Irena Praček, director, Agencija Republike Slovenije za energijo

 

Mrs Irena Praček is the Director of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia. She started her professional career in 1992 in the economy sector of the Energy System of Slovenia, where she worked for eight years as an Independent Assistant for the plan and analyses. Already then she participated in the preparations of setting up of the Slovenian energy regulator, and immediately after the establishment of the Energy Agency in 2001 she joined the regulatory authority. By mid-2004 she was Advisor to the Director, and later on appointed as Director of the Energy Agency. Due to her professional skills and knowledge she was appointed for a second five-year term as Director in 2009.