Louise Kingham
Louise Kingham CBE FEI | |
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| Alma mater | University of London |
| Employer | Energy Institute, BP |
Louise Anne Kingham, CBE is the Senior Vice President, Europe and Head of Country at bp. She was awarded an honorary doctorate of science from the University of Bath in 2017. She was previously the Chief Executive at the Energy Institute from 2003 to 2021.
Early life and education
[edit]Kingham as born and educated in Surrey.[1] She completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of London.[1]
Career
[edit]Kingham worked for Guinness Brewery and Thompson Publishing Group.[2] From 1999 to 2002 she worked at the Institute of Energy. Kingham served as Director General of the Institute of Petroleum from 2002.[1][3] She was appointed Chief Executive at the Energy Institute in 2003.[4][5] In 2003 the Energy Institute was incorporated by the Royal charter, and now works with 120 countries worldwide.[1] She was won the Global Leadership in Energy Award in 2006.[6][5] She is a board member of the POWERful Women initiative.[7][8] In 2009 Kingham was appointed Deputy Chair of the UK Engineering Technology Board's Professional Panel.[9]
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to energy[5][10] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the energy industry.[11]
She has acted as President of the Energy Industries Club.[12] She is interested in the future of energy supply and finding sustainable ways to combat climate change.[13][14][15][16][17]
References
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- ^ "Louise Kingham - Utility Week Energy Summit 2018". Utility Week Energy Summit 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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- ^ a b c "Louise Kingham - Energy Live News - Energy Made Easy". Energy Live News - Energy Made Easy. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ OSL Consulting. "Energy Institute Centenary Celebrations Arrive In Hull". oslconsulting.com. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Powerful Women | Board". powerfulwomen.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "More POWERful women needed to work in energy | Fuel Oil News". fueloilnews.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "IChemE Chief to lead new engineering panel". www.icheme.org. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Bucks energy executive awarded OBE". Bucks Free Press. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N9.
- ^ "Energy Industries Club - About us". www.energyindustriesclub.org. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "UK unveils Clean Growth Strategy – industry reacts". www.powerengineeringint.com. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Institute for Collaborative Working - Collaborative Working in Energy 5th July". www.instituteforcollaborativeworking.com. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "The Inside Energy interview: Maarten Wetselaar". www.shell.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Electricity supply a 'waste' of energy | Process Engineering". processengineering.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Roundtable: an energy strategy for the UK? - Power Technology". Power Technology. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.