The 2018 Top 50 Women in Engineering: Returners and Transferrers

Nominations were available to women working in engineering or allied sector/discipline, having either returned after a break of at least 18 months or transferred to engineering from another sector. The winners were noted in a supplement with the Sunday Telegraph on 24 June 2018.

Katie Atkinson, Materials Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover
Kate Black, University Lecturer, University of Liverpool
Cheryl Blenkinsop, Lead Engineer – Development, SP Energy Networks
Emma Booth, Senior Project Manager, Black & Veatch
Karen Britton, Technical Director, AECOM
Emma Browning, Environment Manager, Scottish Power Renewables
Antje Budge, Design Coordinator, Balfour Beatty
Samantha Burchell, Operations Manager, UK Power Networks
Isobel Byrne Hill, Senior Engineer, Arup
Kate Cairns, Founder, Cairns Consultancy
Savina Carluccio, Associate, Arup
Dr Fiona Charnley, Senior Lecturer in Circular Innovation, Cranfield University
Dr Sarah Chen, Civil Engineer, EDF Energy
Dr Lorna Dallas, Graduate Safety Engineer, Babcock International Group
Rachael De’Ath, Senior Engineer, Arup
Kellie Dillon, Innovation Workstream Lead, UK Power Networks
Agata Downey, Engineer, Elliott Wood
Karen Friendship, Managing Director, Alderman Tooling Ltd
Penny Gowler, Associate Director, Elliott Wood Partnership Ltd
Nicola Grahamslaw, Ship’s Conservation Engineer, SS Great Britain Trust
Hilary Hill, Director of Engineering Operations, KBR UK Ltd
Isobel Houghton, Senior Engineer, Atkins
Sharon Jones, Eagle Lab Engineer, Barclays Eagle Labs
Katie Kelleher, Crane Operator, Laing O’Rourke
Louisa King, Project Engineer , Waterco Consultants
Keely King, Area Manager—Gas Mains Replacement, Triio
Georgina Lockwood, Senior Engineer, Arup
Leah Lucien, Graduate Mechanical Engineer, ChapmanBDSP
Eur Ing Dr Phebe Mann, Chartered Engineer, Institution of Civil Engineers
Stacey Marple, Project Development Manager, Monitor Coatings Ltd
Lisa Matthews, Associate, Arup/CEO, HellyHolly
Louise Maynard-Atem, Innovation Exchange Lead, BAE Systems
Danielle McGrellis, Senior Engineer, Arup
Angela McIntosh, Design Project Engineer, SP Energy Networks
Carol Morris, Senior Lecturer-Engineering & Innovation, Open University
Lisa Montague, Business Intelligence Engineer, BAE Systems
Fi Neoh, Senior Consultant, Amey
Hayley Oakes, Offshore Project Engineer, ODE
Maria Ribera Vincent, Teaching Fellow, Imperial College London
Nicole Saunders, Aviation Consultant, Osprey Consulting Services Ltd
Professor Emma Sparks, Head of the Centre for Systems Engineering, Cranfield University
Sarah Tattersall, Associate, Arup
Dr Emma Taylor, Lead Systems Safety Engineer, RSSB
Julie Verrill, Junior Technician, Cundall
Ruth Voisey, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Dyson Technology Ltd
Catherine Wenger, Director, Arup
Tammy Whelan, Apprentice Civil Engineer, Arup
Dr Connie Wilson, Senior Systems Engineer, BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships
Kate Young, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Skanska
Ellie Zemani, Project Engineer, Spirit Energy

Speakers at the WE50 Event

Kirsten Bodley, Chief Executive, Women’s Engineering Society
After graduating with a Chemistry degree from King’s College, London, Kirsten started her career as an Industrial Development Chemist with Courtaulds (Coatings). She then gained an MBA (Innovation) from Imperial College, London and joining KPMG Consulting as a Management Consultant specialising in R&D in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. In 2005 she joined STEMNET as a Director becoming CEO in 2010 for 6 years. Kirsten became Chief Executive of WES (Women’s Engineering Society) in 2016. She is also a Trustee at Founders4Schools.

Dr Hayaatun Sillem, Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Engineering
Dr Sillem has extensive leadership experience in UK and international engineering, innovation and diversity & inclusion activities. She has a Masters in Biochemistry (MBiochem) from the University of Oxford and a PhD in signal transduction from Cancer Research UK/University College London. She is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Allan E Cook CBE, Chairman, High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Allan is Industry co-chair of the Defence Growth Partnership (DGP) and from March 2018 he is chair of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. He is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering where he is Vice President and serves as a trustee for the Academy. He also chairs the Academy’s employer-focused Diversity Leadership Group. Allan became a Fellow of the China 48 Group Club in December 2015 and a member of the Chairman’s Forum with the World Economic Forum. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in 2008, and received an honorary Doctorate in Science from Cranfield University in 2016.

The Judging Panel

John McCollum BAE Systems
Jennifer Dimambro Arup
Alison Baptiste Environment Agency
Ian Cartwright National Grid
Katy Toms WSP