Nike Folayan

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Nike Folayan
Born1978
Alma mater University of Kent University of Sheffield
Employer WSP UK
Known forAssociation for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK)

Dr Nike Folayan MBE HonFREng [1] (born 1978) is a Chartered Engineer and a Telecommunications Engineering Consultant. She is co-founder and chair of the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers [2] that campaigns for more ethnic diversity in UK engineering.

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Education and career

Folayan received an MEng in electronic engineering from the University of Kent, and earned her PhD in antenna design at the University of Sheffield. [3]

After her PhD, Folayan joined Mott MacDonald as a Communications Engineer. [4] Here she "worked on the radio design for a number of tunnels as well as communications systems such as CCTV and public address systems". [5] She joined Parsons Brinckerhoff in 2013, working as a Systems Integration Consultant. [5] She worked on major infrastructure projects including CrossRail and the upgrade of Victoria Station. [6] In 2016 she was promoted to Associate Director for Communications and Control within the Railways Division of WSP. [7]

Campaign for diversity

In 2008, Folayan won the Precious Award for "Inspiring Leader within the Workplace". [8] [9] [10] In 2012, Dr Folayan was featured in Powerlist: Britain’s 100 most influential people of African and Caribbean heritage. [11] She was the keynote speaker at the Higher Education Academy STEM annual conference in 2014. [12] She is a trustee at the Engineering Development Trust and a member of the Science Council and Transport for London diversity groups. [13] [14] [15] She contributed to the Royal Academy of Engineer's diversity strategy, In 2017, Folayan spoke at the Institution of Engineering and Technology's "9 % is Not Enough" conference. [16]

The Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers

Nike Folayan and her brother Ollie Folayan founded the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK) in 2007 and remain as the organisation's chairperson. [17] In 2011 Vince Cable, then Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills attended the AFBE-UK’s seminar on infrastructure in the UK. [18] [19] At the time, he recognised AFBE-UK as "an excellent example of encouraging partnership between stakeholders in the engineering communities and supporting young people as they embark on a range of exciting career paths in science and technology". [18] In 2012 AFBE-UK launched "Making Engineering Hot", a video campaign which promotes engineering to the BME community. [20] In 2016 she coordinated "Transition", which saw students from universities across London take part in a series of employability workshops, CV assessments, mock interviews and engineering challenges. [21] [22]

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