Andrei Covatariu is an international energy and climate change expert. His activity focuses on climate and energy policies, concentrating on the energy transition process and its geopolitical, economic, and social challenges. Andrei’s views and policy analyses are constantly published and cited in international media.
He holds multiple roles, working at the intersection of researchers (think tanks, academia) and practitioners (energy industry, international organizations, domestic European governments), engaging with both private and public stakeholders across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.
Andrei is a Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center, in Washington, DC. At the same time, he he serves as a Research Fellow at the Centre on Regulation (CERRE) (Brussels), and a Senior Research Associate at Energy Policy Group (EPG) (Bucharest).
He 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 an Expert Member of the Nuclear Development Committee (NDC) at the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the OECD, appointed by the Romanian government.
Andrei holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering, a master’s degree in business administration, and a master’s in public policy (MPP) from the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, with a summer project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.
Andrei Covatariu 