The European Commission has decided to appoint Ms Paula Pinho as Director for Just Transition, Consumers, Energy Efficiency and Innovation (ENER.B).

Ms Pinho, a Portuguese national and lawyer by training, will draw on her extensive knowledge of various EU policies and in particular EU energy policy, as well as on her leadership, management and negotiation skills towards her commitment to Europe’s clean and just energy transition.

Since 2015, she has been Head of Unit in DGE ENER, and acting Director between 2019 and 2020, in charge of energy strategy and coordination of energy policy in the context of the Green Deal and Recovery.

She has been monitoring the implementation of the Energy Union and the 'Clean Energy for all Europeans' legislative package.

From 2008 until 2015, she was a member of various Cabinets and notably of the one in charge of energy from 2010 until 2014.

Prior to that, she worked in the Directorates-General for Trade and for Internal Market. She joined the Commission in 2000.