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Mr. Ozkoc is currently the Director of the Mediterranean Energy Regulators (MEDREG). He is in charge of developing activities, tools, regulatory standards, and good practices to promote an efficient and compatible regulatory framework in the Mediterranean region. Before MEDREG, he occupied the position of Sector Manager for Energy at the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye, managing the reform process, implementation and follow-up of pre-accession developments, monitoring and coordinating the programs/projects under the EU Financial Assistance to Turkey between July 2010 and March 2018.

In 2006, he worked as a Senior Gas Expert (Head of Hydrocarbons) for the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna, where he contributed to the development of strategies for gas market structures in the South-Eastern European Countries, and monitored the compliance of Members with the EU’s internal energy directives.

Following his graduation, he joined Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS) in 1994 as a natural gas engineer and specialized on natural gas and LNG sales and purchase agreements as well as gas infrastructures.

Afterward, he was invited to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) during its establishment in 2001 and was involved in the preparation and implementation of the implementing legislation of the natural gas market law. He received a BS in Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering and later an MS from the Middle East Technical University (METU).