Global Commission to End Energy Poverty

The Global Commission to End Energy Poverty comprises utilities, off-grid companies, multilateral development banks, academics, and leaders from across the electricity and development sectors. It operates under the joint chairmanship of the Rockefeller Foundation President Dr. Rajiv J. Shah; former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz; and Africa Development Bank President, Dr. Akinwumi Adisina. They oversee the work of a research team led by the MIT Energy Initiative Deputy Director Robert Stoner and MIT visiting professor Ignacio Perez-Arriaga.

The Commission

• Akinwumi Adesina, Adnan Amin, Fatih Birol, Patrick Bitature, Tony Blair, Hela Cheikhrouhou, Ashvin Dayal, Anton Eberhard, Alain Ebobissé, Andrew Herscowitz, Ije Ikoku Okeke, Shinichi Kitaoka, Joël Nana Kontchou, Shankar Krishnamoorthy, Valerie Levkov, John MacWilliams, Ernest Moniz, Eric Mansuy, Damilola Ogunbiyi, Jared Othieno, Nick O’Donohoe, Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Koen Peters, Riccardo Puliti, Dipender Saluja, Rajiv Shah, Praveer Sinha, Sam Slaughter, Vera Songwe, Francesco Starace, Robert Stoner, Bambang Susantono, Kandeh Yumkella