Edvard Košnjek, Ph.D.
He earned his PhD from the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School and completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana.
He spent most of his career working for an electricity distribution company, where he held several senior positions, including Head of Department, Advisor to the Management Board for Technical Affairs and Strategy, Executive Director, and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board. Until 2020, he was also an active member of the international association Eurelectric and the Slovenian Electricity Distribution Economic Interest Group (GIZ), where he served as a member or chair of the Technical Affairs Group and the ICT Group, and coordinated the activities of the Smart Grids Group. In 2020, he joined the Jožef Stefan Institute – Energy Efficiency Centre (IJS-CEU). He actively participates in local, national, and international projects focusing on energy efficiency, energy communities, green technologies, sector coupling, and sustainable development. He also contributes to the development of sustainability strategies for large companies and regional strategic environmental and energy studies. As a lecturer, he is involved in the Targeted Training Programme for Energy Management in the Public Sector (within the LIFE IP CARE4CLIMATE project) and the training programme for energy managers under the international EUREM programme.