Joan MacNaughton

Joan MacNaughton was appointed a Non-Executive Director in June 2021. She has extensive board experience in the industry, government, academia, and the third sector. After a career in government culminating as Director General of Energy for the UK, she spent five years in a power sector company, where she led the company’s global climate change advocacy. She has wide international experience, including as Chair of the International Energy Agency, and a high-level international network. She currently chairs the Board of the Climate Group; is a Non-Executive Director of En+Group IPJSC, where she chairs the Health, Safety and Environment Committee; and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of Engie UK plc. She sits on several academic advisory boards at energy and climate institutes and publishes and lectures on energy and climate issues.