Ramya Swaminathan led the spin-out of Malta from X, Alphabet's Moonshot Factory. She joined Malta from Rye Development, where she was CEO, co-founder, and Member of the Board of FFP New Hydro. Prior to her work in the hydropower space, Ms. Swaminathan was a public finance banker, most recently as a Director at UBS, where she focused on public power clients and senior managed more than $10 billion in financings. Ms. Swaminathan holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and a BA in Anthropology from Amherst College.