Jigar Shah — Director, DOE Loan Programs Office

**Jigar Shah** is the Director of the **U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO)**, overseeing approximately $400 billion+ in lending authority — making it one of the largest clean energy financing entities in the world. He was appointed in 2021 and has transformed the LPO from a dormant office (it hadn't made a new loan in years) into the most active clean energy lender in America, issuing billions in conditional commitments for advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen, critical minerals processing, and grid infrastructure.