About us

The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) is structured through the OWIC Executive Council and OWIC Delivery Board, supported by an industry-funded work programme.

Executive Council

The OWIC Executive Council is the senior forum for ministerial and industry engagement to secure, enable and accelerate the future deployment of offshore wind in the UK. It is co-Chaired by the Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and a government-appointed industry co-Chair. Government also approves two industry Vice-Chairs (one from an offshore wind developer and one from a supplier). The current Co-Chairs and Industry Vice-Chairs are:

Andrew Bowie, DESNZ, Minister for Nuclear and Renewables,

Richard Sandford, bp, Industry Co Chair

Susie Lind, BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership , Industry Vice Chair (interim)

Clark MacFarlane, Siemens Gamesa, Supply Chain Vice Chair

Dan McGrail, RenewableUK

Delivery Board

The OWIC Delivery Board develops and delivers the OWIC Executive Council’s strategic priorities by ensuring the joint government and industry work programme is regularly reviewed and progressed.

Work Programme

The OWIC work programme is delivered through the OWIC workstreams and projects supported by the Offshore Wind Delivery Team at RenewableUK. The OWIC work programme is funded by OWIC industry members and delivered in collaboration with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and wider government as required.

Who we are

Meet the offshore wind delivery team at RenewableUK

Jane Cooper, Director of Offshore Wind

Jane leads the Offshore Wind Delivery Team, working with the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) to match the Government's raised ambitions set out in the Sector Deal and the Offshore Wind Acceleration Programme with action. Jane is a Chartered mechanical engineer and has worked in the sector for over 10 years.

Ophelia Maxwell, Programme Manager

Ophelia leads the delivery of the offshore wind programmes, working closely with the delivery leads and DESNZ counterparts. Ophelia has been working at RenewableUK for over two years, previously working closely with stakeholders for their engagement in membership and across conferences & events.

Alexandre Davies, Delivery Lead, Aviation

Alex leads on aviation and radar challenges in the Offshore Wind Delivery Team. Alex has a pilot’s licence and has worked in a number of roles in the Civil Service, including Programme Manager for the St Helena Airport Project.

Ajai Ahluwalia, Delivery Lead, Supply Chain

Ajai leads on assessing and maximising opportunities for the UK offshore wind supply chain. Ajai has a background in electrical engineering and has worked in the offshore wind sector for many years – most recently at Equinor on the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm.

Kat Route-Stephens, Strategic Compensation Delivery Lead, Consenting & Environment (Interim Head of Pathways to Growth)

Kat leads the work on developing environmental strategic compensation solutions for offshore wind as part of the OWIC programme. Kat is passionate about sustainable development and is a Chartered environmentalist with over 10 years’ professional experience in environment and consenting of offshore renewable energy.

Peter McCrory, Delivery Lead, Transmission

Working with the Policy and Engagement team, Peter is focussed on both on and offshore grid delivery. Peter has previous experience working in the Irish Single Electricity Market as a policy analyst with SONI, the Northern Irish TSO.

Scott Young, Delivery Lead, People & Skills

Scott leads on developing and delivering the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s People and Skills strategy. Scott has worked on skills and education matters for over 15 years, including over a decade in construction and engineering where he led skills on the Thames Tideway Tunnel programmes and the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster. As well as managing apprenticeship programmes, he also been an apprentice, completing a Masters level apprenticeship in Leadership and Strategy in 2022.

Juliet Shrimpton, P2G Assistant Manager

Juliet is part of the OWIC Pathways to Growth team, helping to resolve environmental and consenting challenges enabling the sector to meet its 2030 targets – with a particular focus on underwater noise. Juliet has a background in offshore renewables and oil and gas with a particular focus on EIA process and marine mammals.

Oscar Wilkie, Consents & Environment Assistant Manager

Oscar is part OWIC Pathways to Growth (P2G) team, helping to resolve environmental and consenting challenges in offshore wind – with a particular focus on Cumulative Impact Assessment in Seabirds, and Strategic Planning. Oscar joined P2G in September 2023 after spending five years at Seafish.