Giulia Siccardo

Board Member

Giulia Siccardo is an experienced professional in the energy and sustainability sectors. As the Former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains, Giulia was responsible for awarding tens of billions of dollars in government investments to strengthen and secure U.S. manufacturing capacity and workforce development, as well as administer the Defense Production Act for critical energy technologies. She also oversaw DOE’s funding to develop and skill the U.S. energy manufacturing workforce.

Prior to joing DOE and together with industry leaders, Giulia founded Frontier, a $1B+ advance market commitment to catalyze high permanence carbon dioxide removals. She was previously a Partner at McKinsey & Company and the leader of McKinsey’s Green Growth service line where she focused on scaling low-carbon systems and value chains across major corporations and emerging start-ups, covering zero-emissions energy, vehicles, and materials. Before McKinsey, Giulia worked at Adobe on clean energy procurement and data center decarbonization.  Giulia holds a dual B.A. in Economics and Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.