Anna-Marie Greenaway enjoyed a 30-year career in the international energy industry, most recently as Vice President, Science and Technology and Global Director of Strategic Research Partnerships at BP International. During her tenure in these roles, she successfully led the design and delivery of numerous international university-industry collaborations, and also served on a wide range of advisory boards and committees, including the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, Scott Polar Research Institute, the BP Institute for Multiphase Flow, the Clean Energy Centre at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and the Prosper low-carbon rural energy project with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in India.

In 2017, Greenaway was appointed to the UK government’s Science Advisory Council for the Department of Transport and remained a member until 2025. Since 2020 she has  served as a Senior Fellow at the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) which brings together many of the world's most innovative companies and world-class research universities to develop solutions for more effective U-I collaborations.

Anna holds a PhD from the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, a Master’s degree from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Her industrial training and international experience span corporate strategy, planning and performance; safety and risk management; sustainability leadership; international innovation partnerships; change management and leadership development. These themes have been incorporated within her research with industry partners within the Strategic Technology and Innovation Management consortium hosted by IfM Engage at the University of Cambridge.