H.C. (Caner) Can

Caner Can is an energy professional with more than 20 years of international experience in the sector.

He is currently serving as Adviser to Alparslan Bayraktar, Ph.D., Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Türkiye.

Previously, Caner was Energy Counselor at the Permanent Delegation of Türkiye to the EU in Brussels (January 2022 – September 2024) and at the Turkish Consulate General in Houston, the U.S. (September 2015 – October 2019), during his tenure at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Caner holds a Master of Excellence in Regulation of Gas Markets from the Florence School of Regulation at the European University Institute. His MA Dissertation, completed at the School of Economics and Social Sciences at TOBB ETU University in Ankara, focused on the complex interdependence based on natural gas trade between the EEC/the European Union and the USSR/the Russian Federation.

He has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and reports on energy security and geopolitics, and possesses a deep understanding of global energy trends. Caner is fluent in English and Spanish.