“Growing up on a council estate, my parents were delighted when I got offered a job in a bank. But after receiving good exam results, I told my family I wanted to go to university. They were shocked. When I said I wanted to study engineering, they thought that was foolish. But eventually my dad said, ‘at least I’ll have somebody to fix my car for free in future. You should go for it’.” LEIGH-ANN RUSSELL, EVP INNOVATION & ENGINEERING AND EXECUTIVE SPONSOR OF THE SOCIAL MOBILITY BRG Leigh-Ann grew up on a council estate in Aberdeen and was one of the first in her family to go to university. She worked for Schlumberger before joining BP in 2006 as a completions engineer, going on to lead engineering, operations, process safety, and strategy and performance for BP drilling operations. Since then, she has been SVP for procurement, before being appointed to the BP leadership team earlier this year as EVP for innovation & engineering. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Leigh-Ann Russell is also the sponsor of BP’s Social Mobility Business Resource Group, which was established this year.
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