In 2016 as part of International Women in Engineering Day, the Women’s Engineering Society in partnership with The Telegraph published the inaugural list of 50 influential women in engineering in the UK.
The Top 50 Women in Engineering 2016
- Roma Agrawal CEng, MIStructE, MIET, FRICS Structural Engineer, Interserve
- Professor Helen Atkinson CBE, FREng Head of Department of Engineering, University of Leicester
- Danella Bagnall Chief Product Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover
- Faye Banks FIET, FCMI, FinstLm, CEng, Cmgr Head of Operations North East, National Grid
- Alison Baptiste CEng, FICE, BEng, MSc, MCIWEM Director of Strategy and Investment, Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency
- Jayne Bryant FREng, CEng, FIET, FWES Engineering Director Defence Information, BAE Systems
- Muffy Calder OBE, FRSE, FREng Vice-Principal and Head of College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow
- Liv Carroll DIC, CGeol, FGS, FIMMM Chartered Geologist, Geological Society
- Jacqueline Castle CEng, FIMechE, FRAeS Chief Engineer A330neo Wing, Airbus UK
- Amanda Chessell CBE, FREng Distinguished Engineer, IBM
- Dawn Childs CEng, FICE, FIMechE, FRAeS, FWES Group Engineering Director, Merlin Entertainments Group
- Naomi Climer FREng, CEng, FIET President, IET, Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Susan Dio Chief Executive Officer, BP Shipping Limited
- Dr Michèle Dix CBE, CEng, FICE, FCIHT, FCILT Managing Director, Crossrail 2, Transport for London (TfL)
- Professor Dame Ann Dowling President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge
- Elizabeth Eastaugh Global Head – Customer Experience, Expedia
- Jane Gartshore FInstR Director, Cool Concerns Ltd
- Professor Lynn Gladden CBE, FRS, FREng Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge
- Dr Paulina Bohdanowicz-Godfrey Director Energy and Environment, Hilton Worldwide
- Dame Judith Hackitt CBE, FREng Chair, EEF
- Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE, FRS, FREng Director, Web Science Institute, University of Southampton
- Eur Ing Louise Hardy CEng, FICE, CMgr, FCMI, FWES Non Executive Director, Sirius Minerals Plc
- Professor Caroline Hargrove CEng, MIMechE Technical Director, McLaren Applied Technologies
- Professor Karen Holford FREng, FWES, FLSW, CEng, FIMechE Pro Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff University
- Ying Hu Manufacturing Systems Engineer, Rolls Royce Plc
- Dame Sue Ion FREng, FRS Chair NIRAB, Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board
- Lady Barbara Judge CBE Chairman Emeritus, UK Atomic Energy Authority
- Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE, FREng Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Aston University
- Ailie MacAdam FICE, MIChemE Managing Director, Europe and Africa, Infrastructure, Bechtel
- Dr Cathy McClay, Head of Commercial, Electricity, National Grid
- Steph McGovern Presenter, BBC Breakfast
- Linda Miller PEng (USA) Senior Project Manager, Bechtel
- Dervilla Mitchell CBE Director, Arup
- Heidi Mottram OBE Chief Executive Officer, Northumbrian Water Group
- Alison Nimmo CBE Chief Executive, The Crown Estate
- Belinda Oldfield FICE, AMIoW General Manager, Scottish Water
- Chi Onwurah MP, CEng, FIET, FCGI MP, UK Government
- Isobel Pollock-Hulf OBE, CEng, Hon DSc, FIMechE, FCGI Master, Worshipful Company of Engineers
- Dr Haifa Ross Head of School of Engineering, Solihull College and University Centre
- Helen Samuels United Utilities
- Dr Angela Seeney FEI, CEng, CEng, CPet Eng Director Technology, Supply Chain and Decommissioning, Oil & Gas Authority
- Dr Nina Skorupska CBE, FEI Chief Executive, Renewable Energy Association
- Jane Simpson Chief Engineer, Network Rail
- Dana Skelley OBE Director of Asset Management, Transport for London
- Rachel Skinner CEng, FICE, TPP, MCIHT Director, Development, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
- Dr Debbie Smith OBE, FIFE, CPhys, MInstP Managing Director, BRE Global
- Vicky Stewart MIOA, MWED Associate Acoustic Consultant, Atkins
- Professor Eleanor Stride Professor of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
- Dr Alison Vincent Chief Technology Officer, Cisco International Ltd
- Katherine Ward CEng, MICE Group Head, Offshore Wind, Atkins
The 2016 Judging Panel
The campaign was jointly coordinated by the Women’s Engineering Society and the Telegraph and sponsored by Scottish Power, Mars Petcare, Jaguar Land Rover, SEMTA, IET and BAE Systems.
Judges of the competition in 2016 were:
- Dawn Bonfield MBE Chief Executive, Women’s Engineering Society
- Allan Cook CBE Chairman of Atkins, Chairman of SEMTA, Non-Executive Director of BIS
- Professor John Perkins CBE FREng Previously BIS Chief Scientific Adviser
- Michelle Richmond Membership and Professional Development Director of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Fiona Tatton Founder and Editor of Womanthology