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Diversity

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23/7/2025 Comment / Monica Collings

Lonely at the top: why the energy industry needs more women in leadership

Monica Collings OBE, the newly appointed Chair of POWERful Women, reflects on her experience as often the lone woman in the boardroom and emphasises the urgent need for greater diversity in energy leadership.

Diversity

Head and shoulders photo of Fiona Hathorn, CEO and co-Founder, Women on Boards UK

18/1/2023 Comment / Fiona Hathorn

Why we need board diversity to achieve net zero

Fiona Hathorn, CEO and co-Founder of Women on Boards UK and a speaker at International Energy Week 2023*, discusses the importance of board diversity and outlines some practical steps to improve it within energy companies.

Business management

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15/5/2026 Comment / David Hesketh

The consultancy ceiling: why energy advisory firms struggle to capture delivery revenue

Energy consultancies occupy a paradoxical position in the market. They are trusted to diagnose problems, quantify savings and recommend solutions – yet the moment a client asks ‘Can you deliver this?’, the most profitable part of the relationship walks out the door. The solution is to build a delivery layer, argues Managing Director of Optimised Energy David Hesketh.

Mergers and acquisitions

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6/8/2025 Comment / Niall Henderson

Recognising a key attribute of successful energy entrepreneurs

How do large energy corporates approach a new business relationship with small tech start-ups or technology developers? Here, Niall Henderson FEI, Global Head of Gas and Low Carbon M&A at BP, offers advice from his experience.

International Energy Week

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12/3/2025 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Looking forward to 2040 and an end for new UK oil and gas projects

While plans for the how the UK can transition to not-far-from-zero by 2040 are published, shorter-term priorities of the oil and gas industry intrude. Steve Hodgson FEI, Editor-at-Large at New Energy World, spent a day at International Energy Week.

Health and safety

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EI Member only

25/3/2026 Feature / Kristy Jooste

Going beyond understanding ‘what went wrong’

The Energy Institute has launched an updated and expanded version of EI 3295: Reporting, investigating and learning from incidents, accidents and events, writes Energy Institute Senior Content Officer Kristy Jooste.

Business management

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2/6/2026 Comment / David Hesketh

The commission paradox: why energy consultancies struggle to monetise decarbonisation

Many energy consultancies are built around procurement commissions and recurring energy spend. But as clients pursue efficiency and decarbonisation, those commercial models are coming under increasing pressure. The firms that thrive will be those that find new operating models that monetise energy reduction rather than energy consumption, writes David Hesketh, Managing Director of Optimised Energy.

Oil and gas

EI Member only

8/10/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Phil Kirk FEI: 1966–2025

The UK energy industry is mourning the untimely death of popular oil and gas executive Phil Kirk FEI, who died of cancer aged 59 in August. Kirk, founder of the corporate antecedent of Harbour Energy, was known for his personal charm, common touch and an unconventional approach that brought him great success during the upheaval caused by the US shale gas revolution in the 2000s and 2010s.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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EI Member only

11/10/2023 Feature / Bob Laslett,Toby Williams

Competing in the net zero race

In the race to net zero, the oil and gas sector has a significant role to play using its extensive experience for the transition to renewable power. Bob Laslett and Toby Williams of project engineering and consultancy firm Laslett International put the picture in focus.

Renewables

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EI Member only

12/3/2025 Feature / Nuki Agya Utama

Indonesia builds toward the energy transition

South-east Asia is being reshaped in terms of the energy transition, faced with US President Trump’s proposed tariffs on Chinese and ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) imports. Dr Nuki Agya Utama, Head of Asia Zero Emission Centre, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, looks at the implications for Indonesia in particular.

New Energy World™

Search results:

Lonely at the top: why the energy industry needs more women in leadership

Why we need board diversity to achieve net zero

The consultancy ceiling: why energy advisory firms struggle to capture delivery revenue

Recognising a key attribute of successful energy entrepreneurs

Looking forward to 2040 and an end for new UK oil and gas projects

Going beyond understanding ‘what went wrong’

The commission paradox: why energy consultancies struggle to monetise decarbonisation

Phil Kirk FEI: 1966–2025

Competing in the net zero race

Indonesia builds toward the energy transition