Charlotte Wolff-Bye
Charlotte Wolff-Bye

Chief Sustainability Officer, VP

PETRONAS

bio

Charlotte Wolff-Bye, an award-winning business leader, at the forefront of the sustainability movement. She serves as the Chief Sustainability Officer of the Malaysian Fortune 500 company Petronas. Since joining in 2021, she has turned the company’s net zero Carbon Emission aspiration into strategy and place to drive decarbonization and social progress. She engages directly in venture capital investment, digitalization, and capability development to accelerate a sustainable energy transition.

Previously, Charlotte worked for the Norwegian energy company Equinor, in the role of Vice President Sustainability. At Equinor she delivered the company’s first sustainability strategy, that laid the foundation for the company’s low carbon focus. She was also the company’s representative on the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR) initiative and the World Council for Sustainable Business Development (WBCSD).

From 2007-14, Charlotte held the position of General Manager Corporate responsibility for the global steel and mining company ArcelorMittal. Her earlier experiences include a decade in the telecommunications sector, most notably working for Telefonica and O2, multilateral lending at Nordic Development Fund, music marketing and diplomatic affairs.