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Ms. Charlotte Wolff-Bye

Charlotte Wolff-Bye, an award-winning business leader, at the forefront of the sustainability movement. She serves as the Chief Sustainability Officer of the Malaysian Fortune 500 company PETRONAS. Since joining in 2021, she has turned the company’s Net Zero Carbon Emission aspiration into strategy and plans to drive decarbonization and social progress. She engages directly in venture capital investment, digitalization and capability development to accelerate a sustainable energy transition.

Previously Charlotte worked for the Norwegian energy company Equinor in the role of Vice President Sustainability. At Equinor she delivered the company’s first sustainability strategy that laid the foundation for the company’s low carbon focus. She was also the company’s representative on the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction Initiative (GGFR) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). From 2007-14, Charlotte held the position of General Manager Corporate Responsibility for the global steel and mining company ArcelorMittal.

Charlotte’s earlier experiences include a decade in the telecommunications sector, most notably working for Telefonica and O2, multilateral lending at the Nordic Development Fund, music marketing and diplomatic affairs.

Charlotte is a longstanding and active champion of corporate sustainability practices, a frequent top-level speaker, commentator and writer on sustainability, ESG and energy-related matters.

She has proactively been shaping the agenda and engaged in the launch of several collaborative partnerships including the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, Climate and Clean Air Coalition Oil and Gas Methane Partnership, the Nordic CEOs for a Sustainable Future and the Global E-sustainability Initiative.

She is the recipient of Devex’s leadership award for her contribution to international development and was recently ranked as one of the world’s top 100 chief sustainability officers. She serves on the board of trustees of WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom.