Paolo Frankl is Head of the Renewable Energy Division at the International Energy Agency (IEA).  
Dr. Frankl leads the IEA’s work on renewables, providing analysis and advice on policies, markets and technologies to 32 Member countries and 17 Accession and Association countries.

A physicist by training, Dr Frankl holds a PhD in Energy and Environmental Technologies from the University of Rome 1 “La Sapienza” and has been post-doc Marie Curie research fellow at INSEAD business school in Fontainebleau, France. Dr. Frankl has over 30 years of experience working on renewable energy systems and markets, life cycle assessment and eco-labelling.