Laurie Fitch

Laurie Fitch

Senior Independent Director and Chair of Remuneration Committee

Appointed
Appointed August 2023. Remuneration Committee Chair: October 2023. Senior Independent Director: March 2026

Background and career
Laurie’s background spans asset management and investment banking, with extensive experience in both capital markets and M&A. In 2024 she retired as a partner of PJT Partners and assumed the non-executive role of senior advisor. Previously, she was co-head of Morgan Stanley’s Global Industrials Group. Before that, she spent the majority of her career as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Artisan Partners and TIAA-CREF. She was a non-executive director of EnQuest PLC from 2018 – 2021, where she chaired the Remuneration Committee. Prior to becoming a Non-Executive Director at EDP Renewables she was a Non-Executive Director of EDP SA from 2018 – 2024.

Areas of expertise and contribution
Extensive experience as an equity investor and banker, and strong strategic and international perspective.

Material external positions

  • Non-Executive Director at EDP Renewables
  • Non-Executive Director at CenterPoint Energy Inc.

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