Ben Westwood

About Ben Westwood

I am a Chartered Accountant (ACA – qualified in 2008) and have spent the majority of my career working on renewable energy projects. After qualifying with PwC in London I worked for EDF Energy Renewables and SmartestEnergy between 2008 and 2013. Having got married in June 2013, my wife and I took some time out to travel, and spent a year in Asia. Upon returning to the UK in 2014 I joined Ørsted (previously DONG Energy) in their offshore wind business, and was part of the project leadership teams constructing the Walney Extension and Hornsea 1 Offshore Wind Farms between 2014 and 2020. This included relocating to Copenhagen with my family in May 2017, returning to London in June 2020. Since returning to the UK I spent five years working on Orsted’s 3 GW Hornsea 3 project, through late stage development, CfD auctions, FID, and early stage execution. In late 2024 I moved to Orsted’s Northeast Program in the US, which is in construction, as Senior Finance Director. I relocated with my family to Boston in March 2025.

Experience

1. Senior Finance Director - Northeast Program

   Ørsted

   Dec 2024 — Present · Boston, MA, US

Education

• Stanborough School

  GSCEs, Including Mathematics, English and Science

  1996 — 1998

• Stanborough School

  A-Levels

  1998 — 2000

• ICAEW

  ACA, Chartered Accountancy

  2005 — 2008

• University of Leeds

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History

  2001 — 2004

Skills

• Renewable Energy
• Budgets
• Finance
• Energy
• Auditing
• Forecasting
• Qualified Chartered Accountant
• Financial Modeling
• Budget Process