Amanda Lonsdale is an independent consultant providing financial structuring and project development services, with over 20 years’ experience in renewable energy and 10 years in geothermal development. She helped lead geothermal business development and equity investments for GeoGlobal Energy in the USA, Chile, and Germany and served as the lead commercial advisor for DFID (EAGER) and USAID (PowerAfrica) geothermal programs in East Africa. For both private and public sector clients she has developed decision models that combine both technical and financial aspects of geothermal projects to determine feasibility and obtain equity and debt investment. She has provided mentoring and numerous international short courses sponsored by ADB, Adam Smith International, Deloitte, TetraTech, USAID, the World Wildlife Fund and Georgetown University.
