Women on the Water - Network Event April 2021

Join us for the next "Women on the Water" networking event on 21st April 2021. 

Meet our keynote speaker Julie Thornton, HR Director at Tideway who will be talking about “Paving the way for a more Inclusive and Diverse Industry - The Tideway Legacy”. 
Julie’s talk will be followed by a site visit to the Tideway project.

Julie joined Tideway in October 2013. Her corporate career started over 25 years ago with IBM where she was Head of HR for Global Services in the UK before moving to Citibank Private Bank where she was VP HR EMEA in Geneva and London.

Julie is using her multidiscipline and multicultural experience in complex and regulated organisations at Tideway, a company and project that thinks differently about how construction companies should be. She has introduced the first Returners Programme outside of banking in the UK.

She is working with a creative, innovative and inclusive team that has succeeded in being in The Times Top 50 places for women to work and whose CEO was a finalist for the Gender Champion Award
and a HSW Director who has been recognised as a Top 10 Corporate Ally in the British LGBT Awards.

A Virtual Site Visit to Blackfriars will follow Julie's talk. 

Get a preview on Tideway's Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore site page and learn more about the River Environment initiative.  

This networking event is open to all ladies in an operational role on the Thames.
Please book your attendance here.

What "Women on the Water" aspires to: 

• Encourage more diversity in the inland waterways sector, including the tidal Thames, by providing networking opportunities for women in operational roles.
• Support all women in the sector through knowledge sharing and mentoring.
• Position the industry as an attractive career choice for women.

PREVIEW Future Woman on the Water networking events 2021: 

8th July 2021, 10 AM to 1 PM

How men can confront other men about sexist behaviour and the London Fire Brigade’s commitment to embedding inclusion and diversity in everything they do

We are delighted to announce that Brinley Powell, Station Commander Lambeth River will be talking about “How men can confront other men about sexist behaviour and the Brigade’s commitment to embedding inclusion and diversity practice in everything they do”.  Brinley’s talk will be  followed by a visit to Brigade’s new pontoon and fireboats. (* Limited numbers available for the site visit.) Find out more here 

10th November 2021, 10 AM to 1 PM

Speaking comfortably about race at work and reducing ethnicity & gender bias behaviours

We will be hearing from a senior leader in our industry who will be talking about “Speaking comfortably about race at work, followed by ethnicity and gender bias behaviours and what can be done to reduce them”.  Find out more here