Roundtable with Paro Konar, Director General for Major Decarbonisation Projects at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
This roundtable will bring together senior leaders from across government, industry, and the not-for-profit sector to discuss energy resilience, decarbonisation, and the future of clean energy infrastructure across the UK.
This session will:
- Examine emerging challenges and opportunities within the UK’s evolving energy system
- Explore practical approaches to strengthening system resilience
- Share insights on accelerating clean energy innovation and deployment
- Highlight the opportunities for cross-sector collaboration to drive decarbonisation
Please note attendee numbers at roundtables are strictly limited to ensure everyone is able to contribute to the conversation. Invitees are carefully selected in line with WIG's charitable purpose, to bring a range of views and perspectives. If you or a colleague would like to be considered for future roundtables in this series, then please feel free to email us at [email protected].
Speaker
Paro Konar is the Director General for Major Decarbonisation Projects at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
Paro was Director for Hydrogen and Industrial Carbon Capture at DESNZ, and before that was co-Director for Industrial Energy at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 2019 to 2022. Before her first director role in Industrial Energy, Paro worked on EU Exit Negotiations.
Paro has spent most of her career in the civil service working on energy policy. An analyst by background, Paro has worked on electricity and gas markets, leading analytical teams to develop the evidence base for the Electricity Market Reform, Capacity Market and Low Carbon Auctions. She has also developed the evidence base for large infrastructure policies such as new nuclear investment in the UK.
Paro received an OBE in 2018 for services to energy economics.
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