Dymphna van der Lans
CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance
Dymphna van der Lans is the Chief Executive Officer of the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA). Dymphna brings more than 25 years of experience managing and leading global development, energy, and climate initiatives in the nonprofit and private sectors. Most recently, she led international corporate engagement with the World Wildlife Fund’s Climate & Energy team. Previously, she worked with the Clinton Foundation as CEO of the Clinton Climate Initiative and has served as the senior director for public policy programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Dymphna has also served as the director of global renewables, infrastructure, and energy efficiency at a specialist investment banking firm in London, and for seven years at BP, where her last appointment was as BP Alternative Energy’s director of distributed energy markets.
Dymphna has worked and lived in China, India, and Kenya and engaged with island nations in the Caribbean and the Indian and Pacific Oceans to support their transition away from polluting diesel fuels to renewable sources of energy. Her native language is Dutch, and in addition, she speaks English and Chinese fluently and has conversation ability in both French and German. She holds advanced degrees from both Leiden University and the University of Beijing, and has earned a Master’s in Business Administration from Rice University. She lives with her family and two dogs in Washington, DC, where she enjoys long walks in Rock Creek Park.
Day 0
October 10
Sessions by Dymphna van der Lans
Day 1
October 11
Sessions by Dymphna van der Lans
9:30 am-11:30 am
Adlon Ballroom
Opening Plenary
Speakers
Dymphna van der Lans
CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance
H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia
Second Lady of Ghana
Honorable Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Minister of Energy, Ghana
Adwoa Etsiwaa Sey
Chairperson, Ghana Alliance for Clean Cooking
H.E. Ingrid Mollestad
Ambassador to Ghana, Government of Norway
Honorable Virginia E. Palmer
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana
Carla Montesi
Director, European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships
Katja Lasseur
Deputy Ambassador, Government of Netherlands
Gabriela Elizondo Azuela
Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank
Vincent Wierda
IDE Energy Lead, UNCDF
Ashvin Dayal
Senior Vice President, Power & Climate and The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, The Rockefeller Foundation
Fatih Birol
Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Damilola Ogunbiyi
CEO, Sustainable Energy for All
Kandeh Yumkella
Founder & CEO, The Energy Nexus Network
Leela Hazzah
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Lion Guardians
Dr. Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi
Presidential Advisor on HIV/AIDS, Executive Office of the President, Ghana
Shirley McAlpine
Founder, Shirley McAlpine & Associates
Day 2
October 12
Sessions by Dymphna van der Lans
4:45 pm-6:30 pm
Adlon Ballroom
Closing Plenary
Speakers
H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia
Second Lady of Ghana
Alex Eaton
CEO, Sistema.bio
Gabriela Elizondo Azuela
Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank
Peter George
Co-Investment Director, Spark+ Africa Fund; Chairman, Stichting Modern Cooking
Honorable Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey
Mayor of Accra
Kofi Nketsia-Tabiri
Founder and CEO, XpressGas
Jillene Connors Belopolsky
Chief of Staff and Chief External Affairs Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance
Mwayi Kampesi
CEO and Founder, Planet Green Africa
Fiona Wanjiku Moejes
CEO, Mawazo Institute
Akil Callender
Youth Specialist, SEforALL
Gathoni Kimani
Senior Associate, Market Strengthening and Venture Catalyst, Clean Cooking Alliance
Shirley McAlpine
Founder, Shirley McAlpine & Associates
Dymphna van der Lans
CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance
Monojeet Pal
Manager, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, African Development Bank
Nishdeep Sethi
Group Director, Structured Finance, African Guarantee Fund
Rosemary Enobakhare
Associate Administrator, Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator
Feisal Hussain
Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Clean Cooking Alliance
Sameer Shukla
Adviser to the Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
Day 3
October 13
Sessions by Dymphna van der Lans
Day 4
October 14
Sessions by Dymphna van der Lans
Sessions by Dymphna van der Lans
Sessions by Dymphna van der Lans
9:30 am-11:30 am
Adlon Ballroom
Opening Plenary
Speakers
Dymphna van der Lans
CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance
H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia
Second Lady of Ghana
Honorable Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Minister of Energy, Ghana
Adwoa Etsiwaa Sey
Chairperson, Ghana Alliance for Clean Cooking
H.E. Ingrid Mollestad
Ambassador to Ghana, Government of Norway
Honorable Virginia E. Palmer
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana
Carla Montesi
Director, European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships
Katja Lasseur
Deputy Ambassador, Government of Netherlands
Gabriela Elizondo Azuela
Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank
Vincent Wierda
IDE Energy Lead, UNCDF
Ashvin Dayal
Senior Vice President, Power & Climate and The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, The Rockefeller Foundation
Fatih Birol
Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Damilola Ogunbiyi
CEO, Sustainable Energy for All
Kandeh Yumkella
Founder & CEO, The Energy Nexus Network
Leela Hazzah
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Lion Guardians
Dr. Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi
Presidential Advisor on HIV/AIDS, Executive Office of the President, Ghana
Shirley McAlpine
Founder, Shirley McAlpine & Associates
Sessions by Dymphna van der Lans
4:45 pm-6:30 pm
Adlon Ballroom
Closing Plenary
Speakers
H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia
Second Lady of Ghana
Alex Eaton
CEO, Sistema.bio
Gabriela Elizondo Azuela
Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank
Peter George
Co-Investment Director, Spark+ Africa Fund; Chairman, Stichting Modern Cooking
Honorable Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey
Mayor of Accra
Kofi Nketsia-Tabiri
Founder and CEO, XpressGas
Jillene Connors Belopolsky
Chief of Staff and Chief External Affairs Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance
Mwayi Kampesi
CEO and Founder, Planet Green Africa
Fiona Wanjiku Moejes
CEO, Mawazo Institute
Akil Callender
Youth Specialist, SEforALL
Gathoni Kimani
Senior Associate, Market Strengthening and Venture Catalyst, Clean Cooking Alliance
Shirley McAlpine
Founder, Shirley McAlpine & Associates
Dymphna van der Lans
CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance
Monojeet Pal
Manager, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, African Development Bank
Nishdeep Sethi
Group Director, Structured Finance, African Guarantee Fund
Rosemary Enobakhare
Associate Administrator, Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator
Feisal Hussain
Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Clean Cooking Alliance
Sameer Shukla
Adviser to the Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)