Yewande Akinola MBE FIET HonFREng

Independent Member of Council at University of Warwick
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United Kingdom, UK
Languages
  • Spanish - Beginner -
  • Mandarin - Beginner -

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Experience

  • University of Warwick
    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Independent Member of Council
      • Sep 2019 - Present

  • Innovate UK
    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Ambassador for Clean Growth & Infrastructure
      • Nov 2020 - Present

  • The Big Engineering Work Experience Week (Our Ingenious World)
    • United Kingdom
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Change Maker
      • Jul 2020 - Present

  • University of Westminster
    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Visiting Professor
      • Aug 2019 - Present

  • Royal Academy of Engineering
    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Steering Committee Member - Africa CATALYST
      • Jan 2017 - Present

  • Instituition of Engineering and Technology
    • Board Trustee
      • Oct 2018 - Present

  • Engineering TV Programmes
    • UK & US
    • TV Presenter
      • Mar 2010 - Present

      Presenter of Titanic: the Mission (Rebuilding Titanic)- Channel 4 and National Geographic’s (aired in the U.K., USA, Africa, Asia & Australia) highly successful five part series. As part of a team of four presenters, she faced the challenge of walking in the shoes of the men and women that built and fitted out the Titanic almost a hundred years ago.They built and constructed specific parts of the Titanic to its original specifications. The parts included a 30-foot section of Titanic's Bow, a replica of the 16 ton anchor and a replica of Titanic's smoking room. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/titanic-the-mission Show less

  • Laing O'Rourke
    • Construction
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Innovation Lead
      • Apr 2019 - Jan 2021

    • Principal Engineer
      • Nov 2015 - Jan 2021

  • Arup
    • United Kingdom
    • Design Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Design Engineer
      • Jul 2007 - Oct 2015

  • Thames Water
    • United Kingdom
    • Utilities
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Mechanical Engineer
      • Jun 2005 - Sep 2006

Education

  • The University of Warwick
    Engineering Design and Appropriate Technology, Engineering
    2003 - 2007
  • Cranfield University
    MSc, Innovation and Design for Sustainability
    2009 - 2011
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Innovation Leadership, Innovation
    2020 - 2020

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