MEMBER NEWS: Storegga appoints Sorrelle Harper as head of corporate affairs

January 25, 2022
MEMBER NEWS: Storegga appoints Sorrelle Harper as head of corporate affairs

Courtesy of Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce.

Storegga, the independent UK company pioneering carbon reduction and removal for a net zero world, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sorrelle Harper as head of corporate affairs.

Sorrelle has run her own strategic communications consultancy, Sharpener Communications, for the past four years, advising senior management on company launches, private equity fundraisings and M&A, as well as on crisis communications issues related to CV19 and gender pay gap reporting. Prior to launching Sharpener Communications, Sorrelle was head of communications for KPMG UK.

Sorrelle joins an expanded senior leadership team at Storegga, which recently welcomed Brandon Rennet, former chief financial officer of Thames Water, as chief financial officer; Alistair Buchanan, former chief executive officer of Ofgem, as chairman; and Sarah Willows, former KPMG chief financial officer, as an independent non-executive director.

Nick Cooper, chief executive officer Storegga said: “Reversing the damage of megatonnes of continuing carbon emissions is one of the most vital issues facing humanity. Governments have made legal commitments to rein these emissions in and we must do this in a way that is fair for all. The current energy crisis is a spotlight on this fairness issue. There is no more time to lose; we must start managing carbon out of the atmosphere now.

“Sorrelle is here to bang the drum for Storegga and our mission. Storegga has combined the leading UK talent and world class investors to contribute meaningfully to solving this global crisis.”

Sorrelle Harper, said: “Storegga is a very exciting, high growth business at the leading edge of efforts to solve the climate crisis. I said I would never work for the man again, but Nick and the team’s enthusiasm for such an important issue is infectious! Storegga’s is a brilliant story to tell, and I am looking forward to getting involved.”

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