Jo Parker MBE CEng FICE FIWater FCIWEM
Nominated by EngineeringUK
Jo Parker is a Chartered Civil Engineer and has worked in the water industry for over 40 years. She currently works as an independent consultant specialising in the management of water mains and is recognised internationally as an expert in the field.
She is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), The Institute of Water and the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) and is Vice President, Engineering of the Institute of Water and an honorary life member of the Pipeline Industries Guild. She is on the steering committee for the specialist pro-poor consultancy WSUP (Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor) Advisory.
When not engineering she may be found playing the double bass in jazz bands, tending her herd of pedigree alpacas or leaping into freezing cold lakes as part of her triathlon training!