Dawn Bonfield
Professor of Practice, Engineering for Sustainable Development, King’s College London
Dawn Bonfield MBE FREng is Professor of Practice in Engineering for Sustainable Development at King's College London working with young engineers to address the Sustainable Development Goals. She has been Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering at Aston University since 2017, and is the Founder & Director of Towards Vision, a not-for-profit which works towards a vision of diversity and inclusion in engineering. She is President of the Commonwealth Engineers’ Council and is Past President and former Chief Executive of the Women's Engineering Society (WES).
Dawn is Deputy Chair of the Women in Engineering Committee of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations working on the application of engineering and technology to address gender inequality globally. She is founder of the social enterprise ‘Magnificent Women’ which celebrates the history of women in engineering, and she was the founder of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) which takes place on 23 June annually.