Global Leadership Council
Our work is amplified by the advocacy efforts of the Global Leadership Council (GLC) formed of the heads of our Alliance partners and thought leaders who shape global finance, clean energy, and philanthropy.
GEAPP’s Global Leadership Council (GLC) is a diverse of coalition of nearly two dozen global leaders coming together to tackle the most challenging barriers to scaling just energy transitions worldwide and keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The GLC is a critical and impartial platform to start advancing solutions, including driving down the cost of clean energy technologies, delivering locally owned Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JET-Ps), and building carbon credits for coal decommissioning. The GLC will be a forum to galvanize action on a more ambitious, urgent, and inclusive global renewable energy agenda.
Collectively this forum will shape the global agenda on these critical issues, strengthen our collective actions, and ensure optimal impact of GEAPP’s philanthropic capital.
The GLC is co-chaired by Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, and Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation.
Global Leadership Council Drives Action to Reduce the Cost of Renewable Energy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The Global Leadership Council (GLC) of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) committed to dramatically reduce the cost of renewable energy technologies focusing on battery storage systems and off-grid tech aggregation.
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) Global Leadership Council
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Jonas Støre - Co-Chair
Kingdom of Norway - Prime Minister
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Rajiv Shah - Co-Chair
The Rockefeller Foundation - President
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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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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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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