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Can Ögütcü
Outreach Countries Officer, International Energy Charter Secretariat
France

Can Ögütcü has been working in the energy sector for more than 5 years both as a banker and analyst in the private sector and as an international organization staffer. At the International Energy Charter Secretariat, based in Brussels, he is currently in charge of relations with observer and non-member countries, particularly for investment climate issues.

He supports non-member accession to the 54-member State Energy Charter Treaty. Can has actively participated in the G-20 Energy Sustainability Working Group Meetings in 2015 dealing with the access to affordable energy and the need for investments in the energy sector despite commercially and legally challenging environments. Previously he was working in the banking sector in the Emerging Markets Mergers and Acquisitions team of Rothschild & Cie in Paris, working on large scale energy projects in the MENA and the CIS regions. He is a law graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK. Can writes extensively on new energy transitions, investment and access to clean, affordable energy. Can speaks fluently French, English, Spanish and Turkish.