PAULA Jennings has been appointed a non-executive director of Renewables East, the regional agency for renewable energy.Ms Jennings, a corporate finance director at BDO Stoy Hayward in Cambridge, described the new challenge as “very exciting”.

PAULA Jennings has been appointed a non-executive director of Renewables East, the regional agency for renewable energy.

Ms Jennings, a corporate finance director at BDO Stoy Hayward in Cambridge, described the new challenge as “very exciting”.

“I believe that this region has the right combination of renewable energy sources and innovation to make it a leader in this sector,” she said.

Ms Jennings began her career in the public sector and worked for accountants in Cambridge and London. She is a qualified accountant and has an MBA and has worked for BDO Stoy Hayward in London for the last four years. She is now based at the firm's Cambridge office, which opened in October 2007. She is a member of BDO Stoy Hayward's cross-practice Renewable Energy Group.