Leigh-Ann Russell
Leigh-Ann Russell | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1975 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Engineer |
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.[4]
Outside of engineering, she also serves as a non-executive director for the manufacturing company Hill & Smith.[5]
Russell was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2019.[6] She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022.[5] 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.[5]
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.
- ^ "BNY hires BP exec as its next CIO". Banking Dive.
- ^ a b c "Ms Leigh-Ann Russell". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Leigh-Ann Russell". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- 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