Lindsay Caldwell Umalla is the Energy Sector Leader at SNV Vietnam, where she leads strategy and portfolio development across a range of energy topics including biodigesters, waste-to-energy, and energy innovation. She works at the intersection of inclusive innovation, enterprise development, climate finance, and multi-stakeholder partnerships, with a focus on helping locally driven clean energy solutions move from pilot to scale. Lindsay brings over sixteen years of experience spanning strategy, impact investing, social enterprise development, and international development, with a career across more than 20 countries in Asia and Africa. She has worked with governments, donors, investors, and entrepreneurs to design programmes, build partnerships, and strengthen the conditions that allow inclusive clean energy innovation to grow.