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Andrei Marcu joined Mercuria Energy in September 2009. He builds strategic relationships for emissions traders, monitors major regulatory developments and provides advice to senior management on carbon trading issues.

Mr. Marcu has been one of the corporate sector pioneers in the area of climate change, greenhouse gas (GHG) markets and related areas of sustainable development. Since 1993, Mr. Marcu has been actively involved in many areas of climate change related initiatives, including as Chief Executive Officer of BlueNext, the environmental exchange, based in Paris.

Mr. Marcu has also acted as President and CEO of International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), a world-class business association with offices in Geneva, Brussels, Washington and Ottawa. IETA is dedicated to the creation of an efficient and environmentally robust market for greenhouse gases to address the issue of the issue of global warming and climate change. Recently, as a Board Member of the IETA, Mr. Marcu has been charged with the responsibility of the IETA's Canadian membership and activities. He also acted as Senior Managing Director of the Word Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in charge of Energy and Climate.

Mr. Marcu has been since October 2008 a Senior Advisor on Climate Change and Emissions Trading at Bennett Jones LLP in Canada . He has also been a negotiator in the UNFCCC process, as negotiator  for market mechanisms for the Republic of Panama

Mr. Marcu has substantial experience in the electric power industry from his work with Ontario Hydro in Toronto, Canada. While at Ontario Hydro, Mr. Marcu worked in various areas of the corporation including, climate change, regulatory affairs and international cooperation. 

He has also worked in the United Nations Development Program in New York on issues of development and climate change.