Chris KnibbHead of Corporate Communications, IETAboutChris has been leading the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy since joining the organisation in 2017. Additionally, he leads on external and internal communications, as well as public affairs for the Institution. Chris is passionate about inspiring and encouraging people from every background to consider…
Greg Turner-SmartInclusion Manager, Rolls-Royce SMRAbout Greg graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering before going on to achieve an MSc in Engineering Management. He joined Rolls-Royce in 2006 and worked in multiple technical roles across Data Analytics, Quality and Improvements within the Civil Aerospace sector. In 2015, Greg was instrumental in the launch of Prism,…
Jenny McLaughlinProject Manager, HeathrowAbout Jenny McLaughlin has worked within the airport industry for over 18 years. This began at East Midlands Airport as an Environment and Safeguarding Officer achieving ISO14001. The last 12 years have been at Heathrow Airport in a number of departments including Environment, Airside and now Infrastructure as a project manager. Jenny…
Beccy PleasantHead of Nuclear Skills Strategy for Nucler Skills Strategy GroupAbout Beccy has worked in the nuclear sector in strategic skills and people development roles for the last 13 years, having previously worked within the people development field in the commercial and education sectors. Her particular specialism is developing and implementing skills and resourcing, people…
John BradburySenior Consultant, Eunomia Research & ConsultingAbout John Bradbury is a Chemical Engineer who has been involved with InterEngineering since 2015. John originally from Australia, started working in inclusion and diversity after setting up an LGBT+ network in Australia. Currently, John is a Continuous Improvement Manager for Amcor in Bristol and in his ‘gay’ job…
Dr Victor Olisa QPMGovernor at Treloar’s and Director of Safeguarding at Surrey Football AssociationAbout Victor joined Surrey Police in 1982 straight from university, where he studied Biochemistry. He worked in uniform and CID. He transferred to the City of London Police in 1990 and worked in several roles including Detective Inspector in the Fraud Squad.…
Damilola Fari-AroleSenior Engineer, WSP in the UKAbout Damilola Fari-Arole currently works as a Design Engineer for Network Rail Design Delivery where she specializes in providing system-level RAM modelling and analysis to UK Rail Projects. Upon graduating with a Masters in Process Systems Engineering from Imperial College London in 2015, Damilola participated in the pilot Graduate…
Fiona JacksonCommercial HR professional, specialising in Diversity and Inclusion.About Fiona’s varied career has spanned both commercial roles such as energy pricing and front office trading analysis along with HR roles in Leadership, Recruitment and Workforce planning. More recently, Fiona has led in a role that brings together Diversity and Inclusion and Employer Branding at EDF…
John DownesDirector of Engineering & Innovation, SSE RenewablesAbout John is currently the Director of Engineering & Innovation with SSE Renewables and has worked in the energy industry for over 30 years. He is also a Trustee at the Glasgow Science Centre and has served on the Board for over 7 years. A Chartered Engineer and…