Leigh-Ann Russell

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      Leigh-Ann Russell
      FREng FRSE
      BornApril 1975
      NationalityScottish
      OccupationEngineer

      Leigh-Ann Russell (born April 1975) FREng FRSE is a Scottish engineer. She worked as an executive at BP as executive vice president of innovation & engineering until she resigned in 2024 to join the financial services firm BNY as head of engineering and CIO as part of their executive team.

      Biography

      Leigh-Ann Russell was educated at the University of Aberdeen, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. [1] Her career in engineering began in the late 1990s, beginning as an executive at the service company Schlumberger. [2] Russell joined the energy company BP, where she served as engineering manager and operations manager for the North Sea and as global vice president of technical functions. [1] In June 2020, amidst supply chain issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, Russell publicly objected to the practice of mailing letters to companies demanding cost reduction, saying that waste reduction was a more productive alternative. [3] Russell was promoted from head of procurement and supply chain management to senior vice president of procurement on 1 March 2018. [3] On 1 March 2022, Russell was promoted to executive vice president of innovation & engineering; that position is equivalent to the roles associated with chief digital officer, chief scientific officer, and chief technology officer. [1] She resigned from bp in 2024 to join financial services firm BNY as head of engineering and CIO as part of their executive committee. [4] Since joining BNY she has spoken about the firms AI adoption with Microsoft https://aitour.microsoft.com/en-US/speakers/11d79785-8ca8-42e7-a604-6430337d1640 and Open AI https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bp_leigh-ann-russell-talks-working-families-activity-7057262281566339072-F9hs/

      Outside of engineering, she also serves as a non-executive director for the manufacturing company Hill & Smith. [5]

      Russell was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2019. [6] She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022. [5] She was also made an honorary Professor of Practice at Queen's University Belfast in 2022. [1] She is also a Fellow of the Energy Institute and a Chartered Petroleum Engineer. [5]

      Russell is from Aberdeen. [3]

      She is a champion of neurodiversity having raised her daughter as a single parent.https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bp_leigh-ann-russell-talks-working-families-activity-7057262281566339072-F9hs/

      References

      1. 1 2 3 4 "Leigh-Ann Russell". bp.com. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
      2. ↑ "Leigh-Ann Russell". Women of Silicon Roundabout. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
      3. 1 2 3 Lammey, Mark (29 June 2020). "'Disrespectful' to send letters to suppliers demanding cost cuts, BP procurement chief says". Energy Voice. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
      4. ↑ "BNY hires BP exec as its next CIO". Banking Dive.
      5. 1 2 3 "Ms Leigh-Ann Russell". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
      6. ↑ "Leigh-Ann Russell". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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