🇦🇱 Based in Tirana, Albania

Leonard Proko

Environmental Advisor & Project Manager

Delivering complex environmental and infrastructure projects to international standards across Albania and beyond.

About

Project Manager and Environmental & Social Specialist with over 12 years of professional experience in leading and coordinating complex infrastructure, energy and environmental projects in Albania. Proven track record managing multi-stakeholder assignments involving government institutions, international donors and the private sector, ensuring compliance with EU, EBRD and IFC standards. Chevening Scholar, recognised by the UK Government for leadership potential and academic excellence.

Expertise

Areas of specialisation

Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA/ESHIA)

Environmental & Social Management Systems (ESMS)

EU Policy & Chapter 27 Legislation

Regulatory Compliance & Permitting

Stakeholder Engagement & Institutional Coordination

Risk Assessment & Mitigation

HSE Management (ISO 14001, ISO 45001)

Project Management & Team Leadership

Energy Auditing (Buildings & Processes)

Experience

Career timeline

Aug 2024 – Present

Climate Change & Monitoring Expert

Brooks Hannas & Partners — SANE 27, Phase 2

May 2022 – Apr 2024

Senior Environmental Consultant

ABKONS — International Engineering Consulting Company

May 2017 – Apr 2022

Environmental Engineer

Titan Albania — Titan Group

May 2019 – Dec 2022

HSE Consultant

MRDC International

Nov 2014 – Apr 2017

Health & Safety Engineer

TRAJF Sh.p.k. — Albanian Engineering Consulting Company

Sep 2013 – Oct 2014

Energy Engineer

GSM Klimaire Sh.p.k. — Albanian Company on HVAC Services

Projects

Notable projects

Solar energy

Voltalia Spitallë Solar Project

ESIA package for a 100 MW solar facility in Albania

Energy / KESH

110 MW Mobile Thermal Power Plant

Environmental permitting for US-Italian consortium Excelerate Energy-Renco

Vorë–Hani i Hotit railway rehabilitation

Rail / EBRD

Vorë–Hani i Hotit Railway Line

ESIA revision including public consultation coordination across 7 municipalities

Oil & gas / Shell

EHS Monitoring — Shell Upstream Albania

Ongoing EHS monitoring and structured reporting, 2022–2024

Industry / Titan

Decarbonisation — Cement Industry

Reduction of clinker-to-cement ratio to lower CO₂ emissions, Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

Ecology / Titan

Reforestation — Kruja Mountain

Supervised planting of 64,000 trees across 24 hectares, Jan 2018 – Jan 2022

Fire Protection

Fire Protection & Rescue Projects

Fire protection and rescue projects for TAP, RBH Beline (bitumen refinery), Primagas Albania (LPG storage plant), AFT (fuel storage terminal), MSA Construction (shopping mall) and Classic S&J (residential villas)

Training

Fire Safety & Emergency Evacuation Training

Fire safety and emergency evacuation training delivered to staff at Hygeia Hospital, Antea Cement and the TAP project

Education & certifications

Education

MSc Environmental Engineering — Distinction

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

MSc Environmental Engineering / Energy Profile

Polytechnic University of Tirana

BSc Environmental Engineering

Polytechnic University of Tirana

Key certifications

NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Process Safety Management

Internal Auditor — ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO 45001

Energy Auditor — Buildings & Processes

Sustainable Development & the Law — University of Cambridge (2025)

Certificate of English Language — British Council

Project Management — Austrian Institute of Excellence

Asbestos Awareness — UKATA / CPD Certification Service

Leonard Proko

Protecting the environments we work within