H.C. (Caner) Can

Caner Can is an accomplished Energy Advisor, with over two decades of experience in the field.

He is currently working as an Energy Counselor at the Permanent Delegation of Türkiye to the EU in Brussels.

Prior to this, Caner served as the Energy Counselor of the Turkish Consulate General in Houston, Texas.

As an Energy Advisor of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he represented Türkiye at various energy governance organizations such as the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as well as at the G20 Energy Sustainability Working Group. He has also contributed to several international energy projects in Türkiye.

Caner has a Master of Excellence on Regulation of Gas Markets from the Florence School of Regulation at the European University Institute, and has written his MA Dissertation on the complex interdependence based on natural gas trade between the EEC/the European Union and the USSR/the Russian Federation at the School of Economics and Social Sciences at TOBB ETU University in Ankara.

He has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and reports on energy security and geopolitics, and possesses a deep understanding of global energy trends.

Caner is fluent in English and Spanish.