Torsten Knop spent his whole career in the utility industry. After a brief period working for an industry association, he joined the RWE Group (today E.ON) in 1999. Here he was mostly focused on public affairs issues concerning transmission and distribution grids. With the start of formal regulation in Germany in 2005 he moved to regulatory affairs and is currently responsible for specific European Regulation topics at E.ON SE. He is an economist by qualification.