Alexandra Knight

She is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer, Fellow of the IMechE, Member of the IAM and a Trustee on the Board of the Women’s Engineering Society.

Alex graduated top in her class with a 1st class Honours in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel University. She then went onto complete an MSc in Medical Engineering at Imperial College London. Alex’s first job was working for a small start up medical engineering company and then she moved in engineering consultancy, working for Frazer-Nash Consultancy. She worked her way up to a position of Group Leader, leading a group of consultants delivering projects across a range of markets including healthcare, defence and power distribution. Alex then moved to Amey where she is now a Technical Director with Amey Strategic Consulting, specialising in asset management and systems engineering. She has led projects such as the implementation of Amey’s cloud-based real-time remote condition monitoring system on the Forth Road Bridge crossing. Alex sits on the International ISO Committee for Asset Management (TC251) as part of a group of experts that represent the UK to develop the ISO standard for global development of the discipline. She is also a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor for Asset Management and Inclusive Professional Skills at Brunel University London.