SpecialityProgram Officer, IRENA

Athir Nouicer has been working as a Programme Officer at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) since 2022, focusing on energy transition strategies in Africa and the Mediterranean region. Before joining IRENA, he worked as a research associate at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) and served as an energy expert at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). He graduated from KU Leuven with a PhD, focusing on the use of flexibility to defer electricity distribution network investments. Athir is also a graduate mechanical engineer from the National Engineering School of Tunis and holds two master’s degrees: one in Digital Economy and Network Industries from Université Paris Sud XI and in Electric Power Industry from Universidad Pontificia Comillas.