Fatih Birol (Ankara, 1946) is a Turkish economist and energy expert. He is currently the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). He previously served as the Chief Economist and Director of Global Energy Economics at the IEA in Paris.
He is responsible for the IEA’s flagship World Energy Outlook publication, which is recognised as the most authoritative source for strategic analysis of global energy markets. He is founder and Chair of the IEA Energy Business Council, which provides a forum for cooperation between the energy industry and policymakers.
He is the Chairman of the World Economic Forum (Davos) Energy Advisory Board and a member of the UN Secretary-General’s “High-level Group on Sustainable Energy for All.”
In 2013, he won the Eurelectric Award for “his outstanding contribution to improving understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the power sector.”