Sue-Ern Tan is the Head of the International Energy Agency Regional Cooperation Centre based in Singapore. The Centre is the first outside of the IEA’s Paris headquarters and focuses on the Southeast Asia region and beyond. It provides policy guidance, training and capacity building across areas such as scaling-up the deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies, increasing cross-border power trade, and improving access to finance for clean energy investment Prior to joining the IEA, Sue-Ern worked at Shell plc in senior climate and energy roles at Shell’s headquarters in London and The Hague and most recently in Singapore. Sue-Ern practiced as a lawyer, worked as a Ministerial adviser on energy in the Australian Government and was Deputy CEO of a minerals trade association in Australia. Sue-Ern graduated from University of NSW in Australia and is an Eisenhower Fellow representing Australia in the 2017 International Program.