Jean-François Gagné is Head of the Clean Energy Ministerial Secretariat, supporting international collaboration to promote policies and programmes that advance clean energy technology, to share lessons learned and best practices, and to encourage the transition to a global clean energy economy. A Masters of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering graduate, Jean-François has over 25 years of experience in varying fields touching transportation, energy and environment protection.He started his career in the aerospace industry and then moved to the public sector to lead transportation, energy and environmental technology programmes.