We are pleased to announce that Rick Haythornthwaite, Chairman of Centrica, will be visiting the University as part of our Distinguished Lecture Series.
Rick will be presenting his lecture Can energy in the UK ever be climate friendly, secure and affordable? Thursday 20 November, 18:00 – 34/3001, Highfield Campus.
Richard (‘Rick’) Haythornthwaite joined the Centrica Board as a Non-Executive Director on 14 October 2013. He was appointed Chairman of the Board on 1 January 2014 and is Chairman of the Nominations Committee.
Rick has a wealth of knowledge in the energy industry. He spent his early career in various corporate, upstream and leadership positions in BP from 1978 to 1995, including exploration and production roles in the North Sea, Alaska, France and Venezuela before moving to Premier Oil as commercial director from 1995 to 1997. He has served on the boards of Network Rail as chairman and Cookson, Lafarge, ICI and Land Securities as non-executive director.
You can register for this event and see more of Rick’s career achievements on our Eventbrite page.
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