As the vice president, operations engineering manager for London operations, Cathy leads the engineering team across the UK, the Middle East, Ireland, the Nordics and English-speaking Africa, helping clients build resilience into their businesses. Cathy is responsible for all aspects of our engineering products and services, collaborating with clients to support with their risk management needs.
Cathy has a keen interest in the development of female engineers; she is STEM Ambassador and a member of both the Society of Women Engineers and the Women’s Engineering Society. She also gets involved in as many opportunities as she can to encourage young people to pursue engineering as a career.
Cathy has been with FM for almost 30 years. Before moving into a management role, Cathy spent an extensive period as a field engineer and as a consultant engineer, including a three-year posting as a resident engineering technical specialist in South Africa. Prior to joining the company, she worked for a semiconductor manufacturer and an oil and gas consulting firm. She has a first-class honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southampton.