Vanessa (Nessa) Burton (She/her), Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Aurecon, New Zealand. Nessa (Vanessa) is a Chartered Engineer. A graduate of the University of Surrey with an MEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering. She has worked on Major Multidisciplinary Projects in Transportation, Road, Port, Rail, Aviation and Nuclear. She is enthusiastic about improving the construction industry, incorporating all perspectives to solve today’s and tomorrow’s needs. Vanessa is passionate about providing greater visibility to the construction industry, especially geotechnical engineering. She sits on the Royal Academy of Engineers D&I Industry Leaders Group discussing EDI within the industry. In addition, she is co-founder of Reimagining Education on organisation dedicated to fostering a more inclusive and equitable education system for all . Vanessa has been awarded Rising Star by Ground Engineering Awards 2021, Young EM Professional of the Year by the AFBE 2021, Rising Star by Women in Rail 2020, and listed Top 100 Most Influential Women in Engineering in the Inclusive Boards and Financial Times List 2019."