Tim Gould has been the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Chief Energy Economist since 2021. In this role, he provides strategic advice on energy economics across a wide range of the IEA’s activities and analysis. He also heads the Office of the Chief Energy Economist, where he co-leads the World Energy Outlook, the IEA’s flagship publication, and oversees the Agency’s work on investment and financing, including the World Energy Investment report.

He joined the IEA in 2008, initially as a specialist in Russian and Caspian energy. Since then, he has designed and led a wide range of analytical work for the Agency, while also continuing to contribute as an author. Before joining the IEA, he worked on European and Eurasian energy issues in Brussels and spent ten years working in Eastern Europe, mainly in Ukraine. He graduated from the University of Oxford and holds a postgraduate diploma from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.