Elizabeth Donnelly is a British engineer and executive. She is currently the chief executive officer of Women's Engineering Society United Kingdom. Donnelly was appointed CEO on 23 August 2018.[2]
Elizabeth Donnelly | |
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.jpg) Elizabeth Donnelly, WES CEO, during the unveiling of a Tunnel Boring Machine named after WES founder Rachel Parsons | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56)[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Open University |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer and Executive |
A systems engineer by education, Donnelly worked with companies such as Rolls-Royce. She was a founding member of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s (RAeS) Women in Aviation and Aerospace Committee.[3]
Career
editDonnelly began her career in Systems Engineering studying Databases and Systems Thinking: Managing Complexity at Open University before she specialized in Systems Thinking and graduated with a Masters in Systems Thinking in Practice.[4] In 2005, she started work with Rolls-Royce as an adviser on lobbying governments to support trade unions. In 2008 Donnelly became a Non-Executive Director of the East Midlands Developments Agency. She worked as Head of Skills to lead skills policy in ADS Group Ltd, the trade organization for aerospace, defence and security in the United Kingdom.[5]
In 2013, Donnelly set up her own company, Pereloquens Ltd.[1] In August 2018, Elizabeth was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Women's Engineering Society (WES) to replace Kirsten Bodley.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "PERELOQUENS LTD". Companies House.
- ^ a b "Elizabeth Donnelly appointed CEO of WES | Women's Engineering Society". www.wes.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ Birkett, Dea (2019-04-21). "Women engineers: are more role models the answer?". eandt.theiet.org. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "Women's Engineering Society CEO shares her OU journey". OU News. 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ "WES appoints Elizabeth Donnelly as CEO in the approach to its centenary year - Plant & Works Engineering". pwemag.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-30.