Euroheat & Power has named Paul Voss as new managing director

Press release, Euroheat & Power 

By unanimous vote of the Board of Directors, Euroheat & Power on Wednesday 4th September confirmed the appointment of Paul Voss as the organisation´s new Managing Director. Paul takes over the lead of the association from Sabine Froning, who resigned to join Vattenfall.

Paul Voss will join Euroheat & Power from Danfoss District Energy, a global leader in District Heating and Cooling (DHC) technology. As Head of Public and Industrial Affairs, he has led the company’s efforts to engage with policy-makers at global, EU, national and local level since 2011. Prior to that, he was responsible for relations with EU institutions in the fields of energy and environment policy at the European LPG Association. He has also worked for the CLAN Public Affairs. Paul will bring with him an in-depth understanding of EU policy and first-hand experience in managing cooperation between the private and public sectors in pursuit of shared goals. He has studied in Canada, France and Belgium and holds a Master´s degree in European Public Policy.

On the 1st of November 2013, he will officially take the helm at Euroheat & Power. “I am honoured and excited to take on this role, and I look forward to working with the outstanding team at Euroheat & Power as well as its members, partners and supporters to build a brighter future together.” said Paul Voss. “I feel fortunate to be representing a sector with so much to contribute to meeting Europe’s environmental, economic and strategic challenges. Moreover, it is exciting to arrive just as the debate about the EU’s post-2020 climate and energy framework gathers pace. The policy decisions taken in the coming years will be decisive in shaping the European energy model for future decades. Euroheat & Power is ready and willing to help move this process forward in an intelligent, pragmatic and cooperative spirit.”

“Euroheat & Power has recruited the best possible replacement for Sabine Froning” said Euroheat & Power President Frédéric Hug. “Paul Voss has long experience of high-level international energy and climate politics and policies as well as experience in the private sector. We are sorry to see Sabine leaving but delighted to have recruited Paul Voss. Euroheat & Power will remain in very capable hands. Paul´s commitment to putting the members at the centre of the organisation will make us stronger and better-placed to achieve our shared ambition of a strong and coherent legal framework for DHC and sustainable energy in general.”