Executive Vice President

Jackie Longworth MBE BSc(Hons) MIOSH MIIExE FRSA

Jackie is a past president of WES who has rejoined Council now that some of her regional commitments are lessening. Since she retired from the nuclear electricity industry in 2001 she has been active on the South West TUC Executive, representing them on the SW Regional Assembly (which she went on to chair) and the sustainable development charity Sustainability SW. She is Chair of the women's equality network Fair Play SW, representing them on the Board of charity Equality SW, which she also chaired until August 2010. More locally, Jackie has represented WES on the SETPOINT Board in Gloucestershire. She has recently joined the management committee of the Women's Budget Group and the Women's Forum in Bristol. In all these activities she has championed the cause of women specifically and the poor and vulnerable more generally.