Konrad Purchała is vice president of the management board of PSE. He graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology and obtained a doctorate in engineering from KU Leuven in Belgium. He worked as a consultant in energy markets at Tractebel Engineering, Power System Consulting (Engie Group, formerly GdF-SUEZ), where he held managerial positions in major European energy R&D projects. He has been with PSE since 2009. In 2012, he became director of the Energy Market Development Office. Subsequently, he became deputy director of the International Cooperation Department and, from 2019, served as director of the System Management Department. During his time at PSE, he twice served as chair of the Market Committee within ENTSO-E, the association of European transmission system operators.