8th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency

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Andrei-Silviu Covatariu

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Chair of "Digitalization in Energy" Task Force

Description

Andrei Covatariu is an international energy and climate change expert. Andrei is currently the Co-Chair of the Task Force on “Digitalization in Energy” and a Vice-Chair of the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency, at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). He is also a consultant for the Public Power Corporation (PPC) utility company, in Greece, acting as a Climate Policy Advisor for the CEO & Chairman. At the same time, Andrei is a Non-resident Scholar in the Climate and Water Program, at the Middle East Institute (United States), a Senior Research Associate at Energy Policy Group (Romania), and an Associate Lecturer at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, teaching energy and environmental policies. In 2021, Andrei co-founded ECERA, a network of sustainability practitioners aiming to produce policy-relevant knowledge, helping governments, companies, NGOs, universities, and others navigate the various facets of sustainability. Andrei has worked with other for-profit companies (Enel Romania, where he was the Head of Public Affairs, previously having other roles, such as Regulatory Affairs Manager, Digital Manager, Executive Assistant to CEO & Country Manager), multilateral and international organizations (World Energy Council, as a former Board member of FEL-100), think tanks (Harvard’s Belfer Center; Centre on Regulation in Europe; Energy Policy Group, etc.), or NGOs (Climate Reality Project, Climate Interactive, etc.). He was a fellow at the Middle East Institute’s Frontier Europe program (in 2020, Washington DC), and a Masdar Institute Future Sustainability Leader (in 2022, Abu Dhabi). Bachelor's and a master's degree in nuclear engineering and a master's degree in business administration. Andrei also completed a master's in public policy (MPP) at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, with a summer project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.
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