Our Team
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- Energy Data and Analytics
Daron is part of the ESMAP Accelerating Decarbonization and Knowledge Hub teams. His work focuses on efficient, clean cooling technical assistance programs; the Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) index, and various regional operations as a continuation of the 2015 global rollout of RISE. Within the World Bank, Daron has supported projects in Djibouti, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, and Senegal, as well as helped to implement the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting mandate. Prior to joining the World Bank, Daron was a private sector consultant, advising asset management firms, and a public sector advisor for a new energy efficiency fund as part of the Ontario government’s Climate Change Action Plan. Daron holds an Honor’s BA in Commerce from Queen’s University and a MA in Global Affairs from the University of Toronto.
- Foundations for The Energy Transition
Deb leads ESMAP’s Power Systems Planning team. The team undertakes analytical work for the Energy and Extractives Global Practice including least cost planning analysis and technical/economic analysis at project level to support operations. He is a power system engineer and economist with significant experience on energy market design and analysis to address market operation, planning and policy issues.
Deb's work also encompasses a range of other economic issues around electricity supply reliability, design of electricity markets, nodal pricing of electricity, portfolio risk analysis, commercial assessment of carbon capture and storage, cost benefit analysis of smart metering and analysis of renewable energy policies. He is also currently an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering (Power System) at the University of Queensland, and an Honorary Fellow of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Melbourne.
Previously, Deb was a Director with leading consulting firms Charles River Associates (CRA) and Deloitte since late 2000 before becoming an independent consultant in 2012. He has taught electricity modelling and quantitative methods at University of Canterbury as a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor between 1997 and 2000. Deb has done a significant volume of work on impact of climate change on the energy sector since 1990 and has done extensive work on marginal cost of carbon reduction, change in generation mix and impact on alternative fuel prices, and economic assessment of low carbon projects.
- Foundations for The Energy Transition
- Energy Subsidy Reform Facility
Defne is the co-lead of the Energy Subsidy Reform Facility. Prior to joining ESMAP, Defne worked as a Senior Energy Specialist in the Bank’s Energy and Extractives Global Practice in the South Asia Region, focusing on energy sector reform, policy and regulation, energy efficiency, sustainable cooling, and agriculture-water energy nexus topics in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
Defne previously worked in the East Asia and Pacific Region focusing on energy efficiency, renewable energy, rural electrification, regional power trade, and energy sector policy and reform engagements in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam. Before joining the World Bank, Defne worked for the Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Turkey; in a private international energy major in Houston and an international policy think tank in Washington DC. Defne has an MA from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), with a concentration in energy and international finance.
- Monitoring & Evaluation, Portfolio and Knowledge Management
Djeanane provides operational and administrative support to the M&E and Portfolio team. Prior to joining ESMAP, she worked at the World Bank Country Office in Haiti, the United Nations Office for Project Services, and Christian Aid. Djeanane holds a BA in Business Administration and one in Hospitality from Université de Montpellier in France and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Technologie in Haiti.
Ms. Monfort earned her MA in Sustainable Development from Université du Maine in France where her thesis focused on sustainable tourism for economic and social development in remote locations in Haiti. Djeanane is currently enrolled in a master’s in public administration specializing in Program Evaluation.
- Green Hydrogen Support Program
Dolf Gielen is the lead for the Green Hydrogen Program in ESMAP. Prior to joining the World Bank, Dolf worked for IEA, IRENA and UNIDO. He has 30 years of experience in energy and climate policy, with emphasis on innovation, technology and economics. Dolf has advised many senior public and private sector players in various settings. This includes CEM, G7, G20, MI, SE4ALL, UNFCCC, SE4ALL and WEF, amongst others. He was part of the management team that established IRENA as a new intergovernmental agency.
Dolf has a PhD from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands in energy and materials systems modeling. He studied chemical engineering and environmental sciences. Dolf has written more than 150 peer reviewed scientific papers, books, and reports. At the center of his work is the support for better informed energy and climate decision making.
Learn more about Dolf: Researchgate | Google Scholar
- Renewable Energy
- Accelerating Decarbonization
- Geothermal Direct Use
- Geothermal Electrical Generation
Elin leads the geothermal programs both under Accelerating Decarbonization (Geothermal Direct Use) and Energizing Renewables (Geothermal Electrical Generation). Prior before joining ESMAP, Elin worked at Mannvit an international consulting company where she worked exclusively on geothermal projects since 1999. Elin’s areas of specialization include project management, project development, preparation of feasibility studies, process design, commissioning and supervision of mechanical systems, including steamfield and power plant. She holds a C.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iceland and M.Sc. in engineering from the Technical University of Denmark.
Fanny is the ESMAP Practice Manager for Access and Data. Before joining ESMAP, she led the Bhutan and Nepal energy programs for 3 years, after a 4-year assignment leading the Bank’s Afghanistan Energy Program, both in the World Bank’s South Asia Region (SAR) Energy Group. Since joining the World Bank in 2002, Fanny has worked on energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. At the World Bank, she has led project teams providing financing solutions for generation, intra- and inter-country transmission, distribution, rural electrification, and renewable energy (large and small-scale). Before joining the World Bank, Fanny worked for the United Nations Environment Program’s (UNEP) Centre on Energy and Environment, Denmark, and the Royal Institute for International Affairs, England. She holds a PhD in Economics.
Frank joins ESMAP as Advisor, seconded from the Netherlands for two years. He is a leader in the energy access space and in the field of energy climate finance. Frank studied electrical energy engineering, specializing in international energy policy. He was CEO of a solar manufacturing company, lead an international NGO network on energy and poverty, and coordinated the Energy for All partnership for ADB. Twelve years ago, Frank consciously made the step from private to public sector and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he became responsible for the energy access portfolio and the climate finance team. He has been member of the ESMAP CG, CIF governance, and the SDG7 Technical Advisory group.
- Efficient and Clean Cooling Program
Jenny is a senior energy specialist, leading the cross-sectoral Efficient, Clean Cooling program which focuses on efficient and climate friendly solutions for space cooling and cold chains in the health and agriculture sectors.
Prior to joining ESMAP, Jenny worked in the Bank’s Energy and Extractives Global Practice in the Africa regions for over 10 years, where she managed various energy sector country dialogue and investment lending and analytical projects on energy access, energy efficiency, and renewables in countries such as Liberia, South Sudan, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. Jenny has also worked extensively on regional integration, energy finance, utility performance improvement, and power sector reforms and led regional program such as the Lighting Africa Program, Africa Electrification Initiative, and the Africa Energy Efficiency program.
Jenny started her career at the World Bank in the Liberia Country Office where she supported the infrastructure portfolio of the Urban, Transport and Energy Global Practices. Jenny holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden.
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage Partnership (ESP)
- Electricity Access
Juliet is co-leading the Energy Storage Partnership Program. She has over 20 years operations and management experience at the World Bank and prior senior positions in the Government of Ghana working on energy sector policy, energy access, renewable energy, slum electrification, power sector reforms, utility regulation, access to modern cooking solutions, gender, as well as the design of results-based financing incentives for access to infrastructure services. Her educational background includes a Masters degree in Public Policy with a specialization in regulation and industry analysis from Harvard University, USA and a Masters degree in Energy and Environmental Economics from ENI Corporate University in Milan, Italy.
- Foundations for The Energy Transition
- Utilities for The Energy Transition
- Energy Markets, Connectivity, and Regional Trade
Kabir leads the Utilities for Energy Transition program focusing on enabling utility digitalization, data driven decision-making and adoption of innovative business models across the globe in World Bank client countries. Kabir is also part of the core team for the Markets, Connectivity, and Trade program and leads the World Bank’s regional integration and power trade engagement with the Eastern Africa Power Pool.
Prior to joining ESMAP, Kabir worked in the Bank’s Energy and Extractives Global Practice in the East and Southern Africa regions, where he managed various energy sector country dialogue and investment lending and analytical projects on utility strengthening, electricity access, cross-border power trade, and renewables.
Kabir holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland and a MA in Economics from the University of Delhi.
- Electricity Access
Kenta is a seasoned renewable energy and access professional. Since Kenta joined the Bank in 2014, he engaged in operations and advisory work for eight countries in East and Southern Africa. He led greenfield engagements in some of the most challenging countries, including the Board delivery of the very first energy lending operation in South Sudan, energy sector reengagement in Sudan, and turnaround of geothermal and energy access projects in Ethiopia. He engaged complex sector reform dialogue such as fuel/electricity subsidy and legal framework reform, and designed energy access interventions in highly fragile and conflict-prone environment. In his capacity as a TTL, he has mentored a number of colleagues new to the Bank operations.
Prior to joining the Bank, he has worked at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris as a Policy Analyst, and at Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in Japan as Energy and Climate Researcher. He holds MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics, and BA in International Liberal Studies from Waseda University.