OGUK Chief Executive Deirdre Michie OBE was today awarded a prestigious honorary degree by Robert Gordon University, recognising her contribution to the sector.
Deirdre Michie has been CEO of OGUK, the leading representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, since her appointment to the position in May 2015. Earlier this year she was the signatory on behalf of industry to the landmark North Sea Transition Deal agreement with the UK Government – the first of its kind by any G7 country.
The conferment of the Doctor of Technology honoris causa was given by University Chancellor Sir Ian Wood GBE and presented by Donella Beaton, Vice-Principal Economic Development at Robert Gordon University.
Deirdre has an LLB Hons in Scots Law and extensive experience as a senior business leader in the oil and gas industry; covering upstream, downstream and globally. As well as being a Non-Executive Board member of Scottish Water, she is also a board member of Opportunity North East and Chair of Common Data Access Limited. Deirdre is a member of MER, the UK Government and oil and gas industry forum; HMT’s Oil and gas industry Fiscal Forum; the Scottish Government’s Energy Advisory Group, and of the Women’s Business Council, a UK Government body focused on increasing women’s contribution to economic growth.
Deirdre was awarded a Fellowship from the North East of Scotland College and an OBE for her services to the Oil and Gas industry in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018.
In a speech to receive the honorary degree, Deirdre Michie said:
“It’s been an extraordinary honour and quite a challenge to represent the oil and gas sector for the past six years, during which the industry has been through the most demanding and difficult of times.
“There are of course many other people who are actively driving this positive agenda forward and I would also like to call out and thank my professional and dedicated colleagues at OGUK for everything that they do – driven as they are by our OGUK values of community, courage, commitment and change – to help deliver an energy transition that is a just and fair one.”
