Anthea Antonio

Anthea is a chartered electrical engineer but in her role as Engineering Manager of Nottingham Tram she is in charge of all kinds of engineering activity including the maintenance of track, sub-stations, overhead line and trams. ‘For me this is the perfect job,’ Anthea says, ‘because it encompasses a little bit of many types of engineering. In total I have 17 years experience in railway maintenance, although I can’t believe it’s that long.’

She spent the first 5 years of her career in railway signalling maintenance before generalizing into the management of all infrastructure (track, signalling, overhead line) and from there she joined Nottingham tram. ‘I have had very positive experiences in this industry, not always easy but always challenging and often rewarding.’

Anthea can advise on many different aspects of engineering as well as management.

Emma Hines

Emma has a BSc Hons in Environmental Earth Science and an MSc in Environmental Diagnostics from Cranfield University. Emma currently works for Lafarge, who are world leaders in building materials (www.lafarge.com) The group controls a unique portfolio of businesses; Cement, Aggregates, Concrete and Gypsum. Lafarge designs and produces building materials to meet the requirements of people throughout the world and believes that ongoing advances in building materials must integrate respect for people, their different needs and their environment. The Group creates high value-added solutions which encourage creativity whilst leaving a lighter trace on the world.

Emma has worked in various technical, production & commercial roles and is currently the National Readymix Marketing & Performance Manager. Emma says “The main focus of my role is to ensure our commercial teams have the best resources and information available to advance the business and to share best practice across the readymix concrete business unit.” She is responsible for monitoring business performance and also contributes to the sustainable development of the business unit.

She can answer questions on Environmental Earth Sciences, on Sustainable Development and on working as a Manager.