The Hawthorn Club is the International network for Executive women in the energy industry.
Our mission is to promote the appointment of women to senior corporate positions and boards; to facilitate gender diversity within the energy sector.
Why The Hawthorn Club matters
In this video Hawthorn Club women share why the Hawthorn Club matters to them, their organisations, and to the global energy transition.
“Bringing diversity into the boardroom, bringing diversity into our ranks as leaders in our companies, makes us do our jobs better, makes us more competitive, and makes us more successful.”
PETER GRAUER
Chairman, Bloomberg
About the Club
We are a global network in which you and your peers are recognized as leaders and change agents.
The mission of the Club is to promote the appointment of women to senior corporate positions & boards; and to facilitate gender diversity within the energy sector.
The Club was founded in London in 2011 and was launched at the House of Lords. Since then, it has held over 100 events in 15 countries with 2,000 executive level women attending Club events.
Commercial opportunities are generated at many Hawthorn Club events. Since 2018 we have tracked over 300 million dollars’ worth of deals have been done at Club events over the years. The women of the Club aren’t simply debating important issues, they are acting on them, making capital investments in new technologies to drive this transition.
We celebrated the 10 Year Anniversary of the Club in 2021.
The Club has branches in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and North America.
The Hawthorn Club holds at least 2 events in each region per year and one Global Summit.
The Hawthorn Club facilitates conversations across its regions through its Virtual Thought Leadership Series.
The Club has formal Strategic Partnerships with Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the Clean Energy Council in Australia, and The Aspen Institute.
Executive and senior women are engaged and supported through a peer network, which helps organizations retain them and continue to draw upon their wealth of experience and leadership strengths.
Strategic Partners
BloombergNEF is a leading provider of primary research on clean energy, advanced transport, digital industry, innovative materials, and commodities. Since 2017, The Hawthorn Club utilizes BloombergNEF’s deep analysis to inform event dialogues, and Members are invited to attend and participate in important BloombergNEF events.
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) members are companies who work in or support the clean energy sector in Australia. The CEC and The Hawthorn Club collaborate and work together to advance and support shared strategic goals regarding the advancement of women employed in the energy sector, and ensuring that women’s perspectives are a part of the energy transition dialogue at events and in other forums.
The Aspen Institute’s Energy and Environment Program addresses critical energy, environmental, and climate change issues through convening non-partisan and non-ideological events. The Hawthorn Club partner with the Aspen Institute with the intent of bringing together diverse stakeholders – specifically including women – to improve the process and progress of policy-level dialogue.
Members of the Club talk about why the Hawthorn Club Matters to them
Elisabeth Brinton
in her role as EVP New Energies, Shell
Dame Fiona Woolf
Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna
Mary Nichols
in her role as Chair of the California Air Resources Board
Michelle Patron
Senior Director, Microsoft
Sherry Duhe
in her role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Woodside