Anne Vadasz Nilsson was appointed Director General of the Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate in 2013. She has previously been a Vice President of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) and is currently leading CEER´s Consumer and Retail Markets WG. She is also a member of the board of the Swedish Agency for Government Employers and a former board member of the Swedish Telecoms regulator.

She graduated as a lawyer from the University of Uppsala, Sweden in 1993. Upon leaving university, she worked as legal advisor at the Swedish Energy Regulator until 2000 when she joined the Swedish Competition Authority. At the Competition Authority she held various positions, among others Deputy Director General.