Fatih Birol
Turkish economist and energy expert / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fatih Birol is a Turkish economist and energy expert, who has served as the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 1 September 2015. During his time in charge of the IEA, he has taken a series of steps to modernise the Paris-based international organisation, including strengthening ties with emerging economies like India[1] and China and stepping up work on the clean energy transition and international efforts to reach net zero emissions.[2]
Fatih Birol | |
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_(51656095441)_(cropped).jpg) Birol in 2019 | |
| Executive director of the International Energy Agency | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2015 | |
| Deputy | Mary Burce Warlick |
| Preceded by | Maria van der Hoeven |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Istanbul Technical University Vienna University of Technology |
Birol was on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people in 2021,[3] has been named by Forbes magazine among the most influential people on the world's energy scene[4] and recognised by the Financial Times in 2017 as Energy Personality of the Year.[5] Birol is the chairman of the World Economic Forum (Davos) Energy Advisory Board. He is a frequent contributor to print and electronic media and delivers numerous speeches each year at major international summits and conferences.[6]