Catriona Schmolke CBE FREng is Chair of the NPL Major Programme Portfolio Advisory Council and Non-Executive Director for strategic business growth on the NPL board.
She has 35 years’ experience in the professional services sector as a scientist, engineer and business leader. She was Group Senior Vice President with US-based Jacobs Solutions until 2020, before transitioning to a portfolio career. . She is the Board Chair of Artus Air Ltd, and Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Scottish Water Group and NES Fircroft Ltd.
Catriona was awarded a CBE in the 2024 King’s New Years Honours List for Services to Engineering, and in 2016 was honoured with Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Catriona is a recipient of the Marion Martin Award for outstanding Safety Leadership from the National Safety Council of America, and she has also received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Engineering from European Women in Engineering & Construction.
Catriona is the Chair of the Safety Committee and member of the Court at Strathclyde University and is a Visiting Professor in Sustainability at Newcastle University.