Geologist at Tarmac
Rachael was elected chair of the ECN in 2026. She is a mining geologist who currently works in the quarrying industry with a focus on the supply of raw materials for cement production. As part of her role, she contributes to a wide variety of quarrying and strategic business projects, including exploration work, quarry design, and geochemical modelling/mapping. Prior to joining Tarmac in 2022, she completed a BSc Geology degree from the University of Southampton and a MSc in Mining Geology from the Camborne School of Mines, for which she gained a scholarship from Women in Mining UK.
Rachael has been a committee member of the ECN since 2024 and has held various positions, including External Group Liason Officer and Vice-Chair. Rachael also holds a seat on the Professional and Chartership Committee of GSL, on behalf of the ECN.
Outside of geology, Rachael can typically be found on a hockey pitch or experimenting in the kitchen.
Hydrogeologist at AtkinsRéalis
Ellen is a Hydrogeologist currently working at AtkinsRéalis in water management consultancy. Ellen contributes to a wide variety of groundwater resource management and infrastructure projects. Prior to joining AtkinsRéalis, Ellen worked as a Hydrogeologist at TOBIN Consulting Engineers in Ireland and completed a Woman in Mining internship as a Discovery Geologist at Anglo American.
Ellen is a Chartered Water and Environment Manager with CIWEM. Ellen holds a BA Mod Geology from Trinity College Dublin and an MSc Hydrogeology from University of Birmingham. Ellen hopes the ECN will serve as a way for increased networking amongst early careers from a variety of disciplines.
In her spare time Ellen plays gaelic football with and is the Secretary of her local team in London.
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Geoscientist at Hotspur Helium
Will is a Natural Catastophe Modeller at Beazley, working with their Exposure Management team to predict future natural disasters and their potential threat to global infrastructure. He has previously worked as a Geoscientist with Red Rose Resources on the early-stage development of geothermal heat projects in Kenya and Tanzania and international helium exploration projects. He completed an MSci degree in Geophysics at the University of Bristol in 2024, producing a published Masters thesis on dynamic modelling of debris flows in the Italian Alps.
Having recently graduated and started his professional journey, Will is aware of the challenges that many geoscientists face at the early stages of their career paths and believes the ECN forum plays an important role in providing helpful advice and connecting geoscientific communities. In his free time, Will enjoys baking, playing badminton, running, and hiking, especially in new places around the UK and internationally.
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Sustainability Consultant at Satarla
Jocelyn currently works as a Sustainability Consultant at Satarla, with a large focus on the Minerals and Mining industry, whose work has centred on sustainable transformation, leveraging her knowledge of the reporting landscape. With a Master’s degree in Earth Sciences, she has worked across both private and public sectors to produce ESG reports, assess the sustainability maturity of organisations, and develop strategies and roadmaps to achieve sustainability goals. She has a strong interest in understanding how reporting and risk can most effectively inform strategy and drive meaningful and long-term change.
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Graduate Geotechnical Engineer at AECOM
Ellie is a Graduate Engineering Geologist at AECOM in Swindon. She started as a Trainee in Summer 2023 and has worked on over thirty mid to large scale projects within the Ground Investigation team since joining. Much of her site experience is on rail projects, but she has worked on a number of large-scale brownfield redevelopment and greenfield survey projects.
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Offshore Geophysicist at Gardline Ltd. & Undergraduate at University of Portsmouth
River is an Offshore Geophysicist with Gardline Ltd (Boskalis), currently based in Norwich. Working offshore, River uses a mixture of geophysical data (sonar, magnetometer, seismic to produce interpretations of site surveys & seabed features. They have worked on a mixture of renewables, cable route/pipeline surveys, UXO, and Oil and Gas projects during their time with Gardline Ltd. River is typically working in the North Sea, with their most recent endeavour on a new windfarm development off the coast of Hornsea.
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Senior Geotechnical Engineer at GDG (Venterra Group)
Lucy is based in Edinburgh as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer at GDG (Venterra Group). Lucy recently moved into this role after just over six years at her previous company, Fairhurst. Lucy has experienced a blend of site supervision, design work and project management on projects including St Helena Rockfall Mitigation Scheme, Cross Tay Link Road Geotechnical Design and the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment Scheme.
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Vice Director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanchang Institute of Science and Technology
Awei Mabi, PhD, is the vice director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanchang Institute of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in geology from Chengdu University of Technology in June 2019. His main area of interest is to study the tectonic evolutional process covering the eastern Tibet plateau, the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), and the Yangtze Block.
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PhD Student at Cambridge University
Ayesha is currently finishing up her PhD in isotope geochemistry constraints on early Earth mantle differentiation events at the University of Cambridge. Prior to starting her PhD Ayesha completed her MSc and BSc in Canada and worked as an geologist in northern Canadain several green and brownfields exploration projects for various mineral deposit types.
Ayesha will also represent the ECN on the Science Committee (starting June 2025) and is keen to support the ECN in their activities and make recently graduate geologists aware of the opportunities and support the Geological Society can provide.
Outside of academia Ayesha enjoys hiking, cooking, and a good knitting project. Post-PhD she is keen to re-enter the mineral exploration industry as a geologist.
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Field and Core Logging Engineer at Fugro
Carlisle is a Geotechnical Engineer currently working as a Field and Core Logging Engineer at Fugro, where he supports onshore and offshore site investigations. Previously, at Geolabs Limited, he conducted soil and rock testing, gaining valuable laboratory expertise. This blend of lab and field experience provides him with a complete understanding of geotechnical workflows, from data acquisition to project execution.
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Graduate Geoenvironmental Engineer at Arup
Courtney Garbutt is a Graduate Geoenvironmental Engineer at Arup, based in Cardiff. She started as a placement student in Summer 2024, and since has had the opportunity to work across a multidisciplinary portfolio of ground engineering works, with a focus on the redevelopment of brownfield sites including both generic and detailed quantitative risk assessments.
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Zoe Guy is a Graduate Engineer at a geotechnical environmental consultancy based in Warwickshire. She started in August 2025 and has since been involved in a variety of ground investigation and remediation projects ranging from large commercial plots to small residentials. She has experience in museums having completed an internship in rock cataloguing and writing her dissertation on Ediacaran fossils from Charnwood Forest.
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Harriet Pascoe is a mining geotechnical engineer and fellow of the Geological Society of London with over 5 years of industry experience, working on projects both in the UK and abroad. In her early career she worked on the development of one of the HS2 tunnels, moving to work in a small UK-based consultancy before continuing her professional growth in her current role where she has travelled to and worked on the development of open pit and underground mining projects in Africa, Central Asia and Europe.
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