Energy Transition Leadership Network: Oceans of Opportunity: Ride the Career Wave

He is now a recognised authority in energy transition consultancy.




Donald Macleod | Engineering and SHEQ Director, Boskalis

A member of the senior leadership team at Boskalis Subsea Services, Donald is a civil engineer by trade with over 20 years’ experience working across onshore construction and oil and gas.

For the last 10 years, Donald has held senior management roles in an engineering consultancy, fuel distribution and retail, and latterly subsea construction, IRM and decommissioning.

Roy is an Enterprise Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Unlocking Ambition Programme and an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) aficionado with over 12+ years of experience in leadership, business development, technical sales and entrepreneurship.

Roy is the Director of sales with TenzorGEO working to advance and promote its unique micro seismic technology and services to the energy industry, with the aim of maximising economic recovery and providing a sustainable CO₂monitoring technology to help deliver on net-zero targets.

Roy is the co-chair of AFBE UK Scotland and is also responsible for leading the AFBE Leadership team where he is the host of the leadership talk series and coordinates the TRANSCEND training programme which is a series of sessions aimed at inspiring effective leadership while unearthing the barriers to progression into corporate leadership.


PANELISTS



Beena Sharma | CEO, CCU International 

A multi award-winning, results-driven CEO with experience in various industries including oil & gas, renewables, manufacturing, construction, cleantech, and healthcare. Focussed primarily on driving innovative approaches towards net zero including technology focussed start-ups in Biotechnology and Carbon Capture and Utilisation.

Proven experience in managing high growth and innovative businesses, developing behavioural change, change management, climate change programmes and driving net zero strategy for businesses. The ability to develop, strengthen and inspire teams to maximise company profitability and efficiency. With excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong diplomatic skills, and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and building consensus amongst diverse individuals.

With a training background Beena spends much of her time educating businesses in Net Zero strategy and climate technology adoption. She contributes regularly to conferences as a panellist and speaker. Professional with a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Postgraduate in Psychology and qualified Carbon management specialist.

Obo Idornigie | Welligence 

Obo Idornigie joined Welligence in 2020 to lead Welligence’s upstream coverage of Nigeria and Ghana, and support business development efforts across West Africa. Prior to joining Welligence, he spent 12 years with Wood Mackenzie as an Africa-focused analyst and later as a corporate analyst. Obo holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Geology and Mining from the University of Jos, Nigeria and an MSc in Oil and Gas Economics from the University of Dundee, Scotland.

PANEL CHAIR

Kirstin Gove | Head of Communications, Global Underwater Hub

A seasoned communications professional, Kirstin has nearly three decades of experience in the media, marketing and corporate communications sectors. A former STV news anchor and broadcast journalist, Kirstin has gained knowledge working across various sectors of the energy industry including oil and gas, drilling and decommissioning, and was most recently Head of Communications at Step Change in Safety, the UK’s oil and gas safety organisation.