Louise Kingham

Kingham as born and educated in Surrey.[1] She completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of London.[1]

Kingham worked for Guinness Brewery and Thompson Publishing Group.[2] From 1999 to 2002 she worked at the Institute of Energy. Kingham served as Director General of the Institute of Petroleum from 2002.[1][3] She was appointed Chief Executive at the Energy Institute in 2003.[4][5] In 2003 the Energy Institute was incorporated by the Royal charter, and now works with 120 countries worldwide.[1] She was won the Global Leadership in Energy Award in 2006.[6][5] She is a board member of the POWERful Women initiative.[7][8] In 2009 Kingham was appointed Deputy Chair of the UK Engineering Technology Board's Professional Panel.[9]

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to energy[5][10] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the energy industry.[11]

She has acted as President of the Energy Industries Club.[12] She is interested in the future of energy supply and finding sustainable ways to combat climate change.[13][14][15][16][17]