Rachel Skinner CBE
WSP
Executive director of ESG and government relations
Rachel Skinner CBE
A member of WSP’s senior leadership team, Rachel Skinner works to raise the profile of the global firm’s UK business and protect its reputation. Previously, she led its 600-strong UK transport planning and advisory team.
In 2020-21, Skinner served as the 156th ICE President, becoming the youngest person to take that office. She holds a range of non-executive roles and is a patron of not-for-profit campaign group Women in Transport, having been a founding board member. She is also a patron of the Women’s Engineering Society.
A Chartered Engineer and chartered transport planner, she was elected as a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2019. Skinner holds honorary doctorates from the universities of Leeds and Exeter for services to engineering and industry diversity. She is also an honorary fellow of the Society for the Environment.
In 2022, Skinner was awarded a CBE for services to infrastructure.
