As from 1 August, Ms Ditte Juul Jørgensen, currently the head of Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s office, will take the position of the Director-General of Commission’s energy department (DG Energy). The energy industry is the backbone of our society and industry and enables the energy transition at both national and European level, while securing security of energy supply, affordability for our customers and competitiveness of the industry. Mrs. Ditte Juul-Jørgensen took up the position of Director General for Energy of the European Commission (DG ENER) in August 2019. Read bio sponsors. Director General DG Energy, EC. Ditte Juul Jørgensen The challenges of the European energy policy for the next five years. Ditte Juul-Jørgensen from Denmark appointed Director General On August 1 Ditte Juul-Jørgensen entered into service as new General Director of DG Energy of the European Commission. Director General of DG Energy European Commission. Talking Europe with Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director General of DG Energy On Tuesday , 16 March from 11:00 to 11:45 CET , the sixth edition of Talking Europe organised in partnership with the European Commission will be held. Ditte Juul-Jørgensen will be interviewed by Atlantic Council Senior Fellow, Amb. András Simonyi. “Under Ditte, people grow all the time,” Vestager said, crediting her for efficiently managing the massive load of cases her team has to handle. CC Commissioners: Kadri Simson (Energy), Virginijus Sinkevičius (Environment), Phil Hogan (Trade) CC Directors General: Ditte Juul Jørgensen (DG Energy), Mauro Petriccione (DG Clima), Daniel Calleja Crespo (DG Env), Sabine Weyand (DG Trade) We write to you to express our concerns regarding the modernisation process of the Energy Ms Ditte Juul Jørgensen is Danish and been working for the European Commission since 1992. A new European Commission, the Executive Government of the European Union (EU), commenced its work on 1 December 2019, chaired by Ursula von der Leyen. Her professional career includes positions as Head of Cabinet of Competition Commissioner Vestager and Director for WTO, Legal Affairs and Trade in Goods in the Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade. Ms. Ditte Juul Jørgensen is the Director General of DG Energy and has 27 years of experience in the European Commission. Danish Director, so far head of Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager's private office, replaced French Dominique Ristori, in charge from 2014. Ms Ditte Juul Jørgensen Director General, DG Energy 3 June 2020 Dear Director General Juul Jørgensen, Establishing an EU risk management scheme for geothermal energy Geothermal energy is a source of renewable heating, cooling, baseload electricity and strategic raw materials such as lithium. The EC has appointed Ms Ditte Juul-Jørgensen as the new Director-General of the Directorate for Energy (DG ENER), effective of 01 August, after the current Director-General … Ditte Juul Jørgensen . She joined DG ENER from a position as Head of Cabinet for Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. Ms Ditte Juul-Jørgensen will be in charge of DG ENER from 01 August, following Mr Dominique Ristori’s retirement. On Tuesday, 16 March from 11:00 to 11:45 CET, the sixth edition of Talking Europe organised in partnership with the European Commission will be held.