STEMalive! Inspirational speaker - Keisha Smith, CGL

STEMalive! events are a collaboration between educational charity, SATRO and Dr Elaine Hickmott of EH Enterprises. The events are designed to bring together STEM professionals and students in Years 11, 12 & 13 in a supportive environment to have cool conversations and be inspired by real career stories and insights in science, technology, engineering and maths. 

The next event is taking place on Thursday 10th March at St Peter's School, Guildford. We already have four STEM speakers confirmed! Over the next few weeks, we will be blogging short bios on each speaker.

Up next is Keisha Smith!

Keisha Smith

Principal Engineer

Card Geotechnics Ltd

Keisha is from Barbados and I did her BSc in Civil with Environmental Engineering at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad.  She came to the UK in 2005 to do her MSc in Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham.

Since then she has worked for Card Geotechnics Ltd (CGL), progressing from Engineer to Principal Engineer within a nine year period.  During this time she also became a Chartered Environmentalist. CGL is a consultancy which provides ground solutions and Keisha is responsible for the assessment of brownfield sites (for example; former gas works, chemical works and landfills) and the remediation of these sites prior to redevelopment.

Keisha is proud to be a STEM Ambassador and frequently goes into primary and secondary schools presenting her work and actively encouraging more young people to pursue careers in STEM.

CGL Website:                    http://www.cgl-uk.com/

CGL on LinkedIn:              https://www.linkedin.com/company/card-geotechnics-limited

Keisha on LinkedIn:        https://uk.linkedin.com/in/keishaannmariesmith

STEMalive! is FREE for schools to attend – Contact Lisa@satro.org.uk

Engineers share your knowledge and experience with us – Contact jules@satro.org.uk