Émeline Spire

Émeline Spire is Co-Director Europe at Agora Energiewende in tandem with Frauke Thies and leads the European policy work since October 2024. Prior to this, she headed Agora's power sector work across different geographies as Director Power System Transformation.

Before joining Agora in January 2024, Emeline Spire was director for markets and energy transition at the French energy regulator CRE (2021-2023) and as such led the implementation of consumer support and retail market measures during the energy crisis. She previously worked in the European energy sector for about twenty years, with a focus on the design and operation of electricity markets and systems to make the energy transition happen. At the Belgian TSO Elia Group (2009-2020), she successively ran the Energy Management, Grid Development and EU Affairs departments. At the French power exchange (2002-2008), she led the coupling of the French, Belgian and Dutch wholesale markets, a European first.

Émeline Spire is an engineer and economist. She studied at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, at the College of Europe in Bruges, and at the London Business School.