The Honorable Branko Terzic, PC, GCCY, ScD (h.c.) holds appointments as The Royal Adjutant (1976), Member of the Privy Council (1991), and Delegate of HRH Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia in the United States.
Dr. Terzic’s royal decorations include; Kt. Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle, Kt Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Yugoslavia, Kt. Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Kt. Order of St. Michael of the Wing, Kt. of Merit of the S.M.O Constantinian of Saint George, Commendatore Order pro Merito Melitense of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Military & Civil).
The Republic of Serbia decorated Terzic in 2025 with the Order of Karadjordje Star , 3rd Degree for services to the republic.
An internationally recognized energy engineer, Dr. Terzic is a former United States federal and state government official and corporate executive. He is currently an independent management consultant in energy industry at www.brankoterzic.com and a Distinguished Fellow at the U.S. Council on Competitiveness. He is also currently an independent contractor with BRG LLC (Washington, DC) . He formerly served as a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and was a member of The Brookings Institution Global Electricity Roundtable.
Dr. Terzic was twice appointed by President George H.W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as Commissioner on the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He has served on two presidential advisory boards: the U.S. National Petroleum Council and the U.S. National Coal Council. As a representative of the US Department of Energy he served as Chairman of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production (Geneva, Switzerland).
Earlier in his career Terzic served as Commissioner on the State of Wisconsin Public Service Commission and later as Chairman of the State of Wisconsin Racing Board.
In the private sector his prior positions include serving as; Executive Director of the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions (Houston, TX and Washington, DC), Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Yankee Energy System, Inc, (Meriden, CT) Managing Director in Arthur Anderson LLP (Washington, DC), Group Vice-President of AUS Consultants (Milwaukee, WI) and special investigations engineer at Wisconsin Electric Power Company.
Today Dr. Terzic appears as a regular commentator on oil and energy issues on CNN International and has also has appeared on CBS, NBC, Fox Business News and other media.
His articles and commentary have appeared regularly in industry publications such as Public Utility Fortnightly, EnergyBiz, Power Executive, Deregulation Watch, Natural Gas, Oil & Gas Financial Journal, The Economist and other publications. Dr. Terzic’s bi-weekly column, Terzic on Strategy ran for ten years in New Power Executive starting in 1999. Terzic contributed a chapter on energy to the book THE WORLD CRISIS: THE WAY FORWARD AFTER IRAQ (Constable, London 2008), edited by Robert Harvey.
In Serbia, Dr. Terzic has been a columnist in the Politika newspaper and is regularly interviewed on US and international political developments.
Academic awards include a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Doctor of Sciences in Engineering (Sc.D.) “honorus causa” from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee and he is a member of the Order of the Engineer. He has received a number of industry awards including being elected to the Energy Efficiency Forum Hall of Fame and being named “Champion” of the Women’s Council on Energy and Environment. Terzic served as a Captain in the Field Artillery in the Army Reserve and National Guard of the State of Wisconsin.