All Things Renewables - International Women's Day Episode

816 days ago

All Things Renewables - International Women's Day Episode

International Women's Day

Welcome back to a special episode of All Things Renewable, where we celebrated International Women's Day. Join us as we discuss all things equality, opportunity and career development as a woman in the world of Renewable Energy!

Massive thank you to our wonderful guest speakers:

Consents Manager at Fairwinds Consulting - Lis Royle
lis.royle@fairwindsconsulting.co.uk

Senior Consultant at LSP Renewables - Francesca Siddle
francesca.siddle@lsprenewables.com

Executive Coach and Business Owner - Justine Scott-Gray
justine.scottgray.extern@rwe.com

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