Kyriakos Maniatis

Kyriakos worked under various functions in the Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission (DG ENER) from 1988 up to his retirement as Principal Administrator in April 2020. He was responsible for innovation and technical issues related to biomass, bioenergy, and biofuels. He regularly contributed to the legislative actions of the Commission regarding bioenergy and biofuels. Kyriakos led the Commission’s standardisation initiatives for liquid and gaseous biofuels. Kyriakos undertook several initiatives in close coordination with the industry for the market deployment of advanced biofuels, including setting up the European Biofuels FlightPath in Aviation in 2011 and the Alternative Renewable Transport Fuels Forum (ART Fuels Forum) in 2017. He also led the work of the Sub-Group on Advanced Biofuels (SGAB) of the Sustainable Transport Forum.

Kyriakos also represented the EC in the Executive Committee of IEA Bioenergy TCP up to his retirement and served as the ExCo Chairman in 2002 and from 2005 to 2007. As of 2014 Kyriakos has been the Industry Coordinator in the annual EU Biomass Conference and Exhibition. He is Co-Chair of the EU-India Stakeholder Croup on Advanced Biofuels and leads the Low Carbon Biofuels Forum. Since his retirement Kyriakos acts as an independent international consultant.