Pál Ságvári was appointed Vice President of the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (HEA) in November 2020. He also serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA).

Before he was Ambassador-at-large for Energy Security of Hungary since 2016 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was director for energy policy in the Ministry of National Development between 2011-14 where he was responsible for working out Hungarian energy strategy. He was also coordinating regional energy market development projects such as North-South Energy Corridor, Hungarian-Slovak gas interconnector, Nabucco, South Stream, CEEGEX, CEEE Forum, V4 Gas Forum, Electricity Market Coupling.

He started his career in the private sector. He also held different key expert positions in GDF SUEZ Hungary in the field of natural gas and electricity supply.