Hans van Steen

 

Hans van Steen is Head of Unit in the European Commission, DG Energy. He holds a Master Degree in Political Science from the University of Århus, Denmark.

 

Mr van Steen has been with the European Commission since 1989 and was the Head of Unit for Renewable Energy between June 2006 and August 2013. In this capacity, he was the Commissions representative in the negotiations of the Renewable Energy Directive and was responsible for overseeing the transposition and implementation of the Directive in the EU Member States.

 

In August 2013 Mr van Steen took over the responsibility for the unit in DG Energy which is responsible for International Energy Relations and Enlargement.