Dr. Weerawat has more than 25 years of experience in energy security and sustainability across ASEAN, APEC, East Asia, South Asia, and the EU. He has worked closely with leading international organizations and dialogue partners such as the UN, IEA, IRENA, World Bank, ADB, ERIA, ACE, and GIZ. He currently serves as an Honorary Counsellor for the Ministry of Energy of Thailand and is seconded as Senior Policy Counsel at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in Jakarta.
Previously, Dr. Weerawat was the Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) in Jakarta, serving all 10 ASEAN Member States. He also held leadership roles as CEO of the Brunei National Energy Research Institute (BNERI) and as Senior Team Leader at the Asia-Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) in Tokyo, working with 21 APEC economies. Dr. Weerawat holds two master’s degrees from Ohio University and the University of Paris, and a Ph.D. in Energy Policy and Planning from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
