NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Davinia Cogan is a programme nanager at Energy 4 Impact, a nonprofit which seeks to reduce poverty through accelerated access to energy in sub-Saharan Africa, where she researches the role of financial innovation in the energy access sector. Davinia is also a Research Affiliate of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School. 

Previously she held positions in investment management at ING Australia before moving out of mainstream finance and into the social impact investment space. She holds a master’s degree in international studies from the University of Sydney and a bachelor’s in business from the University of Technology – Sydney.