Preliminary programme profile
Enno Harks
Director Corporate Affairs, DACH; Head of the Berlin Office
- Organisation
- BP Europa SE
- Country
- Germany
- Institution type
- Business
Biography
Professional biography
Enno Harks is Director Corporate Affairs for the DACH region and Head of the Berlin Office at BP Europa SE. An energy professional with three decades of expertise, he has worked at bp for 18 years in various roles and now heads its Regulatory/External Affairs and Media departments in the DACH region.
Previously, he was Senior Fellow for Energy and Resources at SWP Berlin, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Before joining SWP, he worked at the International Energy Agency (IEA) as an Energy Analyst on supply security and global oil and gas markets. He is a regular speaker and contributor in Berlin on energy and climate issues, including industrial decarbonisation, financing the transition, carbon markets, global oil and gas supplies, and transport policy.
Harks is a member of the acatech/Leopoldina ESYS initiative for a resilient energy supply in 2050, a board member of Forum Ebenhausen supporting international research at SWP, head of the Europe section of the SPD Economic Forum, a member of the Oestricher Kreis, an association of chief economists in German companies, and a fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi).
He holds a degree in economics from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, with periods of study at Kiel University and Paris X. He speaks German, English, French and Spanish.