The Commission

Meet the Commissioners working toward achieving universal energy access.

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Akinwumi Adesina
chair, commissioner
Akinwumi Adesina
chair, commissioner

Co-Chair, GCEEP; and President African Development Bank (AFDB)

chair, commissioner
Adnan Amin
commissioner
Adnan Amin
commissioner

Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School, USA; and Director General Emeritus, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

commissioner
Fatih Birol
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Fatih Birol
commissioner

Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)

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Patrick Bitature
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Patrick Bitature
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Chairman, Umeme Limited

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Tony Blair
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Tony Blair
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Former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

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Mark Carrato
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Mark Carrato
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Coordinator, U.S. Government’s Power Africa program

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Hela Cheikhrouhou
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Hela Cheikhrouhou
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Chairman and CEO, Nithio Holdings

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Ashvin Dayal
commissioner, convener
Ashvin Dayal
commissioner, convener

Senior Vice President, Power and Climate Initiative, Rockefeller Foundation

commissioner, convener
H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma
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H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma
commissioner

Chair of the H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma Foundation, Initiator and Leader of the MAMA-LIGHT® Initiative for Sustainable Energy

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Anton Eberhard
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Anton Eberhard
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Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar at the University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Alain Ebobissé
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Alain Ebobissé
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CEO, Africa50 Investment Group

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Andrew Herscowitz
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Andrew Herscowitz
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Chief Development Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

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Gillian-Alexandre Huart
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Gillian-Alexandre Huart
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CEO of ENGIE Energy Access

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Ije Ikoku Okeke
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Ije Ikoku Okeke
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Co-founder & Managing Partner, Griot International Partners

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Shinichi Kitaoka
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Shinichi Kitaoka
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President, Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

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Francesco La Camera
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Francesco La Camera
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Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

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Valerie Levkov
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Valerie Levkov
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SVP Africa and Middle East, Electricité de France

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Ernest Moniz
chair, commissioner
Ernest Moniz
chair, commissioner

Co-Chair, GCEEP; Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems emeritus and Special Advisor to the MIT President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

chair, commissioner
Eric Mansuy
commissioner
Eric Mansuy
commissioner

General Manager of ENEO Cameroon since November 2019; Senior Engineer, Top management staff in electrical sectors in Europe, Asia and Africa

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Damilola Ogunbiyi
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Damilola Ogunbiyi
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CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) and Co-Chair of UN-Energy

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Nick O’Donohoe
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Nick O’Donohoe
commissioner

CEO, CDC Group

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Ignacio Perez-Arriaga
top, commissioner, convener
Ignacio Perez-Arriaga
top, commissioner, convener

Director of Research, GCEEP; Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; Professor Comillas University, Spain, and Florence School of Regulation, Italy

top, commissioner, convener
Koen Peters
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Koen Peters
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Executive Director, GOGLA

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Riccardo Puliti
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Riccardo Puliti
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Global Director for Energy and Extractive Industries and Regional Director for Infrastructure in Africa, World Bank

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Dipender Saluja
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Dipender Saluja
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Partner Capricorn Investment Group, and Managing Director of Capricorn’s Technology Impact Fund

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Rajiv Shah
chair, commissioner
Rajiv Shah
chair, commissioner

Co-Chair, GCEEP; President, Rockefeller Foundation

chair, commissioner
Praveer Sinha
commissioner
Praveer Sinha
commissioner

CEO, Tata Power

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Vera Songwe
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Vera Songwe
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United Nations Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission on Africa (ECA)

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Francesco Starace
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Francesco Starace
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Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Enel S.p.A; Chairman Sustainable Energy For All (SEforALL) Administrative Board

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Jessica Stephens
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Jessica Stephens
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CEO African Minigrid Developers Association

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Robert Stoner
top, commissioner, secretary, set-two
Robert Stoner
top, commissioner, secretary, set-two

Secretary and Co-Director of Research, GCEEP, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, MIT Energy Initiative; and Founding Director of the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design

top, commissioner, secretary, set-two
Bambang Susantono
commissioner, set-two
Bambang Susantono
commissioner, set-two

VP of Knowledge Management & Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

commissioner, set-two
Kandeh Yumkella
commissioner, set-two
Kandeh Yumkella
commissioner, set-two

Member of Parliament, Sierra Leone; Former CEO and SRSG for SE4All and Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

commissioner, set-two