Claire O'Neill

Ms. O’Neill served as the Managing Director for Climate and Energy at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) from August 2020 until December 2021. Prior to that, Ms. O’Neill served as COP26 President-Designate from July 2019 until February 2020. Before leading the UK’s successful bid to host COP 26, Ms. O’Neill served as a UK Member of Parliament for Devizes from 2010 until 2019, where she was a Government Whip and Minister for Rail before being appointed as Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth. Ms. O’Neill currently serves as Co-Chair of the Global Imperatives Advisory Board for the WBCSD, an Executive Board Director and Chair of the International Advisory Council for Climate Impact X and a co-founder and co-chair of the Responsible Energy Forum, among other senior advisory roles regarding climate and sustainability matters. From March 2022 to January 2023, Ms. O’Neill served as an Executive Board Director and Audit Committee member of Scottish Power. Ms. O’Neill has a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from Brasenose College at Oxford University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.