I started my professional journey at KPMG in Canada over 10 years ago and moved to the UK on what I thought would be a two-year audit secondment. Nearly eight years later I’m still here and I’ve developed a passion for London and a passion for transport!
Read moreEngineering, Misunderstood - a view from Katie Abraham
It is no secret that the transport industry faces many challenges and one of them is changing people’s perceptions of what we are and what we do. Engineering also faces the same challenge. There has been a notable movement in an attempt to increase the number of women in the industry. But, says Katie Abraham, if we want to see young girls become passionate about transport and engineering, do we need to address the misunderstood preconception?
Read moreLauren Sager Weinstein Named U.K. Chief Data Officer of the Year 2017 by CDO Club
Congratulations to Women in Transport board member, Lauren Sager Weinstein, who has been presented with the award of UK Chief Data Officer of the Year by CDO Club, the world's largest community of C-suite digital and data leaders.
This is the second accolade Lauren has achieved in one month, having just been named by Data IQ as the 7th most influential person in the data driven business.
Read moreVice President Insight - VP Sonya Veerasamy
We ask our Vice President, Sonya Veerasamy, some questions. Get to know her more by reading the insight!
Read moreBoard Member Insight - Neil Pepper MBE
We ask our board member Neil Pepper some questions. Get to know him more by reading the insight!
Read more#PressforProgress with Women at Weston Williamson
Sonya Veerasamy was delighted to kick off International Women’s Day, with a few of the Women in Transport tribe, at a fabulous breakfast event hosted at Weston Williamson + Partners.
She ws treated to an awesome line up of speakers including Victoria Hills, CEO at Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC), Sharon Young, Principal Project Engineer for the Step Free Access Programme at Transport for London (TfL), Kaye Stout, Partner at PTE Architects and Eugene Healy, Senior Associate at Weston Williamson + Partners.
Read moreMBNA Thames Clippers embrace IWD 2018 with an all-female crew
London’s leading river operator is crewed by an all-female team to mark International Women’s Day 2018
Read moreAddressing the balance
We were delighted to join HS2 for the external launch of its Gender Balance Staff Network hosted at the National College for High Speed Rail in Birmingham on 20 February 2018. The Gender Balance Staff Network is co-chaired by Marny Moruzzi and Bridget Jackson who, having launched the Network to HS2 staff in both London and Birmingham, decided to reach out to the wider community to share best practice and to build a mutually supportive network of contacts within the communities HS2 serves.
Read moreInteresting Data is Not Enough
Mailys Pineau reports on the Women in Transport Winter Reception where over 100 guests from across the transport industry gathered at KPMG in Canary Wharf to hear a panel discussion on the thought provoking theme of data and decision making. Our panel of experts in the field shared their views on innovative uses of data to help make better business decisions, a challenge faced by many organisations in the transport sector.
Read moreA Taste of the Tube for Women in Transport
Earlier this month 15 members of Women in Transport headed to TfL's Service Control Centre at Neasden to experience what it’s like to work in trains and service control on the Jubilee line.
It was a really fun and interesting afternoon where members got the opportunity to operate a train in the Tube cab simulator, take a real cab journey down the Jubilee line from Wembley Park to Stanmore and tour the service control centre at Neasden.
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