Irena Relić

Senior Waste Management and Institutional Expert at Egis UAE

Irena Relić is a Senior Waste Management and Institutional Expert at Egis UAE, with more than 20 years of experience in waste management, waste-to-energy and environmental infrastructure across Europe and the GCC. She serves as Technical Advisor on Qatar’s National Integrated Solid Waste Management Programme, a PPP programme that includes a waste-to-energy facility and a material recovery facility, supporting market sounding, PPP due diligence, tendering and bid evaluation. In Croatia, she provided technical advisory on the basic design of an integrated waste treatment complex that includes a 130,000 t/a waste-to-energy recovery facility, and worked on RDF off-take and recovery routes from MBT plants. As Chief of Cabinet to Croatia’s Minister of Environment and Energy, she coordinated the national waste management system, including 11 regional waste management centres. She also worked with the World Bank on circular economy and climate programmes. She holds a Master’s degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Zagreb.