Mr. Youssef Arfaoui holds a M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering combined with Finance from the Technical University of Denmark. He has a wide experience in the energy sector; specifically application of Renewable Energy Technologies.
He joined the Green Climate Fund in 2014 and holds a position as Mitigation Coordinator. He comes from a position as chief renewable energy specialist at the African Development Bank. He closed a good number of transactions:  on Geothermal (500MW); Wind (1200MW), Hydro (600MW), Cogen (90MW) and Solar (300MW); taking into account the implementation of the two climate pillars the mitigation and adaptation.