Stephanie Duran took over as Acting CEO of ANGEA on 1 July 2026, having joined the organisation as Deputy CEO in March. Stephanie has 25 years of experience working as a foreign affairs specialist at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), where she led energy and national security initiatives.
Stephanie has dedicated much of her career to advancing international collaboration on carbon capture and storage (CCS). Most recently, as the Energy Attaché and Director of DOE’s China Office, she successfully restarted U.S.-China technical cooperation on CCS. She also managed international and external partnerships on carbon management for DOE.
Throughout her government career, Stephanie served in leadership roles in Washington and overseas as DOE’s representative in Beijing and Singapore. Upon leaving public service, Stephanie co-founded an advisory firm based in Singapore, which aims to position Southeast Asia as a regional hub for high-integrity carbon removal.