SPEAKERS PROFILE

Ms. Suzanty Sitorus is the Indonesia Director for the Clean Energy Programme of Tara the philanthropy-funded energy transition platform for Asia hosted by the European Climate Foundation. Based in Jakarta Suzanty leads Tara’s grantmaking strategy for clean energy in Indonesia and support ongoing efforts to deepen and expand civil society and diplomacy strategy in South East Asia to accelerate clean energy uptake.

Suzanty has over 20-year experience in climate finance clean energy land-use biodiversity conservation and philanthropy. In her most recent role prior to joining ECF she led a climate finance think tank which provides advisory to key government agencies and development financing institution. Previously she spent six-year stint in the National Council on Climate Change of Indonesia serving as the lead of climate finance negotiator for the UNFCCC processes. As a senior figure in the non-profit and philanthropy community in Indonesia Suzanty sits in the Board of Indonesia Philanthropy Association and previously chaired the Executive Board of the Indonesia Biodiversity Foundation. Suzanty earned a PhD from the School of International Development University of East Anglia United Kingdom.