Fatih Birol

Dr. Fatih Birol is Chief Economist and Head of the Economic Analysis Division at the IEA. Dr. Birol joined the International Energy Agency in 1995. Prior to the IEA, he worked at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Secretariat in Vienna for five years. In his present post, Dr. Birol is responsible for producing the IEA's flagship publication World Energy Outlook. He teaches energy economics and modelling at universities in Austria and Germany. Dr. Birol is the author of several articles in refereed journals on international energy analysis and policy. He graduated with a BSc degree in power engineering from the Technical University of Istanbul and MSc and PhD in Energy Economics and Modelling from the Technical University of Vienna.