The APM South Wales & West of England (SWWE) branch was approached by Babcock International who wished to sponsor an event to promote diversity in the workplace, a subject they take very seriously. SWWE and the Women in Project Management (WiPM) SIG, worked together with Babcock staff to organise this event.
Gavin Leckie, Submarines Programme and Operations Director, supported by Sarah Beck and Lisa Radford, explained why Babcock take diversity so seriously. Babcock anticipates a skills shortage and difficulty in attracting sufficient skilled and qualified staff to meet future demand. They have too many white, middle-aged males, and recognise that they need to attract and retain skills from across the spectrum of the whole population and aim to get a better balance between male and female staff. Sponsoring this event shows how seriously Babcock takes the issue to the profession and their own staff.
Teri Okoro, the WiPM SiG Chair, explained about the work of the WiPM SIG in promoting the role of women in the profession to increase the current 17% representation. This is however much better in the younger membership. WiPM have produced a number of resources to help employers and support members which are available on the APM web site, and are involved with initiatives, including ‘Inspiring the future’ and STEMNET. Teri introduced our two main speakers, Dr Dorte-Rich Jørgensen, of Atkins, and Marta Garcia-Santamaria of Jaguar Landrover.
Dr Dorte-Rich Jørgensen is the Principle Sustainability Engineer at Atkins, Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) visiting Professor in Innovation at Herriot Watt, and Director at RAE Centre of Excellence for sustainable building design. Dorte explained about her non-linear portfolio career path. She was inspired by her father and following an apprenticeship took a BSc in electrical engineering in Denmark, before getting a bank loan to fund a D-Phil at Oxford in control engineering. She explained that unlike in UK, even in the 1980’s women made up around 50% of technical courses at school and college. Her work career has included mechanical building services engineering, and environmental engineering. Currently she a portfolio of roles as a Chief Sustainability engineer, Visiting Professor at Herriot Watt and Director of RAE’s centre of excellence for sustainable building design.
Dorte explained the importance of networking, which led to the professorship opportunity. She was responsible for leading sustainability for the London Olympics with a team of 150 working collaboratively with the ODA and the design teams to ensure that London was the most sustainable games ever. Dorte shared her perspective on leadership as a woman of her generation, noting t
The APM South Wales & West of England (SWWE) branch was approached by Babcock International who wished to sponsor an event to promote diversity in the workplace, a subject they take very seriously. SWWE and the Women in Project Management (WiPM) SIG, worked together with Babcock staff to organise this event.
Gavin Leckie, Submarines Programme and Operations Director, supported by Sarah Beck and Lisa Radford, explained why Babcock take diversity so seriously. Babcock anticipates a skills shortage and difficulty in attracting sufficient skilled and qualified staff to meet future demand. They have too many white, middle-aged males, and recognise that they need to attract and retain skills from across the spectrum of the whole population and aim to get a better balance between male and female staff. Sponsoring this event shows how seriously Babcock takes the issue to the profession and their own staff.
Teri Okoro, the WiPM SiG Chair, explained about the work of the WiPM SIG in promoting the role of women in the profession to increase the current 17% representation. This is however much better in the younger membership. WiPM have produced a number of resources to help employers and support members which are available on the APM web site, and are involved with initiatives, including ‘Inspiring the future’ and STEMNET. Teri introduced our two main speakers, Dr Dorte-Rich Jørgensen, of Atkins, and Marta Garcia-Santamaria of Jaguar Landrover.
Dr Dorte-Rich Jørgensen is the Principle Sustainability Engineer at Atkins, Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) visiting Professor in Innovation at Herriot Watt, and Director at RAE Centre of Excellence for sustainable building design. Dorte explained about her non-linear portfolio career path. She was inspired by her father and following an apprenticeship took a BSc in electrical engineering in Denmark, before getting a bank loan to fund a D-Phil at Oxford in control engineering. She explained that unlike in UK, even in the 1980’s women made up around 50% of technical courses at school and college. Her work career has included mechanical building services engineering, and environmental engineering. Currently she a portfolio of roles as a Chief Sustainability engineer, Visiting Professor at Herriot Watt and Director of RAE’s centre of excellence for sustainable building design.
Dorte explained the importance of networking, which led to the professorship opportunity. She was responsible for leading sustainability for the London Olympics with a team of 150 working collaboratively with the ODA and the design teams to ensure that London was the most sustainable games ever. Dorte shared her perspective on leadership as a woman of her generation, noting t
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