A focus on investing in the diverse skills, strengths and talent needed for the UK’s energy future has seen positive results inside some of the largest energy employers in the past year, according to the Fifth Annual Report of the Energy Leaders’ Coalition (ELC) [1], published today.

The ELC is a unique gathering of 14 energy company leaders [2] – between them representing nearly two-thirds of the UK energy workforce, plus the CEOs of Ofgem and the North Sea Transition Authority – working together to drive better diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

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 ideas. Mareike has had a fascinating career.

Susannah Stott, Portfolio and Demand Manager in Shell’s Low Carbon Fuels business, worked offshore for over three years as a Wellsite Drilling Engineer and Well Services Supervisor. After returning onshore, she set up the ‘D&I in Ops’ initiative, which aimed to address gender inequality across Shell’s offshore and onshore operating sites.

POWERful Women and Bain & Company have today published a new report on women in middle management in the UK energy sector. Cultivating Female Talent: what the sector can do to resolve the barriers faced by women in middle management 1 is based on one-to-one interviews and a comprehensive industry survey of more than 4,700 respondents.

Could you steer the strategy of POWERful Women and help us achieve our goal of a gender-balanced, diverse and inclusive energy sector in the UK? We are looking for a new...

POWERful Women has today welcomed a public commitment from Equinor’s UK Country Manager, Alex Grant1, to a gender-balanced, diverse and inclusive energy sector in the UK and to accelerating the...

POWERful Women (PfW) [1] is delighted to announce the appointment of Monica Collings [2] as its new Chair, with effect from 1st May.  Monica succeeds Katie Jackson, who is stepping...

Ongoing challenges and incremental progress in female representation within the UK energy sector has been revealed by analysis released today (Wednesday 11 June) by POWERful Women (PfW), in collaboration with...