POWERful Women

We're looking for a new Chair!⚡Could you steer the strategy of POWERful Women & help us achieve our goal of a gender-balanced, diverse and inclusive energy sector in the UK? 🌍If you have what it takes - or know someone who does - find out more here: lnkd.in/esHgxpxh

We are looking forward to seeing Secretary John Kerry speak at International Energy Week 2025. PfW will be there too - so why not join us?  Check out all the details ⬇️

💬 “The Star Trek motto 'to boldly go where no (wo)man has gone before' has served me well!" Our penultimate 10 quickfire questions for leading #womeninenergy are to Dr Nina Skorupska, former CEO of the REA, NED & PfW Ambassador. 🔗 bit.ly/3ZHEiVi #10yearsofPfW

“What would I tell my 10-year-old self? That being a woman of colour is something to embrace.” Our latest #womeninenergy Q&A is with Amisha Patel, Head, Global Offshore Wind Alliance @GWECGlobalWind @IRENA and PfW Ambassador 👏 Read it here: bit.ly/4geOWtj #10yearsofPfW

“The change I’d like to see? More men able to break out of prescribed gender roles.” We enjoyed reading our new Q&A with leading #womeninenergy, featuring Angela Hepworth, Commercial Director, Drax & Elimini, and PfW Ambassador. Read it here bit.ly/492kNuZ #10yearsofPfW

10 Quickfire Questions with Dhara Vyas, CEO of Energy UK 🚀 To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’re spotlighting leading women in energy. Discover what drives her, who inspires her, and her advice to her 10-year-old self. Read her Q&A here: lnkd.in/e-cnhveQ

📣 Bridging the Gaps to 2030: #PfWConf recording is live! 📽️Missed the conference? Catch the morning plenary here: youtu.be/LEnvPVzt1gU Thanks to our speakers & sponsors! #GenderEquality #Energy

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Huge thanks to our workshop hosts: @MenForInclusion, @BainandCompany, @edfenergy and Emberson Marketing with great strategies on #inclusiveworkplaces #sponsorship #pluggingthedatagap #thepowerofcommunication Lots of great ideas & practical tips to take away! #PfWConf

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It’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who joined #PfWConf 2024 & for the support of our fabulous speakers, sponsors & event teams. It’s been an energising and stimulating day! We’ll be sharing our highlights & the livestream recording soon – watch this space!  Until next year… 🙏

Young Professional Board Member Ola Balbaa closes #PfWConf 2024: 'Carry forward today’s momentum. Commit to appointing female talent. Achieving diversity means breaking groupthinking & fostering inclusion. Advocate with passion & curiosity—sponsor, support & connect.'

Jennifer Sharpling @BAWPUK & @metpoliceUK says that a big problem in policing used to be silence, noting a time where a woman police officer was asked to iron men’s uniform. Continuing to speak against these discriminatory practices has made a difference in the policing culture.

'From 2012 to 2022, Canada increased their women representation in mining from 3% to 31.7%, largely driven by investors’, which highlights the importance of wider industry initiatives - Dr Stacy Hope @WIM_UK #PfWConf

Sharon Salmon @WomeninRail & @networkrail says ‘the proportion of women has gradually increased year on year, reaching a high this year of 17.4%’, a figure released today. #PfWConf

Next up our panel shares insights from outside the energy sector we can learn from w/ Sharon Salmon @WomeninRail, Dr Stacy Hope @WIM_UK, Jennifer Sharpling @BAWPUK and Dr Karen Squires @RCollEM, moderated by PfW Board Member Joanna Whittington

Dr Stacy Hope @WIM_UK says they have ’approx 17.6% of women on boards now’ – progress has increased dramatically but there’s still a lot of work to do to improve the statistics. #PfWConf

Jennifer Sharpling @BAWPUK & @metpoliceUK says ‘there are now more women Chief Constables. However, the company culture remains a problem – with couples in the Police, women partners are often expected to take time off to deal with home issues, even when the men ask to’ #PfWConf

Dr Karen Squires @RCollEM says ‘Health Education England has annihilated the restrictive requirements for less than full time employment… it’s made a massive impact on normalising flexible working’ #PfWConf

‘You do not need permission... go and challenge what’s not right @Baroness_Verma says, noting that having space on the table is essential to ‘creating the world we want’. #PfWConf