November 2018 Can you tell us about your journey that ended up in Chief Executive Officer of the Oil & Gas Technology Centre? After reading chemistry at Queens University, Belfast, I found myself unexpectedly hired by the oil industry – it found me rather...
September 2018 How did you come to be in the oil and gas industry? By virtue of my former position as Secretary to Cabinet which was a promotion from my previous position as Permanent Secretary Office of the President, I served as a Board member for the...
May 2018 Do you believe that it is harder to have a career in the energy sector as a woman? Why? The energy sector is global and open to people of all kinds of backgrounds and disciplines. There are many career paths in the sector which makes it interesting and...
May 2018 Before becoming COO, what was the most significant business challenge you faced? I have been my most significant challenge. I was always a smart, promising over-achiever, but I went through periods of time when I thought staying within my comfort zone would...
April 2017 How did you come to be in the investor industry?I began investing in the Africa power sector in 2009. Previously my career included five years in the public sector in Afghanistan, working for the Afghan Finance Minister on economic reform including the...
