Paddy Young

Paddy Young started his career in media in London before moving to the Netherlands in 1998 to run a global portfolio of media products including large scale events and international magazines.

He was appointed Director of European Utility Week in 2013 and has been responsible for the re-engineering of the event proposition including the integration of POWERGEN Europe and the subsequent rebranding to Enlit Europe. During this period he was also involved in the launch of Initiate the innovation, start up, young talent and diversity programme which has now been rolled out globally.

His interest in sustainability and developing market leading media products with purpose, was triggered when turning water technology event Aquatech into a global brand. Alongside the European event he successfully launched Aquatech into China, India and the USA.

His broad ranging leadership experience has seen him run businesses and events around the world including countries like Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.