Rana Adib

Rana Adib is the Executive Secretary of REN21 - an international policy network of passionate players dedicated to building a sustainable energy future with renewables. 

Rana has more than 20 years of experience in in developing and implementing thematically innovative and cross-cutting projects in sustainable energy, environmental services and development. Creative and dynamic, she has a proven track record for mobilising and convening, and is particularly passionate about collaborative approaches to problem solving. Rana develops systems approaches to manage the interface between stakeholder groups, sectors, cultures with the aim to develop sustainable and innovation solutions.

She is an industrial engineer by training, and has worked in research and development, industry, international organisations, and NGOs, at the cross-roads of technology, business, marketing, and policy. At REN21, Rana developed a 900+ international expert community and led the REN21 Renewables Global Status Report series to become an international reference document in the field. At Veolia Environment, she created the biogas-to-energy R&D programme to develop business opportunities in waste treatment, energy and transport. At Fraunhofer ISE, she developed microcredit for energy access and set up and coordinated the German industry association for off-grid electrification.

Today, Rana continues advancing the energy transition at REN21, facilitating dialogue between different stakeholder groups.