Klaus-Dieter worked from 1987 until 2020 at the European Commission, including four
years at the European Court of Justice. During his 33 years at the European Commission,
Klaus-Dieter Borchardt was instrumental in many major developments in EU Law and EU
Agriculture and Energy Law and Policy. During his time in the Commissions Directorate for
Energy Klaus-Dieter Borchardt was the central EU official in the reform of the European
electricity market design as part of the 'Clean Energy for all Europeans' package. He
chaired the Connecting Europe Facility's evaluation committee as well as the European
gas, electricity and infrastructure fora. When he retired in September 2020, he was Deputy
Director-General for Energy responsible for the coordination of the Policy Development,
Internal Energy Markets, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency as well as for the
Energy Dialogues with third countries. From October 2020 until July 2024 Klaus-Dieter
Borchardt worked as a Senior Energy Advisor at the European & Competition Law Practice
in the Baker McKenzie office in Brussels. Since October 2025 Klaus-Dieter Borchardt is the
Coordinator of the CESEC High Level Group.
Klaus-Dieter Borchardt is a Teaching Professor at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-
University - Würzburg, Germany (since 2001), Adjunct Professor at the Copenhagen
Business School (since 2022) and Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for
Energy Studies.