director of Energy & Opportunity at the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), where she leads global strategies to harness clean energy as a catalyst for inclusive economic growth. An energy specialist with more than 14 years of experience spanning nuclear power, renewable energy, and international development, she bridges technical expertise with systems-level approaches to development.

Her career began in nuclear energy generation in the UK, before moving into renewable energy and energy access in emerging markets. Over the past decade, she has led initiatives that connect clean energy to job growth, livelihood development, enterprise growth, women’s economic empowerment, and poverty reduction—working with partners such as the Rockefeller Foundation, Mastercard Foundation, Gates Foundation, IKEA Foundation, FCDO, and the World Bank, among others.

At GEAPP, Makena’s work sits at the intersection of energy and opportunity, ensuring that electrification fuels job creation, agricultural transformation, climate resilience, and improved quality of life. She has mobilized millions in funding to scale productive uses of energy as a driver of socio-economic empowerment, advised social enterprises across Africa, integrated energy solutions in humanitarian and low-income contexts, and contributed to global thinking on how energy access underpins socio-economic transformation.

Previously, Makena was Director of Clean Energy Access Research at CLASP, where she managed a multi-million dollar research portfolio on off-grid technologies and authored widely cited publications on the role of appliances in stimulating demand, advancing gender equity, and driving universal energy access.

Her engineering foundation, research leadership, and global advisory experience have made her a trusted voice in shaping strategies and partnerships for sustainable energy transitions. She is frequently engaged as a speaker, advisor, and thought leader, with a distinctive ability to connect technical rigor to the human and economic outcomes of energy access.

Dennis Waweru Nderitu is the Manager for Energy Systems at GEAPP, providing technical support across partnerships and projects. Previously, he was the Technical Lead at Energy 4 Impact and managed solar projects at Davis & Shirtliff and PowerGen Renewable Energy. Dennis holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Kenya.

Fauzia Chevonne Okediji is the Manager of Utility Innovation at the Alliance, focusing on scaling distributed renewable energy solutions. With 13+ years in the power sector, she previously led the Interconnected Mini-Grid Acceleration Scheme at GIZ. Fauzia holds a Master’s in Engineering and is a certified Renewable Energy Professional.

Roberto Estevez has 10+ years of experience in the energy sector, focusing on renewable energy and energy access across Latin America and beyond. He has led projects in Argentina, India, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Chile, and currently develops and implements GEAPP’s renewable energy, BESS, and decarbonization projects in LAC