Julia Prescot

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Julia Elizabeth Prescot CBE (born February 1959 [1] ) is a businesswoman who serves as the Deputy Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission in the United Kingdom. [2]

She is the co-founder of Meridiam, and is the Chair of NeuConnect, Chair of Fulcrum Infrastructure Group, and Non-Executive Director of Allego. [3]

Career

In 2023, Prescot was appointed the Deputy Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission after her 5-year service as a Commissioner. [4] [5] She is Chair of NeuConnect, a new energy interconnector under construction between the UK and Germany. [6] The project reached financial close in July, 2022. [7] Construction work started in July, 2023 with the project due to be completed in 2028. [8]

Prescot serves as a member of the UK Government's Investment Council, [9] which was created to enhance UK inward investment and to provide a forum for global investors to offer advice to Ministers and wider Government. [9]

In September 2023, the UK's Foreign Secretary appointed Julia to the Board of Wilton Park, an executive agency of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. [10]

Prescot is the co-chair of the World Bank's Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) Advisory Council. [11]

Prescot is the Deputy Chair of the Port of Tyne, one of the UK's most important deep-sea ports handling cargo across five continents. [12]

Gender equality

Prescot is the National Infrastructure Commission's lead Commissioner for Diversity and Inclusion, arguing the sector needs to be more inclusive and diverse so infrastructure can better reflect the needs of those who use it. [13]

Prescot was the co-founder of the Women Leaders in Infrastructure Group. In 2023 she established The Prescot Scholarship for Women in Leadership for Infrastructure and Construction with University College London, aimed at creating new opportunities for women in the industry. [14]

Education

Prescot has an MA in Archeology, University of Cambridge, and is an Honorary Professor at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, supporting the development of education in infrastructure finance. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Julia Elizabeth PRESCOT personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Julia Prescot, Meridiam Infrastructure: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Board of Directors". Allego N.V. 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  4. ↑ "Major infra advisor lands term extension". Construction News. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  5. ↑ "The Commissioners". National Infrastructure Commission. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  6. ↑ "Home". NeuConnect Interconnector. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  7. ↑ "First Germany-UK interconnector reaches financial close". Offshore. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  8. ↑ "Reuters - Construction starts on first UK-German power link project". Reuters .
  9. 1 2 "UK Investment Council". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  10. ↑ "Home". Wilton Park. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  11. ↑ "The GIF Announces Meridiam as its New Advisory Council Co-Chair".
  12. ↑ Times, North East (2019-10-07). "Port of Tyne appoints global infrastructure expert as non-executive director". North East Times Magazine. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  13. ↑ Prescot, Julia (2020-09-01). "A sector that looks more like today's UK will serve it better". NIC. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  14. ↑ "BSSC announces The Prescot Scholarship for Women in Leadership for Infrastructure and Construction". 8 March 2024.
  15. ↑ UCL (2016-11-14). "Honorary and visiting academics". The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
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