Nicola Brewer

Nicola brings extensive geo-political and diplomatic experience to Aggreko, having worked in many of the developing regions in which we operate.

She is also a Non-executive Director on the boards of Iberdrola SA, joins the board of London First in December 2020, and is a trustee of Prince Harry’s southern African charity, Sentebale. In her previous diplomatic career, she worked in Mexico, India and France, was a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Board from 2004 to 2007, and was High Commissioner to South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland from 2009 to 2013. As a member of the board of the Department for International Development from 2002-04, she supervised all UK bilateral aid programmes in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. As Vice Provost at University College London from 2014 to 2020, she was responsible for its first global engagement strategy. She has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Leeds.