Anastasiya Shapochkina is the founder and president of Eastern Circles. She has 13 years of experience in consulting and working in the energy industry. She has worked for many companies in the fields of technologies and market analysis in the renewable energy sector, utilities, nuclear energy, and e-mobility. She has furthermore led the development of international cross-industry partnership research projects on these subjects and has represented business in European industrial and research associations. Anastasiya has worked as a Lecturer of Geopolitics at Sciences Po Paris since 2012, focusing on the role of business in EU-Russia relations. In this role, she has authored several articles on the geopolitics and geoeconomics in the Former Soviet Union and has regular TV and radio appearances. Anastasiya graduated from the German and European Studies Program of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
