Women in Engineering
October 22nd 2019
Women in Engineering Leadership Conference
The Inclusive Boards: women in engineering leadership conference took place at the Institute of Directors (IoD) on October 22nd 2019. Hosted by Dr Jan Peters, an expert in gender and diversity issues in STEM. The Women in Engineering Leadership Conference was an opportunity for delegates to learn from inspirational speakers with first-hand experience of increasing the representation of women in the sector, share best practices for encouraging women into leadership positions and how to strengthen your network in the sector.
speakers
Alison Littley
NED: Geoffrey Osborne Ltd
Dr Hayaatun Sillem
Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Dr. Jane Atkinson
Executive Director Engineering and Automation for Bilfinger UK Ltd.
Dr Nike Folayan
Chairperson & Associate Director – Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers
Dr Sarah Peers
Founder Director, Peers & Peers
Jacqueline Castle
Chief Engineer: Airbus
Joanna Wood
Engineering Director at BAE Systems
Loraine Martins MBE
Director D&I – Network Rail
Meshi Taka
Principal Engineer / Project ManagerWater, Ports and PowerCivil and Infrastructure
Mark Lomas
Head of Equality Diversity & Inclusion – HS2
Rebecca Strachan
Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Knowledge Exchange at Northumbria University
Sara Poxon
Head of Operations: Rolls-Royce Electrical
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WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
top 10 leaders 2019
1. Dr. Jane Atkinson
Executive Director Engineering and Automation for Bilfinger UK Ltd.
2. Dawn Bonfield
Professor of Inclusive Engineering at Aston University
3. Bridget Rosewell
Senior Independent Director Appointed to the Network Rail Board
4. Dr Hayaatun Sillem
Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering
5. Dr Sarah Williamson
Technical Director with Laing O’Rourke
6. Alison Atkinson
AWE PLC Board Director
7. Katherine Bennett
Vice President of Airbus
8. Rebecca DeNiro
Managing Director GB&I
9. Roma Agrawal
Chartered Structural Engineer, Public Sector Framework Manager (AECOM)
10. Amanda Quadling
Technical Director M&I Materials, UK
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WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
top leaders of 2019
Alice Holleworth
Lead Designer at the JN Bentley
Alice Maynard
Founder and Managing Director of Future Inclusion
Alice McCullagh
Head of Cities at Dyson
Alison Littley
Non Executive Director For Norcros Plc
Allison Connick
Head of HS&E at Integral UK Limited
Amber Hill
PhD in Biomedical Neuroscience from UCL
Andrea Thompson
Managing Director at BAE Systems for Europe & International
Anna Patching
Guarantee Sound Engineer currently working for NEP UK
Annalisa Stupenengo
FPT Industrial CEO and Chairman within CNH Industrial
Anne McMeel
Non-Executive Member of the Transport for London (TfL) and Crossrail Ltd (CRL) Boards
Anne-Marie Imafidon
Head Stemette and co-founder of STEMettes
Astrid Fontaine
Member of the Board for People, Digitalisation and IT
Billie Sequeira
Apprentices and Trainees as a Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) representative
Cathy Travers
Managing Director of MacDonald’s UK and Europe region
Daniela Barone Soares
CEO and a Non-Executive Director at the intersection of the commercial and impact worlds
Danielle Flynn
Degree apprentice for Jaguar Land Rover
Dervilla Mitchell
Worked as an Engineer in the UK, United States and Ireland
Eleanor Stride
Statutory Professor of Biomaterials
Elizabeth Donnelly
Chief Executive Officer of the Women’s Engineering Society
Emma Porter
Worked in the Construction Industry
Emma Taylor
CEng FIMechE FSaRS FRSA FRAS
Enass Abo
Co-Founder and CEO at H2GO Power Ltd
Enrica Ippoliti
Senior Project Engineer at Johnson Matthey in London, Uk
Eva Marie Hinkers
Chair of Arup in Europe
Fatumina Abukar
Doctoral Graduate from UCL
Fritha Bevin-McCrimmons
Project Engineer for Stantec
Gillian Guy
Engineering Sector and Safety
Grazia Vittadini
Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Airbus
Gwenaelle Avice-Huet
Chief Executive Officer of ENGIE France Renewable Energy
Helen Townend
Technical Director for Diversity and Inclusion at Amey
Helena Rivers
Mechanical Engineer and Regional Director at AECOM
Hilary Leevers
Engineering UK as Chief Executive
Ines Mazzilli
Non Executive Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Assicurazioni
Inken Braunschmidt
Chief Innovation and Digital Officer at Halma Plc
Isabel Coman
Project Director for the Skanska Costain Strabag (SCS)
Isabel Dedring
Global Transport Leader at Arup
Isabelle Maddock
Group Finance Director at James Cropper Plc
Jackie Kelly
Group HR Director at Watkin Jones
Jenni Emery
Global People and Culture Leader at Arup
Jennifer Allerton
Non-Executive Director, Sandvik AB
Jennifer Osbaldestin
Chief Operating Officer for BAE Systems Maritime and Land Sector
Jennifer Ward
Halma’s Board of Directors and Executive Board
Jill Harrower-Steele
Company Secretary and Head of Legal at Lagan Specialist
Jo Davis
Group HR Director for Mitie
Joanna Wood
Group Engineering Director for BAE Systems
Johanna O_Driscoll
Finance Director (FD) Tarmac
Julia Barrett
Chief Sustainability Officer
Julie Pope
International HR executive
Karen Farrell
Member of the team at Mick George Ltd
Katy Toms
Senior Engineer in Exeter
Kerry Porritt
Group Company Secretary and a member of the Executive Committee at Keller Group plc
Kimberly Bartlett
Senior Engineer within the Lighting & Energy Solutions team at WSP
Kirsten Bolton
Marketing director, Willerby Ltd.
Kirsty Bashforth
CEO of QuayFive Ltd
Kirsty Gill
Chief People Officer at Arm reporting into the CEO
Kirsty Merson
Solution Engineering Manager at Salesforce and President of the UK Salesforce Women’s Network
Laura Davies
Design Engineer at Dyson Automotive Research and Design Limited
Lizzie Featherstone
Chartered Civil Engineer
Loraine Martins MBE
Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail
Louise Hardy
Civil Engineer
Louise Williamson
Managing Director of BAM FM Ltd.
Lynsey Breen
Managing Director
Margherita Della Valle
Group Chief Financial Officer for Vodafone and a member of the Vodafone Group PLC board
Maria Katsourou
Project Engineer, Rolls-Royce
Marina Thomas
Group Company Secretary at Meggitt Plc
Marion Sears
Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Maxine Mayhew
Managing Director Natural Resources
Meshi Taka
Project Manager, Swapping Consultant
Naomi Climer
Co-Chair of the Institute for the Future of Work
Naomi Connell
Board of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Contractor
Nichola Skinner
Senior Legal Counsel and Company Secretary with Bechtel
Nike Folayan
Chair and Co-Founder of AFBE-UK
Olivia Sweeney
Working at Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics as an Ethical Buyer for Aroma Chemicals
Pavlina Akritas
Associate within Arup and Lighting’s Arts and Culture
Phillipa Recchia
Director at Severfield Plc
Raffaella Ocone
Professor of Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University
Rachel Skinner
Executive Director and UK Head of Transport at WSP
Rachel Whittaker
UK Finance Director for Nexperia UK Ltd
Rhiannon Piasecki
Director at DeepOcean
Rosemary McGinness
Chief People Officer of Weir Group PLC
Sakthy Selvakumaran
Chartered Civil Engineer
Sofia Athanassiou
Engineer and a Commercial Director for Connect Plus, (CP)
Susanne Seitz
Vice President, Head of EMEA Region and Member of the Group Executive Management at Landis+Gyr
Suzanne Heywood
Chairperson, CNH Industrial N.V.
Vanda Murray
Non-Executive Director on a number of Boards
Vanessa Burton
Assistant Engineer at Mott MacDonald
Victoria Mitchell
VP Engineer for ARM
Vinita Marwaha Madill
Space Operations Engineer based at the European Space Agency (ESA)
Wendy McWilliams
Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary at Wilmott Dixon
Yewande Akinola
Executive Governing Body at the University of Warwick