Who We Are

For decades, the grid has been overlooked—and the people working to fix it have been working alone. We bring them together. Funding, connecting and supporting the organisations modernising electricity grids, so the movement is stronger than the sum of its parts.

Meet the Team

Dr. Anand R. Gopal

Founding Executive Director

Anand has more than 25 years of experience in advancing clean energy technologies through research and policy analysis, including leadership roles in a clean energy thinktank, strategic climate philanthropy and at a US national lab. He also holds a PhD from University of California, Berkeley.

Cécile Toubeau

Chief of Staff

Cécile founded and led the Stichting Funder Forum, helping build a climate philanthropy network focused on energy transition. She previously worked at Transport & Environment on European climate and transport policy and cross-sector collaboration.

Dan Hamza-Goodacre

Head of Innovation, Flexibility and Energy Crisis Response

Dan has been leading and advising on climate and clean energy for philanthropy, governments and businesses across the world for 27 years. He is also Chief Energy Officer for Integrate to Zero, working across Asia, Latam, Africa and Europe.

Rebecca Collyer

Advisor

Rebecca is an experienced EU policymaker, having served in the European Commission before working on international and European energy transition in foundations.

Qian Mei

Senior Program Associate

Qian’s career has been dedicated to supporting organisations with effective strategies in service of a thriving society. She previously worked at Growald Climate Fund, supporting the team in a time of rapid growth, and holds a MSc in sustainable urban planning from Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan.

Sher Khashimov

Operations Director

Sher Khashimov is the GGC Operations Director with over 15 years of project and operations management experience in international development settings across the world. He holds a master's degree in policy analysis and energy systems from Indiana University.

Till Bajohr

Lead Grids Finance

Till’s mission is to bring more capital to upgrade and expand grid infrastructure by working with governments, development banks, investors, utilities and other stakeholders.