Fatih Birol is Chief Economist and Head of the Economic Analysis
Division of the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA). He is the
organiser and director of the World Energy Outlook series, the
reference energy publication in the world. He worked for six years in
the Secretariat of OPEC in Vienna before joining the IEA. Dr Birol is
the main author of eleven books and a regular contributor of articles on
international energy analysis and policy. Dr Birol has received
numerous awards for his contributions to the understanding of global
energy issues, including the Golden Honour Medal of the Austrian
Republic and was recently made Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes
Academique by the French Government. He was also awarded Medal for
Outstanding Service by the Turkish Government. Dr Birol received his BSc
at Istanbul Technical University and his MSc and PhD in energy
economics from Vienna Technical University.