Mr. Gilles Lequeux is electromechanical engineer and has a Master degree in Business and administration.
After working in the energy engineering industry, he joined the European Commission in 1996 and was in charge of developing strategies and priorities for the European framework programme for research, development and demonstration.
He is currently responsible for development and implementation of the European strategy for scientific and technology international cooperation in the field of energy.
" US EU Energy Council, a new framework to boost transatlantic energy cooperation."
The United States and the European Union seek to deepen coordination on strategic energy issues of mutual interest, foster cooperation on energy policies and further strengthen research collaboration on sustainable and clean energy technologies. They created a cabinet/Ministerial-level U.S.-EU Energy Council to improve U.S.-European coordination on strategic energy issues and to strengthen co-operation on energy policies, as well as on ongoing scientific and technology collaboration.