Leigh-Ann Russell
Leigh-Ann Russell (born April 1975) FREng FRSE is a Scottish engineer. She has worked as an executive at BP, where was executive vice president of innovation & engineering until she resigned in 2024 to join the financial services firm BNY as head of engineering and CIO as part of their executive team.
Biography
[edit]Leigh-Ann Russell was educated at the University of Aberdeen, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering.[1] Her career in engineering began in the late 1990s, beginning as an executive at the service company Schlumberger.[2] Russell joined the energy company BP, where she served as engineering manager and operations manager for the North Sea and as global vice president of technical functions.[1] In June 2020, amidst supply chain issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, Russell publicly objected to the practice of mailing letters to companies demanding cost reduction, saying that waste reduction was a more productive alternative.[3] Russell was promoted from head of procurement and supply chain management to senior vice president of procurement on 1 July 2020.[3] On 1 March 2022, Russell was promoted to executive vice president of innovation & engineering; that position is equivalent to the roles associated with chief digital officer, chief scientific officer, and chief technology officer.[1] She resigned from bp in 2024 to join financial services firm BNY as head of engineering and CIO as part of their executive committee.
Outside of engineering, she also serves as a non-executive director for the manufacturing company Hill & Smith.[4]
Russell was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2019.[5] She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022.[4] She was also made an honorary Professor of Practice at Queen's University Belfast in 2022.[1] She is also a Fellow of the Energy Institute and a Chartered Petroleum Engineer.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Leigh-Ann Russell". bp.com. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Leigh-Ann Russell". Women of Silicon Roundabout. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Lammey, Mark (29 June 2020). "'Disrespectful' to send letters to suppliers demanding cost cuts, BP procurement chief says". Energy Voice. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Ms Leigh-Ann Russell". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fellows Directory". raeng.org.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- Living people
- 21st-century Scottish engineers
- 21st-century Scottish women engineers
- Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
- Businesspeople from Aberdeen
- BP people
- Schlumberger people
- British businesspeople in the oil industry
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Female fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- British business executives
- British women business executives
- 21st-century Scottish businesspeople
- 21st-century Scottish businesswomen
- 1975 births