The Hawthorn Club is the international network for executive women in the energy industry.
Our mission is to promote the appointment of women to senior corporate positions and boards; to facilitate gender diversity within the energy sector.
The club was founded in London in 2011, holding over 100 events in fifteen countries with over 2,000 executive women attending.
The Hawthorn Club is a global network in which you and your peers are recognized as leaders and change agents.
Hawthorn Club Members discuss Green Investment Challenges, Melbourne 2023
Member Perspectives
“The world is at a turning point, now is the time to redouble efforts and take action to address climate change and we should be looking to women in industry to lead our efforts. The Hawthorn Club provides an inspirational gathering of some of the best and brightest female leaders in the energy field.”
CHRISTIANA FIGUERES
former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Member Perspectives
“As the world transitions to clean energy, the Hawthorn Club provides an invaluable network for senior women working across the energy sector to share their experiences of advancing this transition.”
Shemara Wikramanayake, CEO Macquarie Group
Member Perspectives
“Passion, perseverance, and the philosophy that failure is not an option are the qualities I look for in a leader. When I look around the room at a Hawthorn Club event, I see them reflected in the members. The Club is a one-of-a-kind forum in which you can share business insights on the energy transition with other global thought-leaders.”
Vicki Hollub, President and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental Petroleum
Bloomberg interview
The views of these women of the Hawthorn Club matter because they are the ones making capital investments in these new clean technologies. Over 100 million worth of deals have been done at these Summits over the years.
Watch the video to see the Bloomberg Interview & Global Summit Summary
New Report
The Energy Transition Evolves, 2019-2024. Five global trends – five years later.
This paper, co-authored by The Hawthorn Club and BloombergNEF, provides insights into the energy transition from the Club’s Global Summit held in US Spring 2024. It pairs BNEF’s global analysis with lived experience from women at the forefront of the transition. We explore five trends of the energy transition, first identified five years in 2019, and identify how these trends are tracking, what was missed and what has changed, as well as insights on these trends shared by Hawthorn Club thought leaders through a regional lens, with a focus on the US, Australia and Europe.
Hawthorn Club Global Summit with US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, New York
Global Members
Regional Members
Strategic Partners
BloombergNEF is a leading provider of primary research on clean energy, advanced transport, digital industry, innovative materials, and commodities. Since 2017, The Hawthorn Club utilizes BloombergNEF’s deep analysis to inform event dialogues, and Members are invited to attend and participate in important BloombergNEF events.
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) members are companies who work in or support the clean energy sector in Australia. The CEC and The Hawthorn Club collaborate and work together to advance and support shared strategic goals regarding the advancement of women employed in the energy sector, and ensuring that women’s perspectives are a part of the energy transition dialogue at events and in other forums.
The Aspen Institute’s Energy and Environment Program addresses critical energy, environmental, and climate change issues through convening non-partisan and non-ideological events. The Hawthorn Club partner with the Aspen Institute with the intent of bringing together diverse stakeholders – specifically including women – to improve the process and progress of policy-level dialogue.