About Me — Christian Lebelhuber

True passion and curiosity for energy characterize my entire professional life. After completing a master degree in economics, I initially joined the renewable energy sector and contributed to spreading solar energy across Europe and beyond.

In a next step, my focus turned to the more conventional but large-scale side of the energy industry; I worked as market expert for the company operating the largest German gas market area and  contributed in this function to major developments.

My passion for energy markets in combination with a strong analytical and strategic thinking then paved the way for my engagement in management consulting. As senior consultant for an Austrian-based consultancy with focus on companies and institutions of the European gas and power sector, I held responsible for interdisciplinary consulting projects dealing with business strategy and organization, energy regulation, market design, etc. With the strong motivation to not only follow but actually innovate market rules and concepts.

I then turned to the Austrian energy regulator E-Control. As senior expert of the gas department I have held responsible for further developing the Austrian market model and thus also fostering the important role of the Austrian gas market in the region.

Since quite some years, my major attention and enthusiasm is dedicated to the transformation of the energy system. Reshaping the energy sector towards renewable and climate-neutrality and facilitating energy sector integration/coupling to the benefit of our society has become my priority. I am dealing with this notion also in a scientific way; i.e. through my doctoral studies at Johannes Kepler University Linz with focus on strategic management in the climate change context (rer.soc.oec; completed 2020) and contributor to national and international research projects in the field of enery policy, environmental economics, energy economics, public sector management, etc.

To cut a long story short: Energy has always been my driving force I have got to know the energy sector from different perspectives: renewable and fossil, regulating and regulated, national and international, executing and advising. However, this has been just the begining. Based on my core beliefs, I am striving for:

  • transforming the energy system towards renewable and climate neutrality
  • smart solutions for the various complex problems on the route to these objectives 
  • continued professional and personal development 
  • going ahead and taking responsibility.