

Associate Professor; Former Vice-chair of the Administrative Board at the EU Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators
RISEBA University
urijs Spiridonovs, PhD in economics, is a Latvian-British professional with more than 20 years of regional and international experience, currently an adviser to the Board of Directors at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, an associate professor at RISEBA University, and a former member of the Administrative Board of the European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators, former under-secretary of state for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and for the Ministry of Environment. He is an expert in strategy, organisational transformation, and environmental, energy, and finance policy. His professional career included work with supervisory councils for companies, ministries, international organisations, universities, NGOs, and private companies in Latvia and Europe.
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