Speaker

Dr Mairi Dorward is an environmental expert and renewable energy specialist and has significant offshore environmental and regulatory knowledge and project management experience coupled with a delivery focus gained from experience in environmental and offshore operations in the oil, gas and renewables sectors. Mairi worked for 10 years with bp, latterly as the Environmental Team Lead for two multi-billion oil and gas developments West of Shetland. She embedded design and implementation of environmental management measures throughout major project delivery. This included emission reduction programmes, carbon management, policy development and the systematic identification, management and mitigation of environmental risk. Since joining Xodus mid-2021, Mairi has project managed Environmental Impact Assessment delivery for novel and complex projects including carbon capture and storage, novel floating offshore wind and most recently oil and gas electrification. She has brought her experience from multiple sectors and projects to lead the development of Xodus’ internal process for climate (incorporating carbon) assessments.