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A leading international authority on the energy-water-food equation, investment, infrastructure, geopolitics, climate change, and future projections, Mehmet Öğütçü currently chairs the Global Resources Partnership, a strategic investment advisory group engaged in worldwide natural resources and energy assets. He is also the founding president of The Bosphorus Energy Club and The London Energy Club, which brings together the world’s major players in energy, investment and geopolitics. He serves as chairman of the advisory board of Middle East Institute in Washington DC and BGN International. In former positions, he, among many others, served as advisor to the Turkish prime minister Turgut Ozal, as principal administrator of the Asia-Pacific and Latin America division at the International Energy Agency in Paris and head of the international investment and outreach at the OECD Secretariat. In private sector roles, he held positions as managing director of British Gas in charge of government relations and business development, chairman of the International Advisory Board of high-tech company Invensys plc, and independent board director at Yaşar Holding, Genel Energy plc, and Şisecam Holding Group. He was selected to be the chief strategist for the Asian Development Bank to prepare the 2030 energy and infrastructure vision for the region. He regularly comments on CNN, BBC, Habertürk, Asharq, France- 24, Bloomberg, I-24, Al Jazeera, Ekoturk, TvNet and many other national/international channels. He is a monthly columnist at Capital, CEOLife, Gozlem and OECD Observer.
