Kristian Petrick (Industrial Engineer, Technical University Berlin) is Secretary General of Airborne Wind Europe, the industry association for Airborne Wind Energy since 2022. He joined AWEurope in 2018 where he has been responsible for policy and regulation. In 2021 he became Operating Agent of the IEA Wind Task 48 on Airborne Wind Energy. For the last 15 years, he has been working as policy advisor in the fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainability, providing policy and strategic advice to public and private clients. Clients include the European Commission, the Green Economy Coalition, IEA-RETD, IRENA, the Union for the Mediterranean and various governmental institutions and ministries in the Middle East and Central Asia. Apart from Airborne Wind Energy matters, he is an expert in policies for distributed generation, prosumers and energy communities. The first ten years of his career he worked as supply chain manager for Siemens in Germany and Canada