The cheerful woman in bright blue is as far removed from one's image of a geek as possible! And yet... Mary Keifer is one of those responsible for designing the computer programmes that make Lockheed Martin's Aegis naval weapon system work….
Sofía Honrubia Checa
Sofía is a Spanish naval engineer who has risen through the ranks of Europe's fifth largest naval company, Navantia, to become its Commercial & Business Development Vice-President and one of three women on the board of directors…
Rebecca Emerson-Keeler
Rebecca stands apart amongst the women I've interviewed thus far because she deals with the end-result of conflict and fragile states: the refugees, the victims, human trafficking, terrorism…
Dr Eneka Idiart-Barsoum
Eneka Idiart-Barsoum is a specialist in optronics and, more specifically, lasers. So, when she tells me that she got there because of her passion for music I'm taken aback. She laughs. “When I passed my science baccalaureate at the age of 17 I really wanted to be a sound engineer,” she explains…
Rochell Tersia Booysen
Rochell, a “coloured” (as she describes herself) South African “from a very humble background” whose mother tongue is Afrikaans, “never had any ambition to join the defence force” but now finds herself as the Director Defence Commitments, providing Defence Minister Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula with legal and policy advice regarding troop deployment…
Former Wing Commander Sophy Gardner
Royal Air Force (RAF) veteran Sophy Gardner is not yet 50 but has already had four distinct lives: doctoral student, politician, entrepreneur and wing commander. Currently a doctoral student at Exeter University, the PhD she hopes to submit by autumn 2019…