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Kirsten Bodley is the British current chief executive of the
Institute of Asset Management The Institute of Asset Management is a UK-based not-for-profit professional body for those involved in acquisition, operation and care of physical assets, especially critical infrastructure. It was instrumental in the development of the internati ...
and former chief executive officer of the Women’s Engineering Society.


Early life and education

Kirsten Bodley studied chemistry at King’s College before working as a senior group leader in Courtauld’s from September 1987 to July 1996. She then attended
Imperial College, London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...
and graduated with an MBA in innovation. When employed in Courtauld's, Bodley worked as a development chemist where she developed products and supervised scale-ups in the plant. The main focus of her work was the food and beverage side of the canning industry.


Career

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hired Bodley as a principal management consultant in 1997 where she mainly focused on research and development in the fields of chemistry and pharmaceuticals before leaving them in 2002. Bodley then returned to education to get a PGCE in teaching before working as a primary school teacher in Claygate Primary School from 2004 to 2005. /sup> Bodley became a regional director in
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network or STEMNET is an educational charity in the United Kingdom that seeks to encourage participation at school and college in science and engineering-related subjects (science, technology, en ...
in 2005, the director of networks in 2008 and worked as the network’s CEO from 2010 to 2016. When working for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network, Bodley was involved in initiatives such as the Cisco STEM Challenge, STEM Clubs and the STEM Ambassadors programme. In 2016 she became the chief executive of the
Women's Engineering Society The Women's Engineering Society is a United Kingdom professional learned society and networking body for women engineers, scientists and technologists. It was the first professional body set up for women working in all areas of engineering, pred ...
, taking over from Dawn Bonfield MBE. Here she worked to introduce incentives in order to attract more women to the sector of Engineering. This work mainly involved the 'Raising the Bar' theme and 'Men as Allies' theme. As of August 2018 Bodley has worked as the chief executive of the
Institute of Asset Management The Institute of Asset Management is a UK-based not-for-profit professional body for those involved in acquisition, operation and care of physical assets, especially critical infrastructure. It was instrumental in the development of the internati ...
.


Awards and accolades

*Member of the
Society of Chemical Industry The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) is a learned society set up in 1881 "to further the application of chemistry and related sciences for the public benefit". Offices The society's headquarters is in Belgrave Square, London. There are semi-in ...
. *Judged the 2017
Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering In 2016 the Women's Engineering Society (WES), in collaboration with the ''Daily Telegraph'', produced an inaugural list of the United Kingdom's Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering, which was published on National Women in Engineering Day on ...
List. *Trustee at Founders4Schools.


References

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