Standing your ground: Mott MacDonald’s Cathy Travers on her plans for the engineering giant

By Carl Brown2024-04-29T06:00:00

Cathy Travers has risen to become global MD of the largest engineering firm in the UK. She discusses her optimism about growth, infrastructure strategy and improving inclusivity

Cathy Travers is explaining how she was the youngest of five children, with four older brothers, and how this has equipped her for a career in the construction industry.

“I’m not afraid to stand my ground and express my opinion,” she says. “I started my career 36 years ago and there were very few females that worked in the business … that grounding, the rough and tumble with four older brothers, has helped me to do that.”

She may have been the most junior member of her family but these days Travers is very much a senior figure in construction.

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