A tech and engineering research and development centre in South Gloucestershire has appointed a new chair to its steering board.
Colette Cohen OBE will take up the role at the National Composites Centre (NCC), which works across all industrial sectors to solve some of the world’s most complex engineering challenges.
Colette will be responsible for providing independent scrutiny to ensure the NCC is successful in achieving its mission and strategic objectives.
She will also advise the University Executive Committee on NCC and strategic matters, and support and challenge the NCC chief executive, Richard Oldfield.
Collette said: “I am delighted to join the NCC board and forge closer cross-industry partnerships, allowing us to transform how we operate, inspire innovation and ultimately lead the way in energy transition technologies.”
Colette has worked in the oil and gas sector for more than 25 years and was previously chief executive of the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC). She has also previously served on the board of Oil & Gas 海角视频 and the OGA Decommissioning Board.
She is now the chair of the National College for Onshore Oil and Gas, sits on the Technology Leadership Board and is a non-executive director for oil and gas industry body OPITO and international petroleum company Noreco.
She is also a commissioner for the Just Transition Commission for Scotland and received an OBE for her services to the industry and government collaboration in the 2020 New Year’s Honours list.
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Richard added: “Colette is a fantastic fit for the NCC – bringing a wealth of industrial experience and diversity of thinking to our steering board at this critical time.
"We are impressed by her championing of industrial transition of the oil and gas industry to a net zero future and look forward to her input on our composite sustainability initiatives.
"We also hope that Colette will work with us to help the 海角视频 unlock capability in digital engineering across the engineering portfolio.”