Jan Rielaender is Senior Counsellor to the Director of the OECD Development Centre and Head of Country Diagnostics and Strategy.As Senior Counsellor, Jan advises the Director of the Development Centre on strategy and engagement. As Head of Country Diagnostics and Strategy, Jan and his team have worked with over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, providing strategic advice to enhance capacities and achieve economic and social development objectives.Jan currently leads a project on the Just Energy Transition in the Western Balkans, focusing on coordinated energy sector, social protection, and fiscal reforms. This project aims to assist Western Balkan economies in transitioning towards a greener energy mix while ensuring fair distribution of costs and opportunities across society. The work includes developing an inventory of energy subsidies and support measures, creating policy scenarios for energy market reform, and analyzing the gender dimension of the energy transition.Prior to joining the OECD in 2010, Jan spent five years with both the World Bank in Washington and the UN in Africa working on evaluation and strategic management for development.Jan is a Fulbright Scholar and holds degrees in Economics and International Relations from Syracuse University in the US and Dresden University in Germany. He has also studied at Yonsei University in South Korea and Lund University in Sweden.