International Energy Agency President Dr Fatih Birol will provide "Sports Consultancy"!
President of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Dr. Fatih Birol became a consultant for Galatasaray (GS) Football Club. Galatasaray Sports Club's statement is as follows: Dear Dr. Fatih Birol was appointed as the "Chief Advisor of International Relations to Galatasaray Sports Club President Dursun Aydın Özbek" with the decision taken by our Board of Directors dated June 11, 2024. We present it to the public.''
Dr Fatih Birol
- (Executive Director)
Who is Dr. Fatih Birol?
''Dr Fatih Birol has served as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency since 2015. Under his leadership, the IEA has moved to the forefront of global efforts to reach international climate goals, safeguard energy security and manage the social and economic impacts of clean energy transitions.After taking office, Dr Birol led the IEA in its first comprehensive modernisation programme since its creation in 1974. These efforts focused on “opening the doors” of the IEA to major emerging economies including Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa; making the IEA the global hub for clean energy transitions; and broadening the IEA’s energy security focus beyond oil to also cover electricity, natural gas, renewables and the critical minerals needed for rapid and secure energy transitions. With new governments joining the IEA Family under his tenure, its share of global energy demand has risen from 40% to almost 80%.Dr Birol took up his position after rising through the ranks of the IEA over two decades. He joined as a junior analyst in the mid-1990s and rose to the position of Chief Economist responsible for the IEA’s flagship World Energy Outlook. Dr Birol has been named in the TIME100, TIME's annual list of the world's most influential people. He has also been named by Forbes as one of the most influential people in the world of energy and by the Financial Times as the Energy Personality of the Year. He chairs the World Economic Forum’s (Davos) Energy Advisory Board. He is the recipient of numerous state decorations, including the French Legion of Honour, the Japanese Emperor’s Order of the Rising Sun, the Order of the Polar Star from the King of Sweden and the highest Presidential decorations from Austria, Germany and Italy. Dr Birol has been awarded a Doctorate of Science honoris causa from Imperial College London in the United Kingdom, and been elected as a international member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.Before the IEA, Dr Birol worked at the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna for six years. He earned a BSc degree in power engineering from the Technical University of Istanbul and received an MSc and PhD in energy economics from the Technical University of Vienna. He is an honorary life member of Galatasaray Football Club (IEA).''
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