Deliana is responsible for executing the Program Office's policy, operational, and legal agreements as well as the Program's financial operations. She joined MIT's Office for the Vice President of Finance in February 2015 and assumed her current role with the MIT Skoltech Program in June 2016.
Deliana has a legal and finance background and spent many years in the corporate sector, including with companies such as Nike, Shell, PwC, and EY. At Shell, she led a global project team in implementing the Sakhalin II gas project, a collaboration with Russian energy company Gazprom.
A graduate of the Leiden University School of Law in the Netherlands, Deliana also holds a master of laws (LLM) in energy and environmental law from the University of Leuven in Belgium.