Thomas Mikkelsen

Thomas has been working in the energy industry since 2000. In 2018 he founded GECO Global as a consultancy specialized in customer behaviour and the green transition of the energy industry and from January 2022, he leads the work on Behavioural and Social Innovation across offices in the Scandinavian countries in Smart Innovation Norway as head of International Operations. The focus is understanding what drives customer engagement and participation in smart home and energy decentralization implementations and in this respect, he works directly with utilities and other actors in the energy industry and through research with both national and international bodies especially in Europe and India.

Thomas has worked both as a marketing director on the utility side and as strategy officer in international tech companies like Panasonic and Green Energy Options. In the past 10 years he has been heavily engaged in several European networks in the energy sector based on the communications and user involvement within the development of the smart grid, AMR and the introduction of Smart Home solutions. He also has extensive experience from research on the potential of new technologies to be introduced into the energy sector and from assessing market potential for PV and renewable smart solutions in the residential market.

Thomas leads the joint communication task force in the BRIDGE network, comprising research from Horizon2020 projects receiving grants from the European Union.

He holds an MA in Philosophy of Science and History from the University of Roskilde in Denmark, based on a BA from the University of Tromsø and the Norwegian Technical University. He also holds an MBA single Course on Business Development from the Southern University of Denmark.