Winners announced in FTA everywoman awards
The UK’s leading awards programme for women in transport - the FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards - announced the winners for 2013 at a ceremony opened by Stephen Hammond, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport. Two of the winners were women in the rail industry, Shauni O’Neill, a train operator with London Underground who won the Driver of the Year award, and Marion Roberts, a station manager with Network Rail who won in the Team Leader of the Year category.
The awards are an opportunity to celebrate female role models who have demonstrated notable success, whether in senior management positions, as drivers or young ‘trailblazers’ in the early stages of a promising career. everywoman, a membership organisation that champions the
advancement of women in business, created the awards six years ago after identifying that a lack of female role models was deterring women from pursuing careers in this fast-moving sector. By raising the profile of these women, the award programme seeks to demonstrate how rewarding a career in transport and logistics is. In particular the intention is to reach out to a young talent pool - crucial to the economic success of an industry that has a disproportionately ageing workforce (see Feature on page 77).
The industry as a whole has accepted a need to proactively promote itself to new job hunters says everywoman, which points out that the recent FTA (Freight Transport Association) Logistics report revealed that CEO’s in transport and logistics are more likely than their counterparts in other sectors to be using workforce development programmes that encourage diversity as part of their succession planning (
www.fta.co.uk/about/logistics_report.html). Maxine Benson MBE, co-founder of everywoman, said: ‘It is critical
that the women playing an influencing role in shaping and leading this sector should be celebrated. The winners are resourceful, pioneering and innovative, and represent the very essence of what makes the industry great. We are confident their success will inspire women of all ages, experience and skills-levels to bring their talents to the industry.’ Theo de Pencier, chief executive of the FTA, said: ‘Women are
Rail Professional’s Most Beautiful Railway Station
The winner of the Rail Beauties May issue competition is Eric Stuart’s St Benôit du Sault station in France. Eric says,
‘On a sunny day, with the leaves and flowers all over it, it looks like the dowager it is. Shame the little railway for which it was built was doomed almost from the day it opened. And if only they could have left a few rails in front of it...just for show.’
an essential part of every aspect of supply chains, from drivers and warehouse staff, to transport managers and managing directors. Industry cannot be passive in attracting women and the awards are a perfect opportunity to showcase how women can make a career in transport a successful and fulfilling one.’
Editor’s choice: The Nordpark Cable Railway, Austria. Designed by Zaha Hadid and opened in 2007, the unique streamlined design consists of four stations and won the gold medal for design from the International Olympic Committee in 2005.
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