Fatima Al Suwaidi is Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific for Masdar, a global clean energy leader.

Fatima was previously Director of Masdar Indonesia, where she led the Cirata Floating Solar Project to a successful financial close. This was notable for being the first IPP in Indonesia to be financed by commercial banks on an unlevered basis. Fatima also led and supervised the construction of the project, which is Southeast Asia’s largest floating solar plant. She was based in Indonesia for three years.

Earlier, Fatima was also involved in the Masdar Eco-Bus; the first electric bus developed in the UAE and tailored to the country’s climate. She was seconded for six months to the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado, where she contributed to applied research in the fields of agrivoltaics, floating photovoltaic and electric mobility.

She has received multiple awards, including ‘Top 10 Green Energy Prominent Women 2023’ for Asia by Energy Box; ‘Business Leader of the Year 2022’ by EnergyBox: Indonesia Solar & Storage; and Woman in Solar of the Year 2019 by the Middle East Solar Industry Association.

Fatima holds a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering from the University of Sharjah. She has successfully completed the Chartered Financial Analyst – Level 1 program and is a Certified Project Finance Analyst by the Project Finance Institute. She has also completed an Executive Certificate by Harvard Business Publishing’s ‘Pioneers of Success’ Program, coordinated by Masdar.