Yasin Kasirga
Decarbonization Leader, Energy Transition Strategist & Former COP28 Senior Advisor
Dubai, UAE
Yasin's Keynote Topics
From Megawatts to Mindsets
The Last Barrel of Oil
It's Not If But When
AI in Energy and Sustainability
Protect What You Love
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Biography
Yasin Kasirga is a decarbonization leader and keynote speaker with more than 20 years of experience bringing real energy infrastructure to life across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. With his teams, he brought over 5 GW of gas-fired power plants and 6 GW of renewable energy assets to life, including hydro, solar, geothermal, and more than 25 wind power plants. His career is defined by a mastery of the big picture, commanding diverse leadership roles encompassing Sales, Market Development, and the execution of complex hybrid and renewable energy projects.
As a Senior Advisor to the COP28 Presidency, Yasin contributed to the landmark global pledge to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, bringing policy fluency and on-the-ground delivery to every stage. He built the Carbon Solutions business for the Middle East and Africa at GE Vernova, helping industry and power producers chart credible paths to net zero. Today he runs Qasirga Advisory from Dubai, advising across the Middle East, Africa, Turkiye and Europe. His portfolio of more than 11 GW built exceeds the existing installed power capacity of more than 65 countries.
What sets Yasin apart is translation. He takes the most complex parts of the energy transition - the technology, the economics, the hard trade-offs - and makes them clear, human, and actionable for any audience, not just the engineers in the room. In a boardroom, at an industry summit, or in front of a hall of students, he replaces jargon and doom with clarity and momentum. He has spoken at COP28, COP29, the World Future Energy Summit, ADIPEC, Middle East Energy, and the Misk Global Forum.
Yasin holds an Executive MBA and Bachelor's degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration from Middle East Technical University and is pursuing a Doctorate of Management on
'Sustainability and Net-Zero Stakeholder Impact' at UCAM. A graduate of GE's Experienced Leadership Program (XLP) and FEEL: A Disruptive Futures Program of Dubai Future Academy under Dubai Future Foundation, he remains a committed catalyst for high-performance organizational culture and talent development. His keynotes range from leadership-driven energy transition to a practitioner's honest view of the Middle East's real role in the energy future.
His book Megawatts, Not Tokens: AI, Energy and Sustainability was published in September 2026 in Kindle,
paperback and hardcover.
