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
Elizabeth Baxter, Director of Finance at Vargronn
Rubina Singh, M.Eng, Senior Investment Manager at Foresight Group
Loraine Martins OBE FRSA, Global EDI Director, Arup
Emily Bourne, Director, Energy Systems and Networks at Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, UK Government
Matthew Wright, former Head of Strategy and Innovation, National Grid ESO
Simon Fanshawe OBE, Co-founder, Diversity by Design
Nick Wayth, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Institute
Joanna Whittington, Non-Executive Director at SGN, and Non-Executive Director at the Payment Systems Regulator
Ola Balbaa, Wellsite lead Engineer, BP
Katie Jackson, POWERful Women Chair, and CEO Rio Tinto Copper
Tomi Issacs, D&I Business Partner at Bloomberg LP
Georgina Worrall OBE, Head of POWERful Women
Francesca Putzu, Power Market Analysis Lead for EMEA at Lightsource BP
Energy Leaders’ Coalition
John Evans, CEO, Subsea 7
Tom Glover, UK Chair, RWE
Craig Shanaghey, President Operations EMEA, Wood
Keith Anderson, Chief Executive, Scottish Power
Alistair Phillips-Davies CBE, CEO, SSE Plc
Miya Paolucci, Country Chair, Engie
Stuart Payne, Chief Executive, North Sea Transition Authority
Chris O'Shea, Group Chief Executive, Centrica plc
Duncan Clark, Head of Region, Ørsted UK
Jonathan Brearley, CEO, Ofgem
Louise Kingham CBE, SVP Europe and Head of Country UK, BP
Simon Oscroft, Interim CEO, So Energy
Parminder Kohli, UK Country Chair, Shell UK
Will Gardiner, CEO, Drax
Mark Hartley, Managing Director - Generation, EDF
Cordi O'Hara OBE, President, National Grid Electricity Distribution, National Grid
Other
Rachel Fletcher, Director, Regulation & Economics, Octopus Energy
Vivienne Artz, CEO, FTSE Women Leaders Review
Melissa Stark
Peter Duff, Independent DEI Consultant
Alison Flower, FCDO Senior Energy Advisor, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, UK Government
Mark Foy, CEO, ONR
Nicola Murphy AMEI, Project Development Manager at SSE Renewables
Francis Gugen, Former Board Member of PfW Member and NED
Lynsey Valentine, Strategy Director, Cavendish Nuclear
Olivia Breese
Lamé Verre FEI, Co-founder & Co-Chair (LiES), Director of Net Zero at Crown Estate
Dame Ann Dowling, Former President, Royal Academy of Engineering and NED, BP plc
Deirdre Michie OBE FEI, Formerly CEO of OEUK
Clare Harbord, External Affairs Director, Drax Group Plc
Ruth Cairnie, Former Chair of PfW; NED
Gwen Parry-Jones, CEO, Magnox Ltd
Colette Cohen OBE FEI, Former CEO, The Net Zero Technology Centre
Juliet Davenport OBE, Past President of EI: Founder, Good Energy; Commissioner, Crown Estate; NED
Emily Spearman, Head of Technology & Methodology, Offshore Wind, bp
Angela Hepworth, Commercial Director at Drax, Commercial & Carbon Markets Director at Elimini
Charlotte Starkmann, Director, Energise Consultancy
Steve Holliday FREng FEI, Former President, Energy Institute
Aniela Foster-Turner, General Counsel UK & Europe at Enid
Dr Nina Skorupska
Dame Susan Bruce, Non Executive Director, SSE plc
Rani Koya, Chief Executive Officer, OGL Geothermal
Amisha Patel, Head of Secretariat (Interim) at Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA)
Adrienne Kelbie CBE, Owner and Business consultant at Adrienne Kelbie Consulting
Úna Brosnan, Founder at Innovative Climate Solutions
Claire Dykta, Head of Markets, ESO, National Grid
Susan McDonald, Energy Transition Lead at Monitor Deloitte
Alice Delahunty, President of UK Electricity, National Grid
Jane Cooper, Director of Offshore Wind, Renewable UK
Tania Kumar, Net Zero Director at CBI (Confederation of British Industry)
Nicola Adams, VP for Transformation and Integration at BP
Baroness Sandip Verma, Co-founder, POWERful Women
Alicia Green, Head of Comms at Equinor
Laura Sandys, Co-founder, POWERful Women
Alyson Clark
Joan MacNaughton CB Hon FEI, Chair of The Climate Group
Vince Pizzoni, Trustee WES Board and Mentor at Nottingham University
Hannah Mary Goodlad, Head of Baltic Sea Area Development, Equinor
Sinead Obeng, Environmental Products Regulatory Affairs Manager, Shell
Isla Robb, Managing Director, Opergy Scotland & Full Circle 21
Helen Elphick, Technical Innovation Partner - Sustainability & Biodiversity, RWE
Jean Llewellyn, Non Executive Director, ONR
Joanna Coleman OBE NED, Independent Board Advisor and CP2030 Commissioner
Tamsin Lishman, Kensa Group, CEO
Myrtle Dawes, CEO, Net Zero Technology Centre
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
Angela Terry, CEO, One Home
Bronte Sharp, ESG at MDE Group
Louise Davies, Environmental and Renewables Specialist at Xodus
Lily Frenchman, Chief Executive Officer, The Association for Decentralised Energy
Jojo Hubbard, Co-founder and CEO, Electron
Monica Collings, Chair, Swarm
Karinya Turnbull, Chief of Staff, Shell Ventures
Hester Cameron, Vice President Global Concept Development, BP
Teresa Redondo López, Subsurface Manager, Harbour Energy
