Dr Andrew Minchener OBE
General Manager

Dr Andrew Minchener OBE is the General Manager of the IEA Clean Coal Centre, with effect from July 2013. He has overall responsibility for the Centre’s activities with special emphasis on maintaining a strong international profile for all aspects of clean coal utilisation, with a focus on outreach to developing and industrializing countries. Andrew is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and a Chartered Engineer. He has over 35 years’ experience in fossil fuel and biomass/waste utilisation, systems development, energy and environmental consultancy, and contract research and development, with particular emphasis on clean coal and CCS issues in Europe and the Far East. This includes specific expertise in policy/institutional/regulatory analysis, techno/socio-economic analysis, training/capacity building, knowledge transfer and international business development. He has undertaken numerous overseas assignments, including over 150 missions to the People’s Republic of China and other parts of Asia, where he has worked with a number of organisations including the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the International Energy Agency, the European Commission and the IEA Clean Coal Centre. Andrew has a BSc in Chemistry and a MSc in Combustion & Explosion Studies (both from the University of Leeds), a DPhil in Coal Conversion Systems (University of Ulster), and a DSc in Energy and Environment studies (University of Leeds). [email protected].