Women in the City Annual Lunch Keynote Speaker

The Keynote Speaker

Our 2011 keynote speaker will be Fiona Woolf CBE.

Fiona Woolf has advised over 30 governments and multi-lateral agencies on attracting investment into infrastructure and energy reforms. She has considerable experience in dealing with regulation, market design and implementation and major projects in the electricity, gas, transport and water industries.

At CMS Cameron McKenna, Fiona built an innovative energy and major projects practice. Over the last 20 years Fiona has worked around the globe in India, Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Scandinavia, whilst establishing a unique reputation in the City of London for her creativity in this specialised and complex field. Her recent work has been with the World Bank in a number of post-conflict countries.

She is a Member of the Competition Commission, a non-executive director of Veolia Water Central Ltd and a trustee of Raleigh International. She also chairs the Chelsea Opera Group.

Fiona is an Alderman in the City of London and past President of the Law Society of England and Wales. She was elected Sheriff of the City of London for the year 2010/11.

She was awarded a senior fellowship at Harvard University in 2001/2 where she wrote a book on transmission and she holds honorary doctorates from Keele University and the College of Law. She was awarded a CBE for her contribution to the UK knowledge economy and invisible earnings in 2002.