Aivars Starikovs is a board member of Hydrogen Europe and the Latvian Hydrogen Association, as well as an energy and alternative fuels advisor to the President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. His current duties involve coordinating international cooperation, working with ministries and municipalities, and developing infrastructure business plans. As the North-East European cluster coordinator, he focuses on joint procurement initiatives for fuel cell buses, promoting zero-emission hydrogen transport.

Previously, he led the Latvian research program LATENERGI, evaluating hydrogen technologies. With a BSc in Physics and an MSc in International Economics and Management from the University of Latvia, he has extensive experience in biomass gasification and fuel cell technologies. He is currently pursuing an MSc in Engineering at the Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technologies.