Welcome to our new conversation series spotlighting the remarkable leaders recognized by Fin-Erth, a curated community for women in finance, investment, law, policy, law, innovation and business, in its latest annual list of energy transition leaders. These innovators are reshaping the global economy with bold, forward-thinking solutions.
A conversation with Purnima Gandhi, Head of Strategic Investments at Aglaia Family Office in Singapore
In this episode of our “Fin-Erth Women in Climate” series, Linda-Eling Lee, head of the Institute, speaks with Purnima Gandhi, Head of Strategic Investments at Aglaia Family Office in Singapore.
A former director at Temasek, Purnima suggests that accelerating the energy transition isn’t about chasing the next big thing—it’s about scaling what already works. Proven technologies like energy efficiency, heat pumps, and renewables are key. “What we need is relatively simple,” she says. “Boring things that work at scale and at the right price.”
Purnima started her career at the intersection of finance and energy, working to make energy more affordable for companies by delivering it as a service. By freeing businesses from the upfront outlays, finance could help businesses with their energy transition, she explains, “without having the initial capital expenditure on day one.”
A conversation with Page Crahan, Project Lead at Tapestry
In this episode of our “Fin-Erth Women in Climate” series, Linda-Eling Lee, head of the Institute, speaks with Page Crahan, general manager of Tapestry at X, The Moonshot Factory for the electric grid.
They discuss work by Crahan and her team on behalf of Chile’s independent system operator Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional to accelerate the country’s energy transformation.
Their breakthrough? Software that uses AI to expand the scenarios energy planners can model by 30x and accelerate simulations by 90%
A striking achievement, and, as Crahan says, a reason for optimism. “That should give us a lot of optimism about what we can all do as a community to make it easier to plan the energy infrastructure we need for our future,” she notes.