JULIET DAVENPORT OBE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GOOD ENERGY

Juliet Davenport founded Chippenham-based Good Energy to tackle climate change by generating and investing in renewable energy.

Since it started, the company, which is now a 100 per cent renewable energy company, has been supplying clean power, sourced from its own generation assets as well as from independent, UKbased renewable generators.

Good Energy also pioneered a more localised approach to energy by supporting home generation, launching the HomeGen scheme in 2004, which became the blueprint for the Feed-in Tariff.

It continues to support and invest in localised energy generation.

In 2012, Good Energy floated on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM), over the year raising £4 million in equity, to support the growth of the business.

Juliet continues to lead and innovate in the energy sector. In 2013 she was awarded an OBE for services to renewables and in June 2015 was appointed to the board of the Natural Environment Research Council.

She has various appointments with academic organisations, including the University of Wales, Imperial College, Bristol University and London School of Economics LSE, where she works on innovation and, where possible, influencing the next generation to think about the energy transition and our low carbon future.

LORAINE WOODHOUSE, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, HALFORDS GROUP PLC

Loraine has been Chief Financial Officer at automotive retailer Halfords since 2018. Prior to joining Halfords, she spent five years in senior finance roles within the John Lewis Partnership. In 2014 Loraine was appointed Acting Group Finance Director and then, subsequently, Finance Director of Waitrose.

Prior to that, she was Chief Financial Officer of Hobbs, Finance Director of Capital Shopping Centres (now Intu) and Finance Director of Costa Coffee. Loraine’s early career included finance and investor relations roles at Kingfisher.

JO COLLINSON, MANAGING DIRECTOR, HELIPEBS CONTROLS

Gloucester-based Helipebs is a market leader in the design, manufacture and application of pneumatic and hydraulic cylinder technology.

Jo joined Helipebs in July 2018 as Finance Director and took the Managing Director role in June last year. A qualified accountant, her experience had been mainly in financial services. She has also worked for a private hospital chain and a warranty company.

Manufacturing was a new industry for her, but accountants have many transferable skills and she was also attracted to working in a smaller company and being very hands on. She hasn’t been disappointed. “I find it fascinating watching our product take shape – from the design on