Dr. Tim Boersma is a Director in the energy and climate practice of the Berkeley Research Group, one of Forbes’ top U.S. management consulting firms of 2025, where he works out of the Brussels office. In addition, he is a Fellow and incoming Adjunct Professor at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.
Previously, Boersma helped set up the Sustainability & Strategy Advisory within the corporate investment bank of ABN AMRO USA, was a Senior Advisor on the responsible investment committee of a NY based emerging markets specialist investment firm, was a Senior Research Scholar and Natural Gas Program Director at Columbia University, a Fellow and Acting Director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and worked with a boutique consulting firm in the Netherlands.
He (co-)authored three book manuscripts, published in Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Foreign Affairs, Nature and other leading journals, and holds a Ph.D. in International Relations (2013) from the University of Groningen.
