Paul van Heyningen is Deputy Director for Net Zero Electricity Networks at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. His team works to ensure electricity networks are ready for the transformation needed to accommodate new low-carbon generation and demand and enable a secure, affordable and net zero energy system. Paul is a career civil servant who, since 2001, has held a wide range of posts in the UK Government, with a focus on energy, climate change and environmental policy, and most recently relating to the UK’s exit from the European Union. He has a scientific background, with a PhD in molecular neurobiology.