Sir Dieter Helm

Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford at Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford

Speaker

Dieter Helm is Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford. From 2012 to 2020, he was Independent Chair of the Natural Capital Committee, providing advice to the government on the sustainable use of natural capital. In The Cost of Energy Review, commissioned by the government in 2017, he set out a framework for transitioning the UK energy sector to net zero while maintaining energy security.

Dieter specialises in three key areas: Energy & Climate; Regulation, Utilities & Infrastructure; and Natural Capital & the Environment. He provides extensive expert advice to UK and European governments, regulators and companies across all three areas.

In his latest book, Legacy: How to Build the Sustainable Economy, Dieter addresses the question: what would the sustainable economy look like and what would it take to live within our environmental means?

Dieter is a Vice President of the Exmoor Society, a Vice President of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, and Honorary Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford.