Nicolina Lindblad

Nicolina is an Energy Planning Specialist at SEforAll with more than 6 years of experience in geospatial electricity access planning and energy modelling. She has supported governments across Africa, Asia, and Central America to bridge their access gaps informed by geospatial data and analytics. She has led multiple national electricity access projects and capacity-building programs for client governments to inform the design of country roadmaps’ to scale up electricity access.

Maria Goravanchi

Maria Goravanchi is a Managing Director at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC), formerly the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). As DFC’s regional representative based in Bangkok, she is responsible for business development in the Lower Mekong, specifically Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand. Ms. Goravanchi brings over 15 years of private and public sector finance experience in underwriting, structuring and negotiating investments in emerging and frontier-market nations.