Senior lead, Energy Market Development, Google

Biography

Bogdan Popescu is Google's Senior Lead on Energy market development in EMEA. This includes developing energy markets and designing and executing EU-wide strategies and partnerships to deliver resilient, economic, timely and clean energy for data centers as part of Google’s goal to operate 24/7 carbon-free in every hour and in every location. Before joining Google, Bogdan directed the program on industry decarbonization at the French Prime Minister General Secretariat for Ecological Planning, and prior to that he led EU energy negotiations as Head Energy Counsellor for France’s Permanent Representation to the EU. He also previously enforced energy sector regulation and competition rules for the European Commission, and developed and financed renewable energy projects for major international energy companies. Bogdan is a graduate of Mines Paristech and of the Corps des Mines, a foremost technical corps of the French State.