Damilola Ogunbiyi | |
|---|---|
 Ogunbiyi in 2020 | |
| Born | Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Known for | Special Representative of the Secretary-General |
Damilola Ogunbiyi HonFREng is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy. [1]
Ogunbiyi was born in Nigeria [2] and she graduated in 2001 and in the following year she obtained a masters degree at the University of Brighton in Project Management for Construction. [3] She became the first female General Manager of the Lagos State Electricity Board. [3]
Ogunbiyi was the first female Managing Director of the Nigerian Rural Electrification Agency where she managed a Nigerian Electrification Project. [3] This was a $550 million World Bank and African Development Bank programme. It has provided energy access to over 5 million people across Nigeria.[ when? ]
In 2022 she was one of five new honorary fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering. [4]
Ogunbiyi became a member of the World Bank’s Private Sector Investment Lab, a member of the European Investment Bank Climate and Environment Advisory Council, a member of the Global Leadership Council (GLC) of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), an Advisory Board member of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, a member of the Development Advisory Council of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), a member of the Clean Cooking Alliance Advisory Board, a member of the WHO High Level Coalition on Energy (HEPA), and an advisory council member of the Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy Advisory Council (WISER). She was part of the COP28 Advisory Committee and was Co-Chair of the COP26 Energy Transition Council (ETC).[ citation needed ]
She is the Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Energy for All and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All. She is Co-Chair of UN-Energy. [1] She argues that nearly 90% of the 675 million people who live without electricity and in the Global South. She wants to see this all changed by 2030. [2]
In 2024 she was named by Times Magazine in their 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business. [2]