Dieter Helm CBE

Dieter Helm is an economist specialising in utilities, infrastructure, regulation and the environment, and concentrating on the energy, water, communications and transport sectors primarily in Britain and Europe. He is a Professor at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of New College, Oxford.

Dieter holds a number of advisory board appointments in Britain and Europe. Current appointments include: Independent Chair of the Defra Natural Capital Committee, Member of the Economics Advisory Group to the UK Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change.

During 2011, Dieter assisted the European Commission in preparing the Energy Roadmap 2050, serving both as a special advisor to the European Commissioner for Energy and as Chairman of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on the Roadmap. He also assisted the Polish government in their presidency of the European Union Council.

Previous appointments include: membership of the DTI's Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board from 2002 to 2007, the Prime Minister's Council of Science and Technology from 2004 to 2007, Chairman of the Academic Panel, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs until 2012, and the DTI's Energy Advisory Panel from 1993 to 2003.

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Dieter is an Associate of the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and an Associate Editor of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy.

His career to date has spanned academia, public policy and business. He has published extensively on economic topics and provides independent advice to companies, public bodies and governments.

Dieter is an Honorary Vice President of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

 

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Latest Books by Dieter Helm

Dieter's latest book was published in paperback in September 2011: Helm, D. and Hepburn, C. (eds), (2011), The Economics and Politics of Climate Change, Oxford University Press.