Magali Anderson is a global sustainability leader and advocate, having started her career as a field engineer on offshore oil rigs in Nigeria. She has spent 27 years working in the oil and gas industry, living across four continents, managing large teams, P&L, and transversal functional roles. She is a non-executive director for Anglo American and Capitals Coalition.
Magali’s raison d’être is to transform businesses for the better. In 2016, Magali joined Holcim as Group Head of Health & Safety, before becoming Chief Sustainability Officer in 2019 and adding Innovation to her remit in 2021. During her Holcim tenure, Magali was a member of the advisory boards of industry organisations: Business for Nature, the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, the World Green Building Council and the 50L Home Coalition on water efficiency; and Co-chair of the 2050 net-zero work for the Global Cement and Concrete Association. Prior to joining Holcim, Magali spent the majority of her career with SLB, where she started as a Field Engineer and progressed to Country CEO Angola, Head of Europe, and worked across roles such as VP in marketing and Sales, VP Shared Services, and VP Maintenance. Magali ended her career at SLB in Shanghai, where she was overseeing a high-technology manufacturing centre with 800 employees.
In 2022, Magali was awarded Edie Sustainability Leader of the Year and IRF Personality of the Year. She is a mentor of start-ups at Creative Destruction Lab and works tirelessly to promote women in the industry.