Jessica Obeid is an independent energy policy consultant. In addition, she serves as Senior Advisor and energy transition specialist for London-based consultancy Azure Strategy, and is Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC in the two programs; energy and economics, and Lebanon program. She was previously a resident fellow at Chatham House in London within the energy, environment and resources program. Formerly the chief energy engineer at the United Nations Development Programme in Beirut, Jessica had a decade experience in engineering focusing on the deployment of renewable energy in developing countries, before moving into policy in 2017. Besides her consultancy work, her recent research covers renewable energy for data centres, energy storage systems and grid interconnection. She has published widely and regularly provides expert commentary to leading media outlets. Jessica has been awarded the EU Visitors Programme, the US State Department’s TechWomen and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s International Leaders fellowships. She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.