Speaker

Stratos Tavoulareas has more than 40 yrs experience in the energy sector especially in:

• Power generation and transmission technologies;
• Financing energy projects; and
• Power sector planning, policies and strategy.

He is an engineer by training with graduate degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration (MBA). He has worked for Combustion Engineering Inc. (presently part of General Electric), the Electric Power Research Institute, the World Bank Group, and his own advisory firm.

He has worked in 80 countries around the world mainly through the World Bank Group; until 2019, he was the Global Power Sector Lead for the International Finance Corp. In the last few years, he is working almost exclusively on decarbonization and energy transition. Present assignments include Bosnia, Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam. Also, he is teaching a course on financing renewables and integration in the power grid at George Washington University.

In Greece, he participated in advisory committees on decarbonization and the hydrogen strategy of the country.