Dr Fatih Birol
Executive Director
International Energy Agency, Paris
Dr. Fatih Birol (@fbirol) has served as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency since 2015 and has led the IEA in its first comprehensive modernisation programme since its creation. These efforts focused on “opening the doors” of the IEA to major emerging economies; making the IEA the global hub for clean energy transitions; and broadening the IEA’s energy security mandate beyond oil to also cover electricity, natural gas, renewables and the critical minerals needed in many of today's clean energy technologies. Dr. Birol has recently been named in the TIME100, TIME's annual list of the world's most influential people, and received the prestigious GLOBSEC European Award for his work to support Europe deal with the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.