Alba Topulli Joins CLASP as Senior Director, Clean Energy Access
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As Senior Director of Clean Energy Access, Alba Topulli will drive efforts to advance CLASP’s climate-resilient economic development initiatives.
CLASP welcomes Alba Topulli as the new Senior Director of Clean Energy Access at CLASP. In this role, Alba will lead CLASP’s efforts to scale jobs and economic opportunity and strengthen climate resilience through improved access to affordable and efficient appliances and equipment. Alba will be based in CLASP’s Nairobi office.
Over the last two decades, Alba has worked at the intersection of business, government, and the social sector, focusing on how strategy, research, and innovation can translate into scalable solutions that expand energy access. Much of that experience has been deeply collaborative, working directly with teams and partners in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Uganda to design and deliver market-led, modern energy solutions responsive to local contexts.
Most recently, Alba served as Chief Executive Officer of Power for All and led the organization through a period of strategic evolution, positioning the campaign for its next phase of impact and integration with CLASP. Prior to serving as CEO of Power for All, Alba was Deputy Managing Director at Mercy Corps, where she helped shape global strategy for Energy 4 Impact, the organization’s energy innovation platform. Earlier in her career, she led market development initiatives across Asia and Africa, designing interventions that strengthened energy access sector performance and unlocked investment in off-grid energy markets.
Alba describes on how the sector is shifting and how her new role at CLASP responds to these changes:
We’re at an inflection point for energy access. Most people without electricity now live near existing grid infrastructure, where demand is growing but traditional electrification approaches can’t serve them sustainably. There’s growing recognition that centering demand—treating efficient appliances and equipment as fundamental as supply infrastructure—is critical for utilities and the distributed renewable energy sector alike. CLASP’s decades of technical expertise and the trusted platform it has built uniquely position it to help the sector navigate this shift. I’m excited to work with the team and partners to advance demand-side solutions as central to the SDG7 agenda. —Alba Topulli
CLASP is delighted to welcome Alba to the team and, under her leadership, looks forward to strengthening the organization’s mission and advancing integrated approaches that position efficient appliances and equipment as essential to inclusive economic growth and climate action.