Alicia Eastman
With three decades of experience spanning international investment, private equity, project finance, and corporate strategy, Alicia Eastman stands at the forefront of global sustainability and energy transition efforts.
Alicia co-founded InterContinental Energy (ICE) in 2014 and was President until 2024. At ICE, she was instrumental in developing some of the world's largest green hydrogen and ammonia projects across Australia and particularly in the GCC, driving decarbonization in hard-to-abate sectors like shipping, heavy industry, chemicals, and power. Alicia is still an active Board Director of ICE and is also a Non-Executive Board Member (NED) for multiple CleanTech investment companies including patented nanotechnology supported highly efficient and zero emissions semiconductors and microchips, critical mining and materials, and other global impact firms through APC Investors (APC), a group she founded to address serious financial needs in the energy efficiency and alternative fuels supply chain sectors. APC strives to provide Agile, Purposeful, Catalytic advice and investment to accelerate the energy transformation.
Alicia also sits on the Global Hydrogen Advisory Board of Sustainable Energy Council (SEC), the McKinsey & Company Sustainability Advisory Council, the Monaco Hydrogen Alliance Board of Trustees, and the Women in Renewables Association (WiRA) Board of Councilors. Alicia is the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Hydrogen Expert driving the zero emissions ammonia work stream, and she is the Co-Host of cult favorite podcast ‘Everything About Hydrogen’, shining a light on the opportunities and obstacles to decarbonization utilizing hydrogen and clean derivatives. She is also a Trustee of a number of charitable endeavors including U-GO, focused on sending underprivileged women in developing countries to college, Prospero World which invests in children and communities globally in need of nutrition, education, career pathways, and disaster relief and she is the Founding Coalition Member of Operation Anti-FreeZZ, which supports Ukraine through difficult winters with green energy and microgrid solutions.
A frequent speaker and contributor to prestigious platforms such as the Financial Times, Bloomberg, UNIDO, COP26-29, the World Economic Forum, the Economist, McKinsey, International Energy Association (IEA), ASDW, ADIPEC, FII and the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA), Alicia is a recognized authority on green hydrogen, sustainability, green finance, and emissions elimination. Her work bridges innovative energy solutions with advocacy and policy, and is particularly focused on critical European and Middle Eastern partnerships.
Whether as a Founder, Board Director, Impact Investor or Advisor, Alicia leverages her Ivy League educational background from the Wharton School of Economics and the Fletcher School of International Law & Diplomacy as well as deep operational expertise across multiple industrial verticals, including renewable energy, biotech/specialty chemicals, mining, telecoms, and technology. Her commitment to equity, sustainability, and innovative financing structures positions her as a driving force in the global energy transition.