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The awards, in their 13^th year, aim to uncover female role models, identify male agents of change and transform industry perception.

Amélie, co-founder and director of Momentum Transport Canada, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the ‘international inspiration’ award – a new award for 2020 which will be presented to a woman working outside of the UK and Ireland that is a role model for women in her community.

David has been shortlisted in the ‘male agent of change’ category, which is awarded to a man for his active commitment to advancing the progress of women working in transport and logistics.

Roy McGowan, director at Momentum said: “We’re really proud of Amélie and David for their achievement of being named as finalists in this year’s everywoman awards. Over the past two years Amélie has single-handedly founded Momentum’s North American business and set it on a steep and successful growth curve. This is remarkable, but that Amelie has achieved this from a standing start, in a new country, and initially with no staff or external network is both exceptional and inspirational.

“David continues to direct Momentum’s HR function, and has worked closely with our HR team to improve opportunities for women. Women make up 47% of the UK workforce and we’re proud that women make up 43% of our Momentum team (versus a transport sector average of 20%). In our 2019 graduate intake, six of the seven graduates were female engineers, transport planners and modellers. David is also an active member of the Women in Transport network, of which Momentum is proud to be a corporate member. He has been a mentor on Women in Transport’s Advance Mentoring Programme since its inception two years ago and I know feels it is a huge privilege to be involved.

“Amélie and David are shortlisted amongst illustrious transport and logistics professionals – congratulations and good luck to all of the finalists!”

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in central London on 6 October 2020 (subject to government guidelines).

About Momentum

Momentum is a leading integrated, people-first transport consultancy. Founded in 2012 the company creates transport strategies and solutions that inform, integrate with and are integral to every aspect of the built environment today and for the future. Focusing on the emerging, universal and critical issues facing development Momentum works with clients to address the multi-faceted challenges of the industry and to create forward-looking solutions. The company’s three core areas of specialism in planning, insight & analytics and engineering are bound together by a shared vision to improve the environments we live, work and play in. The company works in markets including commercial, cultural and heritage, education, major events, masterplanning, public realm, residential, retail and stadia and venues.

For more information visit https://www.momentum-transport.com

About Momentum Canada

Momentum Canada provides transport consultancy services, including building operations modelling, highway studies, transport masterplanning and pedestrian studies to architects, planning consultants and developers in North American cities. The company was formed in June 2018.

For more information visit www.momentum-transport.ca or follow on twitter @CanadaMomentum

The graduates, who have recently completed studies in urban design and city planning, urban policy, geography, transport planning and civil engineering will be based at Momentum’s London office. They will take up positions as assistant consultants, within Momentum’s planning and modelling teams, and assistant engineers working on a variety of client projects including research, analysis, forecasting and highway design work.

The six graduates joining Momentum in 2019 are: Luke Garrod, Elena Soboleva, Syifa Hykmanto, Sixtine Le Bourdonnec, Niamh Sutherland and Emma Lally.

All of the graduates will work within Momentum’s integrated team of planners, engineers and analysts who work collaboratively with clients and design teams to create transport strategies integral to every aspect of the built environment. Through the graduate training scheme they are offered real project work, career development, structured technical and non-technical training, support for professional qualifications and access to professional development opportunities such as membership of relevant organisations including the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Transport Planning Society, Women in Engineering and Women in Transport.

Laura Davis, HR manager at Momentum said: “As a young and growing company our future is being built around a team of the very best people. Offering recent graduates opportunities through our training programme is a great way for us to achieve that and also to realise their enthusiasm and passion for the urban built environment, transport and highway engineering and its challenges.”

About Momentum

The company works in markets including commercial, cultural and heritage, education, major events, masterplanning, public realm, residential, retail and stadia and venues.

The unique summit – ahead of Car Free Day on 22 September – will bring together civic leaders, property developers, financiers, community organisers, architects and transport planners from around the world to debate a vision for the future of traffic-free city centres and more economically, socially, and environmentally productive use of valuable urban land.

Roy McGowan, managing director at Momentum said: “Momentum is a people-first transport consultancy and the work we do with our clients focuses on designing urban spaces and transport solutions which are safe and enjoyable for pedestrians and cyclists; efficient for all users; and which make the best use of the space and infrastructure we have available to us. Decreasing our dependency on cars and vehicles is a big step towards achieving this, whilst also moving us towards London’s ‘Vision Zero’ and ‘Road to Zero’ ambitions which aim to reduce pollution from emissions, and injuries and deaths through collisions with motor vehicles. These environmental and safety improvements will also encourage more active travel by walking, cycling and running which will help to achieve a wider set of city and personal benefits.

“We’re proud to be co-sponsoring the inaugural Car Free Day London Summit and sharing our insight – gained through our experiences of working with clients around the world – on how cities and urban developments can achieve more efficient land use and mobility by considering alternative options to the car.”

Momentum attends Car Free Day from Momentum Transport

About Momentum

The company’s three core areas of specialism in planning, insight & analytics and engineering are bound together by a shared vision to improve the environments we live, work and play in. The company works in markets including commercial, cultural and heritage, education, major events, masterplanning, public realm, residential, retail and stadia and venues.

Natasha Brown and Dave Murphy are promoted to associate; and Claudio Borsari is promoted to principal consultant.

Natasha Brown joined Momentum in November 2017 as principal consultant. Natasha previously held roles at the London Borough of Camden and the London Borough of Islington, where she worked on projects including the multi-million pound Arsenal FC Emirates Stadium Section 106 agreement; Cycle Superhighways and Cycle Grid schemes; transport, regeneration, public realm and green space feasibility studies; and strategic partnerships with Crossrail, Transport for London, Network Rail and rail operators. She holds an MSc in transport studies (distinction) from UCL where she also held the post of research fellow.

Dave Murphy joined Momentum in October 2013 as senior consultant. He previously held roles at Hampshire County Council and Southampton City Council. He holds an MSc in transport planning and engineering from the University of Southampton and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation. He has extensive project experience in development planning and access strategies and has widened his field of work to incorporate stadiums and major events as well as construction logistics.

Claudio Borsari joined Momentum in May 2016 as senior consultant and has worked in transport planning roles since achieving his masters degrees in engineering, transportation and highway engineering from the University of Bologna and transportation and highway engineering from UNSW, Sydney.

Roy McGowan, managing director at Momentum said: “Natasha, Dave and Claudio exemplify Momentum’s commitment to excellence for our clients and have demonstrated outstanding leadership, as our team and client base continues to grow and diversify.”

About Momentum

The Alliance is a not-for-profit membership network founded by the London Borough of Camden which is driving change on sustainability, tackling global issues and local priorities. Founded in 2008, the Alliance brings together over 270 organisations from business, third sector and schools and works with Business Improvement Districts across Camden and other business networks to empower them to make a positive impact on the environment.

Roy McGowan, managing director at Momentum said: “The Alliance’s mission is to support members to contribute towards a low-emission and low-waste Camden, which improves local air quality, mitigates climate change and closes the loop on waste. This includes a commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2020. Looking ahead we will be adopting and adapting the Mindful Employer Charter’s principles. The Charter also gives us access to a wealth of useful information about mental health and how to handle situations that may arise at work, which we believe is really important in empowering our staff who have supervisory responsibilities to spot potential issues and help others who may need some support.”

About Momentum

Momentum is one of the UK’s most highly regarded transport planning consultancies, specialising in global sports stadia and major events. The company has unparalleled experience in the stadia and major events industry, contributing to venue planning, operations, design and modelling for over 30 venues worldwide, including some of the largest and most well-known venues in the UK.

The awards, in their 12^th year, aim to uncover female role models, identify male agents of change and transform industry perception. Alongside two other industry figures, Mailys was named as a finalist in the ‘leader’ category for the customer/passenger award, which is awarded to women who are excelling in their role for customers and passengers in transport, logistics and freight.

David Hart, director at Momentum and a mentor for Women in Transport, said: “We’re very proud of Mailys and her achievement of being named as a finalist in this year’s awards. Every day she demonstrates how young, energetic and enthusiastic people can succeed in managing – and crucially, leading – transport inputs into large projects. We think she is an inspiration for other young women embarking on a transport planning career.

“Congratulations to all of the finalists, runners-up and winners!”

The winners were announced at a ceremony in central London on 13 June.

About Momentum

Based in Clerkenwell, the company will be showcasing its expertise in urban design by hosting two ‘re-imagining streets and spaces’ walking tours of the local area which will focus on examples of good urban and transport planning.

Will Durden, director at Momentum said: “Many people will be surprised to hear a group of engineers and transport planners talk about the work they do as ‘design’. But design, and specifically urban design, is an integral and essential part of everything we do at Momentum. Urban design focuses on the physical features of the places where people live and work. Where architects focus on individual buildings, urban designers plan for the municipal services, streets and public spaces in between them. Put simply it is about connecting people and spaces.

“We’re proud to be Fringe Partners of Clerkenwell Design Week this year. Clerkenwell is home to our London office, and to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else in the world, making it truly one of the most important design hubs.”

Clerkenwell Design Week takes place from 21-23 May 2019.

About Momentum

The standard, based on international best practice, is risk-based and includes aspects such as physical security, staff awareness, and data backup. The IASME standard was recently recognised as the best cyber security standard for small companies by the UK Government when in consultation with trade associations and industry groups. The IASME governance self assessment includes the Cyber Essentials assessment within it as well as an assessment against the requirements of the GDPR.

The audited IASME certification is seen as a realistic alternative to ISO27001 by an increasing number of companies.

About Momentum

For more information visit https://www.momentum-transport.com

About IASME

For more information on IASME please visit www.iasme.co.uk/

The Charter for Employers who are Positive about Mental Health is a voluntary agreement seeking to support employers in working within the spirit of its positive approach. The Charter is one element of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER® initiative which is aimed at increasing awareness of mental health in the workplace and supporting businesses in recruiting and retaining staff.

A wide range of employers from all over the UK are involved in the initiative which gives businesses and organisations easier access to information, practical support, training, networks and assistance from other employers.

Roy McGowan, Managing Director at Momentum said: “We try to take a positive and proactive approach to the wellbeing and mental health of our whole team, with initiatives including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and training two of our staff as Mental Health First Aiders – enabling them to have a confidential conversation with anyone in the team who feels like they are struggling with their mental health. In the past year we’ve also really appreciated the support of Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust whose clinical psychologists have visited our offices to lead two training sessions for our staff on pressure and resilience, and perfectionism as part of their C&I Wellbeing outreach programme.

““Looking ahead we will be adopting and adapting the Mindful Employer Charter’s principles. The Charter also gives us access to a wealth of useful information about mental health and how to handle situations that may arise at work, which we believe is really important in empowering our staff who have supervisory responsibilities to spot potential issues and help others who may need some support.”

About Momentum

The company works in markets including commercial, cultural and heritage, education, major events, masterplanning, public realm, residential, retail and stadia and venues.

For more information visit https://www.momentum-transport.com

About Mindful Employer

MINDFUL EMPLOYER is a UK-wide initiative run by Workways, part of Devon Partnership NHS Trust.
More information at www.mindfulemployer.net

CHAS was created by experienced health and safety professionals in 1997 to improve health and safety standards across the UK. In partnership with the Association of London Government (ALG), CHAS was a key developer of the core criteria held in the Approved Code of Practice which supported the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (now recognised as CDM 2015) and is a founder member of SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement).

Holding the CHAS accreditation demonstrates compliance with, and sound management of, current health and safety legislation.

About Momentum

For more information visit https://www.momentum-transport.com

About CHAS accreditation

For more information on CHAS please visit www.chas.co.uk