Thomas ANDRE is Director of Operations at REN21, the renewable energy policy network for the 21st century. He joined the only global renewable energy multi-stakeholder community first as Project Manager and Analyst within the research team. Thomas contributed mostly to the production of the Renewables Global Status Report and acted as a topical lead on distributed renewables for energy access, and investment in and finance for renewables. Thomas started his career as an electronic hardware engineer and project manager in a French SME. After studying sustainability, He joined Schneider Electric in early 2010 to contribute to the creation of its energy access inclusive business program. He first covered coordination and then business development positions in parallel of conducting a PhD thesis, questioning the interactions between Base of the Pyramid, CSR and corporate strategies. After defending his PhD in late 2015, Thomas took the lead of the strategy of the Access to Energy program.Thomas holds an Engineering degree from ESME Sudria, a MSc in Sustainability from HEC Paris, and a PhD in Economics from Ecole Polytechnique.Areas of competency and expertise: - Renewable Energies, Access to Energy, Energy management- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)- Inclusive business: Base of the Pyramid (BoP) strategies, social business, social entrepreneurship- Impact investing, Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)Professional skills:- Business development: business intelligence, market studies, public relations, partnership development- Project management- Extra-financial and societal performance monitoring, Social impact evaluations (qualitative and quantitative), Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)Research interests: - Business Administration- Finance, Investments, Economics- Corporate Strategy- Management Control