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The Steering Committee
The multi-stakeholder Steering Committee is the central governing entity of REN21 and is composed of up to 50 members who duly reflect the membership base of REN21.
Composed of distinguished individuals from various geographical and institutional backgrounds, the Steering Committee is a nodal point for the relevant actors in the global renewable energy policy arena, from national governments, international organisations, industry associations, science and academia, NGOs, and members at large.
Currently, the REN21 Steering Committee is composed of the following actors:
Industry Association
First Name | Last Name | Affiliation | Job title |
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Ernesto | Macias Galan | ARE | President |
Todd | Foley | ACORE | Chief Strategy Officer |
Kane | Thornton | CEC | Chief Executive |
Li | Junfeng | CREIA | President |
Rainer | Hinrichs-Rahlwes | EREF | Vice-President |
Steve | Sawyer | GWEC | Secretary General |
Marietta | Sander | IGA | Executive Director |
Richard | Taylor | IHA | Chief Executive |
Karin | Haara | WBA | Executive Director |
Stefan | Gsänger | WWEA | Secretary General |
International Organisations
First Name | Last Name | Affiliation | Job title |
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Yongping | Zhai | ADB | Technical Advisor Energy Sector Group |
Mahama | Kappiah | ECREEE | Executive Director |
Piotr | Tulej | European Commission | Head of Unit, Low Carbon Technologies, DG Climate Action |
Robert K. | Dixon | GEF | Head of Division of Climate Change and Chemicals |
Paolo | Frankl | IEA | Head of Renewable Energy Division |
Adnan Z. | Amin | IRENA | Director General |
Marcel | Alers | UNDP | Principal Technical Adviser |
Mark | Radka | UNEP | Chief – Energy, Climate, and Technology Branch |
Pradeep | Monga | UNIDO | Director of Energy & Climate Change Branch |
Gevorg | Sargsyan | World Bank | Global Lead for Clean Energy |
National Governments
First Name | Last Name | Affiliation | Job title |
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Reinaldo | Salgado | Brazil | Director Department of Energy, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations |
Denmark | |||
Ursula/ Tania | Borak/ Rödiger-Vorwerk | Germany | Deputy Director General, BMWi/ Deputy Director General, BMZ |
Tarun | Kapoor | India | Joint Secretary MNRE |
Øivind | Johansen | Norway | Assistant Director General, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy |
Spain | |||
Wolsey | Barnard | South Africa | Deputy Director-General: Programmes and Projects in the Department of Energy of South Africa |
Thani Ahmed | Al Zeyoudi | United Arab Emirates | Head of Directorate of Energy & Climate Change, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
United States of America |
NGOs
First Name | Last Name | Affiliation | Job title |
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Ibrahim | Togola | CURES /Mali Folkecenter | Director |
Irene | Giner-Reichl | GFSE | President |
Emily | Rochon | Greenpeace International | Climate and Energy Campaigner |
Emani | Kumar | ICLEI | Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia |
Tetsunari | Iida | ISEP | Executive Director |
Tomas | Kaberger | JREF | Executive Board Chair |
Ahmed | Badr | RCREEE | Executive Director |
Harry | Lehmann | WCRE | Executive Chairman |
Stefan | Schurig | WFC | Director Climate, Energy and Cities |
Rafael | Senga | WWF | Energy Policy Manager Asia-Pacific |
Science & Academia
First Name | Last Name | Affiliation | Job title |
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Nicolás R. | Di Sbroiavacca | Fundacion Bariloche | Vice-President |
Nebojsa | Nakicenovic | IIASA | Deputy Director/Deputy CEO |
David | Renné | ISES | President |
Doug | Arent | NREL | Executive Director of the joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis |
Kevin | Nassiep | SANEDI | CEO |