Gavin Joins LSE Consulting at Inception Workshop on Vietnam's Energy Sector, Hanoi

Gavin joined LSE Consulting as a Senior Consultant for the inception workshop of "Facilitating Private Sector's Access to and Engagement in Vietnam's Energy Sector", held in Hanoi on 18 February 2025. The project is organised by Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment, UNOPS and the South East Asia Energy Transition Partnership.

He presented on "Encouraging Energy Innovation & Investment in the UK West Midlands", describing the triple-helix partnership of universities, business and the public sector. Topics included the University of Birmingham's Energy Institute and its joint research platform with Fraunhofer UMSICHT, the Energy Research Accelerator, the Powering West Midlands Growth Policy Commission, Energy Capital, and the Energy Innovation Zones, including Tyseley Energy Park.

Gavin collaborated with Viet Nguyen-Tien, now at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), with whom he previously collaborated at the Birmingham Centre for Environmental and Energy Economics and Management.