Ramya Swaminathan

Ramya is the CEO of Malta Inc, which is developing utility-scale, long-duration energy storage technology. She led the spin-out of Malta from X, Google’s Moonshot Factory, and leads the company’s vision to enable a sustainable, just transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. Previously, Ramya was the CEO of Rye Development, a hydropower development firm that she grew to be the leading developer of new hydropower projects in the US. Prior to her work in hydropower, she was a public finance banker, most recently as a Director at UBS where she senior managed more than $10 billion in financings. Ramya has been appointed by the US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to the Electricity Advisory Committee. She holds an MPP from Harvard University and a BA from Amherst College.