Dr. Tim Boersma is a director in BRG’s Energy & Climate practice. He is a fellow and incoming adjunct professor at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. Previously, he helped set up the Sustainability & Strategy Advisory practice within the corporate investment bank of ABN AMRO USA; was a senior research scholar and Natural Gas Program director at Columbia University; was 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.

Dr. Boersma has coauthored three book manuscripts and published in Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Foreign Affairs, Nature, and other leading journals. He holds a PhD in international relations from the University of Groningen.

Awards & Honors

  • Columbia University
    Fellow and Incoming Adjunct Professor, 2025
    Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, 2019 – 2024

    Argentem Creek Partners LLC
    Senior Advisor, Responsible Investment Committee, 2022

    German Marshall Fund of the United States
    Transatlantic Academy Fellow, 2011

    Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
    Visiting Scholar, 2011

Employment History

ABN AMRO USA
Director, Sustainability & Strategy Advisory, 2019 – 2023

Columbia University
Senior Research Scholar and Natural Gas Program Director, 2016 – 2019

Brookings Institution
Fellow and Acting Director, Energy Security & Climate Initiative, 2013 – 2016

Brabers
Corporate Counsel, 2006 – 2011