Jekaterina Boening | Senior Manager in Energy and Climate Policy at the Federation of German Industries BDI

Passionate about the topic of hydrogen I believe that it offers us a chance to finally reach the solution for an effective climate policy while maintaining EU's technological advancement. In my work I don't stop searching for new ideas, trying to bring creativity and thoughtful analysis in everything I do. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  

11/2016 – current Berlin, Germany  Senior Manager in Energy and Climate Policy The Federation of German Industries (BDI) 
10/2014 – 08/2016 Berlin, Germany  Associate Research Fellow in European Energy Policy Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin  
09/2015 – 12/2015 Moscow, Russia  Consultant in Energy and Environment Department United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)  
03/2014 – 07/2014 Berlin, Germany  Research Assistant German Bundestag, MP office of the CDU/CSU Party Vice-Chairman Dr. Georg Nüßlein 
06/2013 – 11/2013 Essen, Germany  Analyst in Special Projects, Mergers & Acquisitions E.ON Connecting Energies

MEMBERSHIP IN ADVISORY BOARDS 

09/2019 - current Carbon2Chem, thyssenkrupp AG led research consortium on circular use of CO2-emissions from steel manufacturing  
12/2019 - current KEI Cottbus, competence centre on climate protection in energy intensive industries
06/2018 - current SynErgie, Kopernikus Project of the Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) on demand-side-management

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND POLICY CONTRIBUTIONS

11/2019 BDI position: Priorities of the German industry for the national hydrogen strategy (DE)
07/2019 BDI position: An industry-roadmap for the market ramp-up of climate-neutral gases (DE)
09/2016 Jacques Delors policy paper: Starting a new chapter in EU-Algeria energy relations  
05/2016 Jacques Delors background note: Nord Stream 2 – opportunities and dilemmas of a new gas supply route to the EU
05/2016 Jacques Delors policy paper: Capacity mechanisms in the EU: nationalizing energy security? 

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 

09/2014 – 06/2016 Berlin, Germany Master of Public Policy Hertie School of Governance 
10/2009 – 06/2013 Birmingham, United Kingdom Bachelor of Science in International Business and Modern Languages  Aston University

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS 

02/2016  Junior Ambassador at the Munich Security Conference
2016 09/2014 – 08/2016 Scholarship holder of the Hertie Foundation ‘Future of Europe Stipend’
03/2014 – 07/2014 Member of the International Parliamentary Scholarship of the German Bundestag (IPS) 

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

Russian Mother tongue  
Latvian Fluent professional
German Fluent professional  
Spanish Intermediate
English Fluent professional