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About me
Benjamin Attia is a Principal at Allied Climate Partners, a philanthropic investing firm deploying risk-bearing capital to address climate finance bottlenecks emerging markets, where he drives the pipeline, research, and impact work. He was formerly the Research Lead for Energy, Climate, and Sustainability at BlackRock, where he steered the development and implementation of the firm's in-house transition scenario, supported investment research and diligence for BlackRock's private climate infrastructure equity platform. Ben was previously a Principal Analyst in the Energy Transition practice at Wood Mackenzie, where he built and led the firm’s coverage of power sector transitions and energy access in emerging markets, primarily in Africa and the Middle East. Ben is a part-time doctoral researcher focused on quantifying bottlenecks in climate finance flows using network science at the Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. He also conducts affiliated research with various partners as a Non-Resident Fellow at the Energy for Growth Hub, The Payne Institute for Public Policy, and Duke University. Ben holds a Masters of Energy & Environmental Policy and a B.S. in Economics and Energy & Environmental Policy from the University of Delaware. |