Steve Petrie

Prior to joining British Gas, Steve was Business Performance Director working within Balfour Beatty Group across its UK Businesses. Steve previously spent 20 years working in British Gas where he started as an Apprentice Gas Engineer. Steve progressed from his apprenticeship to then take on major projects for British Gas, including responsibility for managing the construction of the Natural Gas Network in Greater Belfast – some 1300 miles of 7 Bar HDPE pipework through the streets of Belfast and beyond. Steve is a visiting Professor at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Steve is also Vice Chair of the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre and sits on the Board of the Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board. In 2003, he Graduated from Harvard University with a Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.