WES Announces Top 50 Women in Engineering

As part of its celebration of International Women in Engineering Day, the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) has announced its annual Top 50 Women in Engineering list, as voted on by a panel of expert judges. 

According to WES: “The theme for the Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards 2025, Together We Engineer, celebrates the collective strength of engineers who unite across disciplines, challenge conventional boundaries, and drive progress through teamwork. Whether enhancing projects through group efforts, integrating unique perspectives, or fostering connections that push engineering forward, this year’s awards recognise those who exemplify the spirit of collaboration in engineering.”

The 2025 Top 50 Women in Engineering: Together We Engineer winners are listed below (in alphabetical order):

• Yewande Akinola, Technical Director, CBRE

• Anam Balbolia, Principal Engineer, WSP

• Julia Barr, Commercial Manager, Mott MacDonald

• Elena Brake, Trainee Engineer and Student, Fishtek and University of Plymouth

• Christina Brugger, Product Consultant/ Founder, InsightSprint

• Denise Cardenas Lopez, Sr Director/VicePresident , Strategic Capability and Integrated Delivery Amentum

• Brigit Coleman-Green, Submarine Delivery Agency; Dreadnought Supply and Support Team

• Emily D, Software Engineer, GCHQ

• Honora Driscoll, Ph.D. student University of Oxford

• Lauren Eatwell, Head of WindWings, BAR Technologies

• Marianne Ellis, Director of CARMA CARMA, EPSRC Sustainable Manufacturing Hub, University of Bath

• Pamela Esin, Associate Director, HDR Inc.

• Anni Feng, Associate Director, Hoare Lea

• Nour Ghadban, Research Assistant (Biomedical Engineering) University of Glasgow

• Priyanka Ghosh, Advanced Research Engineer, The Manufacturing Technology Centre

• Alice Goodwin, Project Engineer – Aircraft Asset Management, Virgin Atlantic

• Poppy Harrison Senior Engineer, Committee Co-chair, AtkinsRealis

• Rachel Hayden, Senior Civil Engineer, WSP

• Rachael Hazael, Associate Professor in Applied Materials, Cranfield University

• Puja Hazlehurst, Head of Product Engineering, Caeli Nova

• Kareema Hilton, Machining Applications Theme Lead, NMIS

• Fauzia Idrees, Director of Cyber Security, University of London and Global Council for Responsible AI

• Melissa Jordan, Principal Project Manager, HDR Inc.

• Imisi Joseph, Senior Data Analyst, JLR

• Natasha Khan, Nuclear Safety Engineer, Mott MacDonald

• Jolie Lau, Facade Engineer, Arup

• Oana Lazar, Embedded Software Engineer, Tessent Embedded Analytics (Siemens Electronic Design Automation)

• Hannah Livingstone, Materials Engineering Degree Apprentice, Rolls-Royce

• Gail M, Solutions Architect, GCHQ

• Keziah Magit, Final year PhD Student, University of Nottingham

• Kathryn Malcolm, Associate Project Manager, Global Engineering AstraZeneca

• Fay Newham, Associate Engineer, Ramboll

• Rachel Paley, Senior Consultant, Arup

• Cambell Plant, Asset Management Consultant, Binnies UK Ltd

• Vanessa Quansah, Head of Construction Engineering, Lendlease (soon to be Bovis)

• Tanja Radu, Reader in Environmental Engineering, Loughborough University

• Ramsha Saleem, Assistant Engineer, WSP

• Magdalena Sartin Group VP Engineering, Capital Projects and Operational Excellence, Johnson Matthey

• Kelly Shungu, Hardware Engineer, Leonardo

• Barbara Smitten, Associate Director, Cundall

• Meini Su, Senior Lecturer, The University of Manchester

• Jo-Anne Tait, Principal Lecturer, Robert Gordon University

• Ruth Tatanga, Senior Mechanical Engineer, chapmanbdsp

• Evona The, Strategic Foresight Co-Founder/Innovation Lead, Jaguar Land Rover

• Anna Terry, Principal mechanical engineer, AWE

• Davina Urquhart, Welding Engineer, AWE PLC (Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston)

• Julia Ward, UK Project Development Director, Queequeg

• Saima Yasin, Professor University of Engineering & Technology

• Tasneem Yousif, PhD Researcher and Assistant Lecturer, University of Nottingham

• Jun Zang, Professor of Coastal and Ocean Engineering and Deputy Head of Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath

The judges for the WE50 2025 awards were as follows:

• Judith Abolle-Okoyeagu, Principal Lecturer and Head of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

• Danella Bagnall, Technical Director, JLR

• Tej Bahia, Business Unit Director, Arcadis

• Faye Banks, Global Head of Transmission and Distribution, Turner & Townsend

• Ann Dowling, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge

• Kate E, Engineering Cyber, GCHQ

• Kerry Evans, Technical Director (Highways) Eco-Scope

• Kim Everitt, Transport Systems, Energy Systems Catapult

• Steve Gill, Engineering and Business Consultant

• Paulina Godfrey, Sr Director Energy & Environment EMEA, Hilton

• Kristine Hammond, Project Manager, Amazon

• Julie McManus, Chief Systems Engineer, Leonardo Electronics

• Cathy McClay, Managing Director, National Grid DSO

• Linda Miller, Construction Director, Bechtel Infrastructure

• Laura Shrieves, Vice President of Engineering, Ultra Maritime

• Nina Skorupska CBE, Non Executive Director, Great British Energy

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.