Mr. Maximilian JARRETT, Africa Programme Manager, Division for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America, International Energy Agency

Mr. Jarrett, a native of Liberia, has 30 years of experience in the fields of international economic affairs, media production and strategic communications. He served as the Director-in-Charge of the Geneva-based Africa Progress Panel, which was chaired by the late Kofi Annan, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former UN Secretary General. Mr. Jarrett spent over a decade working with the United Nations in Africa. He had started his career in 1990 as a Programme presenter and senior producer with the BBC World Service. He worked on Focus on Africa and Network Africa, the BBC’s daily current affairs programmes for its audience in Africa.