At PfW we want to showcase those leading the way on gender diversity in the energy sector. Our career case studies feature women who are having an impact in the UK industry as leaders, innovators or change-makers, whether they are climbing the ladder or already sitting at the top table.
By giving greater visibility, we hope these stories will provide inspiration and useful tips for those working on their own careers – “you can’t be what you can’t see”! They might also help those making improvements to DEI in their own organisations – showing the value of approaches like better professional development, more flexible working and an inclusive, supportive workplace.
We run our own mentoring programme – POWERful Connections – and many of the women showcased are mentors. If you would like to apply, you can find out more here.
To mark our 10th anniversary, we are asking 10 leading women in the UK energy sector 10 quickfire questions about their lives, their likes and what advice they would give......
13 September, 2024
To mark our 10th anniversary, we are asking 10 leading women in the UK energy sector 10 quickfire questions about their lives, their likes and what advice they would give......
02 September, 2024
To mark our 10th anniversary, we are asking 10 leading women in the UK energy sector 10 quickfire questions about their lives, their likes and what advice they would......
12 August, 2024
Welcome to the POWERful Women Case Study for International Women in Engineering Day 2022. We are delighted to feature Karen Anne Hutton, an engineer working at the leading edge of......
23 June, 2022
Today, for International Women in Engineering Day 2021, we are delighted to feature Lorna Bennet, Project Engineer in the Operational Performance team at the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE)......
21 June, 2021
CEO of Engie UK – POWERful Women In the third episode of our ‘In conversation’ series with energy leaders, Nicola Lovett discusses her unusual and non-traditional career journey to hold......
23 April, 2021
Mareike Schmidt is Innovation Lead at Innovate UK, the UK’s Innovation Agency driving productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new......
07 April, 2021
Country Chair, Shell UK This is the second half of the fascinating ‘In Conversation’ video we recorded between Sinead Lynch of Shell UK and Louise Kingham, Chief Executive......
09 November, 2020Episode 2 of our ‘In Conversation…’ series with energy leaders features Sinead Lynch of Shell and the PfW Energy Leaders’ Coalition. In Part 1 of her candid and insightful conversation with Louise Kingham (PfW Board Member and CEO of......
21 September, 2020
Monika Paplaczyk has been part of Thrive Renewables since 2007, joining the team when the company was managed by Triodos Bank. Thrive is a renewable energy investment company, established......
12 August, 2020
CEO & Founder of Good Energy In Episode 1 of our ‘In Conversation…’ series with energy leaders recorded during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Juliet Davenport – CEO & Founder of......
30 June, 2020
What job do you do? My role at Energy Systems Catapult is to provide engineering and technical leadership across a range of energy-related challenges and projects. Key to this is......
31 January, 2020
What job do you do? I work as a Technical Collaboration Manager within the Systems Integration team in the Energy Systems Catapult. My role involves exploiting the range of funding......
06 December, 2019
What job do you do and what do you love about it? I am the Renewables Practice Manager for the Energy Systems Catapult, a role I was promoted to just......
02 December, 2019
What job do you do and what do you love about it? I am the Senior Vice President for Spirit Energy’s West of Shetland’s assets and a member of the......
27 November, 2019
In our latest case study, we feature POWERful Woman and energy leader Juliet Davenport OBE HonFEI. Juliet is Founder and CEO of Good Energy, is a member of our Energy......
17 July, 2019
To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day we are shining a spotlight on two ‘powerful women’ working to transform the future in the energy sector. Kirsty Townsend and Beatrice d’Eufemia......
23 June, 2019
What job do you do and what do you love about it? As Corporate Policy and Regulation Director for EDF Energy, my role is to monitor what’s happening in energy......
28 January, 2019
What job do you do and what do you love about it? As Balancing Programme Director for the GB electricity system operator I look at how the system and market......
18 December, 2018
What job do you do and what do you love about it? Gemserv is an expert provider of professional services enabling the energy transformation and the data revolution, and I’m......
27 November, 2018
To celebrate Green GB Week and women making waves in the low carbon sector, we are featuring POWERful Woman, Tanya Davies. During her 16-year career, Tanya has risen to become......
18 October, 2018
Nike is a chartered chemical engineer, working as a technical safety engineer in the oil and gas industry. She set herself up as a self-employed contractor 11-years ago, something she......
23 June, 2018
Here’s Tanya Davies, Head of Business Development at Innogy spoke to us exclusively at the POWERful Women Annual Conference in 2018. Click here to view the video on the POWERful......
07 May, 2018