Dr Nigel Jollands
Nigel Jollands, PhD
Head, Energy Efficiency Unit
International Energy Agency
Dr. Nigel Jollands’ career spans 15 years in energy, resource management and economic analysis fields. In November 2006 he took up a post with the International Energy Agency (IEA) as Principal Administrator in the Energy Efficiency and Environment Division. In February 2009 he was appointed Head, Energy Efficiency Unit at the IEA. This role includes leading the IEA’s energy efficiency policy analysis, coordinating the IEA’s energy efficiency advice to the G8 under the Gleneagles Plan of Action, co-ordinating the Agency’s Energy Efficiency Working Party and participating in In-depth Reviews of member country energy policies. Nigel is currently also leading the IEA’s work on energy in cities and a project on energy efficiency and governance.
Nigel was previously Principal Ecological Economist in the New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics (NZCEE) at Landcare Research. He has also held posts in New Zealand as Senior Lecturer at Massey University, as a senior policy analyst in New Zealand’s captial at various Ministries (Ministry of Commerce; Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority and Ministry for the Environment). He is a regular presenter at international conferences, has published numerous journal articles and contributed to several books in the area of energy efficiency and ecological economics.
