Leading governance for a mission-driven national investment bank developing a £2B portfolio focused on low-carbon transition, innovation and regeneration. • Lead Board accountability for TCFD implementation, establishing industry-leading standards for climate risk governance and assurance. • Chair Risk Committee overseeing regulatory governance, risk appetite, internal controls and development of legal frameworks for investment agreements. • Provide rigorous challenge to executives on risk, financial stewardship, subsidy control, and assurance matters, including joint Audit & Risk Committees oversight of internal and external audit functions. • Successfully navigate complex stakeholder dynamics, building consensus around difficult investment decisions while maintaining governance standards. • Direct strategic involvement in offshore wind, energy infrastructure and supply-chain investments, aligning publicsector objectives with private-sector delivery.

Providing strategic leadership for Scotland's centre of excellence for emerging digital technologies. • Leading organisational restructuring and governance strengthening to ensure resilience and strategic clarity in a rapidly evolving innovation landscape. • Oversaw transition from government-funded model to commercial sustainability, maintaining confidence of government, academic and industry stakeholders. • Strengthen internal controls and operational risk frameworks during organisational change, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Various Board roles within the HitecVision portfolio.

Led strategic direction for a national innovation centre for energy transition and whole systems decarbonisation. • Transformed organisation into globally recognised hub for whole energy systems innovation, integrating electricity, heat, transport, and hydrogen sectors. • Secured £14M strategic investment for whole systems decarbonisation infrastructure. • Led pioneering work on sector coupling, across energy vectors, including hydrogen technology testing and validation. • Managed complex legal, risk and technical issues associated with energy system transformation.

Directed investment frameworks for emerging energy technologies, enhancing sustainability-driven financial models. • Developed Technology Investment Framework assessing disruptive energy-transition technologies. • Created funding solutions for scaling energy transition enterprises, connecting promising businesses with growth capital. • Advised UK Government taskforce on reforms to incentivise low-carbon infrastructure innovation.

Led integrated technical/financial teams overseeing £2bn+ sustainable infrastructure investments across the UK, India and South-East Africa. • Served as counterparty to multiple Contracts for Difference; deepened expertise in complex financial instruments and project-risk frameworks. • Key member of Investment Committee with sole veto authority on all investment proposals. • Strengthened assurance, financial governance and risk methodologies for major infrastructure projects.

Directed complex cross-border energy infrastructure initiatives with substantial legal and commercial responsibilities. • Led the development of the Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage consortium, managing regulatory due diligence, government negotiations and cross-jurisdictional risk. • Negotiated with government agencies across multiple countries on low carbon pricing, clean-energy incentives and market-regulatory reform. • Built consensus among diverse stakeholders to deliver complex low-carbon initiatives. • Extensive engagement with regulatory frameworks, operator obligations and assurance requirements in the offshore environment.

Directed global technology strategy and innovation, managing $1.3bn annual budget across diverse energy sectors. • Established £200M Open Innovation program, transforming approach to energy technology development. • Developed comprehensive strategy for hydrogen technology across production, storage, transport and use cases. • Created frameworks for evaluating emerging low-carbon technologies and cross-sectoral approaches to decarbonisation.