From the outset, PfW has been supported from highly influential individuals in the energy sector. Our Ambassadors are PfW champions who use their position, own profile, influence and network to raise and sustain understanding of the importance of more women operating in the energy industry across middle and senior management.
Ambassadors
Board members
Rubina Singh, M.Eng, Fund Manager - Deeptech, Octopus Ventures
Emily Bourne, Director, Energy Systems and Networks at Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, UK Government
Francis Gugen, Chair, Ruvco and Exec Chair, SML
Elizabeth Baxter, Director of Project Finance, Sonnedix
Loraine Martins OBE FRSA, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at The Nichols Group
Matthew Wright, Head of Strategy and Innovation, National Grid ESO
Nick Wayth, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Institute
Georgina Worrall, Head of POWERful Women
Katie Jackson, President, National Grid Ventures (POWERful Women Chair)
Simon Fanshawe, Co-founder, Diversity by Design
Energy Leaders’ Coalition
John Evans, CEO, Subsea 7
Dominic Kieran, Managing Director, Cavendish Nuclear
Alistair Phillips-Davies, CEO, SSE Plc
Tom Glover, UK Chair, RWE
Chris Norbury, CEO, EON UK
Craig Shanaghey, President Operations EMEA, Wood
Duncan Clark, Head of Region, Ørsted UK
Keith Anderson, Chief Executive, Scottish Power
David Bunch, UK Country Chair, Shell UK
Cordi O’Hara, President, National Grid Electricity Distribution, National Grid
Louise Kingham OBE, SVP Europe and Head of Country UK, bp
Kevin Dibble, CEO of Energy Supply, Engie Group
Simone Rossi, Chief Executive, EDF Energy
Jonathan Brearley, CEO, Ofgem
Will Gardiner, CEO, Drax
Stuart Payne, Chief Executive, North Sea Transition Authority
Monica Collings, CEO, So Energy
Other
Rachel Fletcher, Director, Regulation & Economics, Octopus Energy
Melissa Stark, Managing Director, Accenture
Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, Executive Vice President, Gas and Low Carbon Energy, bp
Peter Duff, Independent DEI Consultant
Alison Flower, FCDO Senior Energy Advisor, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, UK Government
Leigh-Ann Russell, Chief Innovation Officer, bp
Nicola Murphy AMEI Owner GreenConnect NI
Lynsey Valentine, Strategy Director, Cavendish Nuclear
Mark Foy, CEO, ONR
Deirdre Michie OBE FEI, Chief Executive, Oil & Gas UK
Ruth Cairnie, Supporting Chair, Chapter Zero
Colette Cohen OBE FEI, Former CEO, The Net Zero Technology Centre
Lamé Verre FEI, Head of Strategy, Innovation & Sustainability, Energy Customer Solutions at SSE PLC
Gwen Parry-Jones, CEO, Magnox Ltd
Adrienne Kelbie CBE, Owner, Adriennekelbie.com
Steve Holliday FREng FEI, Former President, Energy Institute
Laura Sandys, Co-founder, POWERful Women
Peter Mather FEI, Advisory Board Chair, Two Magnolias Venture Capital
Aniela Foster-Turner, Legal Director, Gore Street Capital
Baroness Sandip Verma, Co-founder, POWERful Women
Angela Hepworth, Commercial Director, Drax
Dr Nina Skorupska, CEO, REA
John Pettigrew FEI, CEO, National Grid
Charlotte Starkmann, Director, Energise Consultancy
Phillipa Pickford, Director, Retail, Ofgem
Olivia Breese, CEO, SVP, Power-2-X, Ørsted
Clare Harbord, External Affairs Director, Drax Group Plc
Alicia Green, Head of Project Management, Offshore Wind Industry Council
Juliet Davenport, Co-Founder, Good Energy Group Plc
Emily Spearman, Head of Technology & Methodology, Offshore Wind, bp
Dame Ann Dowling, President, Royal Academy of Engineering and NED, BP plc
Dame Susan Bruce, Non Executive Director, SSE plc
Alyson Clark, General Counsel, GE Renewable Energy
Rani Koya, Chief Executive Officer, OGL Geothermal
Amisha Patel, Head of Public Affairs and Policy, Mainstream
Meike Imberg, Chair, Diverse Heat Network
Ivan Baldwin, Director of Business Development, Bechtel and President, WiN UK
Henry Holland, Specialist Services Director (and head of ESG), Cavendish Nuclear
Joan MacNaughton CB Hon FEI, Chair of The Climate Group
Fiona MacAulay, Chair, Independent Oil and Gas PLC
Vince Pizzoni, Trustee, WES
Hannah Mary Goodlad, Head of Baltic Sea Area Development, Equinor
Sinead Obeng, Environmental Products Regulatory Affairs Manager, Shell
Isla Robb, Managing Director, Opergy Scotland
Sinead Lynch, VP, Low Carbon Fuels, Shell
Frances Morris-Jones FEI, Non-Executive Director and former Chair of the Oil and Gas Authority
Katharine Deschamps, Commercial Development Manager for Offshore Wind, bp
Mark McAllister, Chair, ONR
