Yasin Kasirga is Decarbonization Leader for the Carbon Solutions organization across the Middle East & Africa, within Gas Power at GE Vernova. He and his team collaborate closely with customers and partners to help them achieve their decarbonization targets, while keeping an eye on economic viability. They work on a wide range of ready-to-deploy, as well as emerging innovations, including pre-combustion solutions such as the adoption of low-carbon fuels for power generation, to post-combustion solutions such as carbon capture technologies.

Yasin has 18+ years of technical and commercial experience in strategy, business development, execution, marketing, and sales, with a strong track record of developing, selling, and building more than 5 GW of gas power plants and over 6 GW of renewable power plants across hydro, solar, geothermal, and wind within Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

Most recently, Yasin served as a Senior Energy Advisor and Member of the Energy Transition Team leading COP28 initiatives under the Office of the UAE Presidency Climate Change Special Envoy, where he led the “Tripling Renewable Energy and Doubling Energy Efficiency” pledge, along with supporting the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter, Industrial Decarbonization Alliance. He was also one of the co-authors of the report "Tripling Renewable Power and Doubling Energy Efficiency by 2030 - Crucial Steps Towards 1.5°C" issued by the COP28 Presidency, IRENA, and the Global Renewables Alliance.

Yasin holds Bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering with an Executive MBA from Middle East Technical University. He is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.