Name
Prof Anusha Shah
Job Title
Senior Director, Resilient Cities
Company
Arcadis
Speaker Bio
Anusha is a Senior Director for Resilient Cities and UK Climate Adaptation Leader at Arcadis. Currently she is seconded to EKFB consortium of the HS2 programme and is working as a Senior Director for Environmental Consents. She is a Fellow and Senior Vice President at the Institution of Civil Engineers and President -Elect for 2023. Anusha is also a Non-Executive Director at the Met Office, UK and Visiting Professor at King’s College London and University of Edinburgh. She was awarded Honorary Professorship by University of Wolverhampton for Knowledge Transfer and an Honorary Doctor of Engineering by University of East London for her services to address Climate Change.
Anusha has over 22 years’ experience in designing, managing and leading projects and programmes both in the UK and internationally. She has been a chair and also a judge on various industry awards and competitions including OFWAT Water breakthrough Innovation fund challenge. A recipient of several awards including 2020 - Top 50 UK Women Engineers Sustainability and CECA – Inspiring Change Award, she was recognised by Climate Reframe as one of the UK’s leading BAME voices on climate change.
Anusha has over 22 years’ experience in designing, managing and leading projects and programmes both in the UK and internationally. She has been a chair and also a judge on various industry awards and competitions including OFWAT Water breakthrough Innovation fund challenge. A recipient of several awards including 2020 - Top 50 UK Women Engineers Sustainability and CECA – Inspiring Change Award, she was recognised by Climate Reframe as one of the UK’s leading BAME voices on climate change.