Dr. Hande Côté

Currently at National Grid, she manages 17 projects integrating clean, low-carbon power into England and Wales’ transmission network. Previously, as Head of Engineering at Johnson Matthey, she led the transition of 28 global production sites to net-zero principles.

Hande has managed large-scale offshore projects in the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of Guinea, fostering safety and developing local teams in Ghana, Kenya, and Mexico. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and a research fellowship from Imperial College London. An advocate for women in STEM, she is active in the Women’s Engineering Society and serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Industrial Advisory Board at the University of Leeds and the Women in Manufacturing UK Initiative.