Fiona Quinlan-Wells

Training Officer at SSE Academy, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

Speaker

Fiona Quinlan-Wells’s career has changed dramatically since she joined a health, safety and environment graduate scheme at energy company Centrica more than a decade ago in 2013. She quickly rose to become an Environmental Advisor at the firm, before becoming a Technical Manager when she joined the Climate Disclosure Standards Board, which provided a framework for the Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Consultancy giant Mott MacDonald was Fiona’s next port of call, where she worked as the company’s Group TCFD Lead. She also gained experience in ESG compliance, before deciding to take the plunge and become an independent consultant last year. Here, she outlines her career journey so far, talks about the challenges she faces trying to deliver real organisational change, and gives some advice to others looking to take a similar path.