About us

Juliet was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to renewables and has spent her entire career in the energy sector creating solutions to combat climate change.

In 1998, Juliet founded the AIM-listed company Good Energy, a 100% renewable energy utility specialising in decentralised small-scale renewables. In her role as CEO she oversaw its growth to a £130 million turnover business, including developing over 150MW of renewable assets and supporting 160,000 homes generating their own power. Juliet stepped down as CEO in 2021, moving to a non-executive board director role and chairing the Good Energy subsidiary, Zap-Map. She has since stepped down from both Good Energy and Zapmap.

Juliet has a wealth of non-executive and advisory experience. She serves on the board of the Crown Estate and supports their integration of sustainability across the organisation together with the development of renewables on Crown property. She recently stepped down from Innovate UK having served as a council member for 4 years, and has taken a position with Ombudsman Services. Most recently she took up the position of Chair for Atrato Onsight Energy, a listed Investment Trust developing onsite commercial solar rooftops and a NED on Connected Kerb, a business revolutionising the business of kerbside charging for EV. IT is the first LSE listed company to have an all-female board.

Juliet has had various appointments with academic organisations and think tanks focusing on sustainability and innovation, including the Gratham Institute at Imperial College and London School of Economics and The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University.

As a Senior VP of Engineering, Aleida leads the center of discipline engineering expertise which houses the most senior engineers and engineering technical authorities in bp. She is accountable for enabling bp’s energy transition by delivering on resilient hydrocarbons and scale up of renewables businesses through engineering solutions. Aleida chairs the heads of engineering forum which represents the Company’s 2,500+ practicing discipline engineers.

Prior to her current role, Aleida served as Vice President of Operations for the Gulf of Mexico and Vice President for bp’s Lower 48 business.

Aleida earned her chemical engineering degree from Texas A&M University where she is a member of the university’s Chemical Engineering College Advisory Board.

Aleida was recently elected as Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, the first-ever female of Latin American origin in the international group.  She serves on the Academy’s Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Group. She sits on the Board of bp Pensions along with bp Products, is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Energy Institute (EI) serving as chair of the EI Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC).  She also serves as a Vice Chair of Engineering Leadership Council at International Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP).

Until April 2022, Tim was Head of Energy, Resources and Infrastructure at law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Prior to joining Freshfields in 2013 he was head of Shearman & Sterling’s international Project Development and Finance practice.

Tim has more than 25 years’ experience of advising on the development of energy projects in the UK, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East and beyond, including in the oil and gas and power generation industries.

Tim was appointed as the UK Government’s Offshore Wind Champion in May 2022. Tim now sits as Chair of the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership and as a NED in other sustainable energy businesses, alongside ongoing consulting work and Angel investing activity Tim was awarded an MBE in the 2024 New Year’s Honours list for services to the offshore wind industry.

Cordi is responsible for the safe and reliable operation of the UK’s largest electricity distribution network, serving more than eight million customers across the East and West Midlands, Southwest and South Wales. As President, Cordi is accountable for National Grid’s £6bn investment programme that will be delivered between 2023-28, keeping clean, fair, affordable power flowing to homes and businesses across our region.

Previously Cordi was President of National Grid Ventures, where she led the development, financing, construction and operation of large-scale energy assets; such as electricity interconnectors, LNG storage and regasification, onshore wind and solar generation.

Cordi also served as Chief Operating Officer at National Grid’s US Gas Business and before that she ran the UK System Operator for National Grid, where she oversaw the strategy, planning and operation of over 14,000 miles of gas and electricity networks in Great Britain.

In her time at National Grid, Cordi has been a strong advocate for innovative solutions to a decarbonised energy market, believing clean technology solutions and new demand response initiatives can help to deliver Government targets for net zero.

Cordi is a leading member of ELC and a strong supporter for POWERful Women.

Cordi became a fellow of the UK Energy Institute in 2016, acknowledging her significant experience in UK and European energy markets and networks. She was awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to the energy industry.

Simardeep Soor is a Chartered Accountant, who trained and qualified at KPMG, and holds a MEng in Engineering Science, Economics and Management from University of Oxford.

She is an Assistant Director at UK Government Investments, where she has worked on a variety of corporate finance and governance projects, including asset sales in the energy sector, the shareholder role for UK Green Infrastructure Platform and the shareholder role for National Nuclear Laboratory.

Prior to joining UK Government Investments, Simardeep spent over six years in corporate advisory and investment banking roles at Houlihan Lokey and KPMG. During this time, she advised on a number of UK and cross-border M&A transactions for UK, European and US clients.

John is a Chartered Engineer with over 30 years’ experience in teaching, research and practice. Formerly Chief Engineer with Carlsberg-Tetley Brewing, John has represented the Industry at national level to bring about significant reductions in energy utilisation. He is Director of the Scottish Energy Centre at Edinburgh Napier University where he has secured significant levels of external funding (EPSRC, TSB, FP7) helping to support innovative products, processes and supply chain initiatives across the Scottish SME sector. The main focus of his research interests include monitoring and modelling building performance and the development of novel and innovative renewable energy systems and successfully directed over 9PhD/MPhil completions and published over 50 refereed articles. John retains strong professional links with external organisations and is a Fellow, Member of Council, and Past Chairman of the Energy Institute, Chairman of the Energy Institute Accreditation Panel, Member of the Engineering Council - Engineering Accreditation Board, Co-Chairman of Scotland’s 2020 Climate Group and recently founded Retrofit Scotland. As well as chairing numerous academic accreditation panels both in the UK and abroad, John holds current External Examination posts with Heriot Watt University, London South Bank University and University of the Highland and Islands.

Robert Gross became Director of the UK Energy Research Centre at University College London in February 2020, having previously been a co-Director. He is also Professor of Energy Policy and Technology, Director of the Centre for Energy Policy and Technology (ICEPT) and former Policy Director of the Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College London. He is also a trustee of the Energy Institute. Robert has published extensively on energy policy and technology. He has extensive research management expertise and has made a substantive contribution to UK energy policy development, acting as advisor to Select Committees, preparing reports and chairing committees for Govt. departments and NDPBs, and as a consultant. He was seconded to the Cabinet Office in the early 2000s and contributed to the Blair Government’s Energy Review. He also has extensive teaching experience at masters and PhD level. He has been invited speaker at a wide range of conferences and related forums in the UK and overseas. He makes regular contributions to the popular debate surrounding energy, in the mainstream broadsheet press, online and in TV and radio appearances.

Natasha is a leader in the Energy practice at Bain & Company. She is dedicated to the energy transition and has 14 years of experience in energy consulting. She has worked with clients across the energy, automotive, transport, government, and infrastructure sectors and with investors on their paths towards decarbonisation of homes, buildings and vehicles.

Natasha is an expert in business growth strategy and customer insight, especially within energy services and e-mobility and has published various thought leadership content on the subject. She is also a passionate advocate for gender diversity and has supported the Powerful Women initiative in its efforts on reporting of gender diversity in the UK’s energy sector.

Natasha began her career at KPMG working in the oil & gas and nuclear power sectors. She subsequently worked for Baringa Partners, heading the firm’s e-Mobility and Energy Services team. She joined Bain and Company last year, with the aim of further progressing her impact on the energy transition.

Natasha was previously a member of the UK Department for Transport’s Net Zero Transport Board from 2020 to 2021 and has also served as a member on LowCVP’s EV Energy taskforce and the Association of Fleet Professionals’ Future Roads Committee. In 2022, she was made a Fellow of the Energy Institute – a recognition of professionals in the industry whose contribution makes a real difference.

Natasha enjoys public speaking and being a panellist, moderator and chair at various energy and e-mobility industry events. She holds a Master’s degree from London Business School.

Michael is the Strategy and Business Development Manager for Global E&C, a leading energy services brownfield EPC contractor focussed on the UKCS. Michael is an authentic future leader with over 11 years’ experience within the upstream (E&P, topside and subsea) and clean energy sectors.

Michael has been involved with the Energy Institute for over six years and was elected Chair of the Aberdeen Highlands and Islands Young Professionals Network in January 2019 where he led the re-structure of the yearly calendar into Learn, Network and Grow focussed events. Michael holds a BA (Hons) in Business Management with Economics from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and was elected to the EI Council in July 2022, where he will further the Generation 2050 agenda to hold todays leaders accountable for a world young professionals will inherit in the future.

Lisa is the current Senior Vice President of Emerging & Future Business at Equinor, with a career spanning over 25 years across the energy sector. Lisa has held several senior roles at Equinor having begun as their VP Exploration, moving up to Senior VP Exploration in 2018 before stepping into her current role. Current responsibilities include heading up the newly established 'Emerging & Future Business' team that looks beyond the core business to find new energy solutions for tomorrow.

Lisa began her career at Schlumberger, as a Geophysicist in 1995 working in seismic acquisition and processing, before moving to ARCO & Vastar Resources as a Geophysicist. She spent 4 years at the company with explorations in the Central North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico shelf and deepwater. In 2000, Lisa moved to BP as a Senior Geoscientist where she completed explorations across Angola and Egypt – working at the company for 9 years. Following BP, Lisa worked at Statoil (now Equinor) from 2009 to 2016, working her way up to the role of VP Exploration where she was the Head of Exploration for the Regional Southern Hemisphere. As Statoil rebranded to Equinor in 2018, Lisa remained with the organisation, continuing to progress her career to the senior role she is in today.

Lisa holds a BSc (Hons) in Petroleum Geoscience & Geology as well as an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience, both from Imperial College London.

Laura Hardiman is the co-founder of Black Goldfish Limited, a consultancy focussed on the development and operation of CCS and Hydrocarbon projects. She is a Chartered Engineer with experience in international oil companies and advising financial institutions on the risks associated with field developments and operations. She has been a volunteer for the Energy Institute since 2017 and now chairs the Professional Development Committee.

Laura began her career at the UK Independent Enterprise Oil working in a variety of Petroleum Engineering roles in the UK and Italy. In the following years she gained experience of offshore operations, production system optimisation and development management at Total and BG Group and worked in finance advising banks and private equity on the risks associated with oil and gas projects. Since 2020, Laura has served as a cornerstone member of the WSP team advising DESNZ on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Her deep understanding of both technical and commercial aspects has been instrumental in sequencing and developing the Track 1 CCS Clusters, including defining the regulatory models and licensing framework for CCS transportation and storage. Laura holds a BA(Hons) in Physics from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College London.