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The list, produced by board appointments firm Inclusive Boards in partnership with the Financial Times, will be officially released at the Inclusive Boards: Women in Engineering Leadership Conference on 22 October.
Inclusive Boards will also be publishing extensive research into engineering in the UK as well as the results of their diversity survey of the UK’s top 500 engineering firms by revenue. Development Director Elizabeth Oni-Iyiola said:
“Engineers have an impact on almost every area of our day to day lives. Helena and those featured today are role models who inspire those around them and demonstrate leadership and influence in the work that they do.”
Patrick Clarke, Director of Network Operations at UK Power Networks and judge for the list said,
“I am personally inspired but not at all surprised by the tremendous talent on the Women in Engineering list. Sadly there are still plenty of people who will be surprised due to a mind-set which say Engineering equals males not females. I took part as a judge because I wanted to be inspired.”
Helena Rivers said,
“This is a lovely recognition of both the work I do running the UK&I Building Asset Management division within AECOM and also my voluntary role on the Trustee Board, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Audit and Risk Commfittee at the IMechE. This recognition is a reflection of the great teams I have around me supporting me in each of these roles. I am very conscious that with the opportunity to influence comes great responsibility and I am committed to using the opportunities I have to improving the world, as far as I can, to create a more sustainable and inclusive future”
Those featured include senior leaders from top engineering firms such as Amey, Arup, BAE Systems, and Laing O’Rourke.
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Inclusive Boards are the UK's leading board appointments firm, specialising in attracting high level diverse talent through a network of over 60,000 professionals. They operate across sectors including sport, to charities and social investment. Inclusive Boards’ cutting-edge research has featured in the Independent, Guardian, Daily Mail and more.
Inclusive Boards have also conducted a detailed diversity survey, analysing the gender, ethnicity, age profiles, and educational and socioeconomic backgrounds of boards, directors and executives of the UK’s 500 largest engineering firms by revenue.
The list has been published today and will officially launch at the Inclusive Boards: Women in Engineering Leadership Conference in Central London on 22 October, hosted by expert in gender and diversity issues in STEM, Dr Jan Peters. Inclusive Boards are the UK’s Executive Diversity Experts with a network of over 60,000 diverse professionals across the STEM, sport, not-for-profit and public sectors.
www.inclusiveboards.co.uk