Ayu Abdullah

Managing Director

Ayu believes strongly in the value of service, universal responsibility, improving lives, and eradicating inequality and inequity. With an engineering background and a strong interest in community engagement, Ayu joined the management team of Community Connect Limited after conducting research in community-based electrification systems, and developing participatory planning tools for rural energy systems. Prior to these Ayu lived in Somaliland, volunteer teaching while working on small, community-sized systems (wind and micro-hydro). Born and raised in Penang, Malaysia, Ayu holds BSc and MSc degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University, and an MSc in Engineering Systems and Management from the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology.