International womens day presentation by Monisha Gower, Milton Keynes, 7 March 2019.

1. The Journey So Far…
Monisha Gower

2. Content
Current Role The Journey Challenges and
difficult decisions
Reflections

3. Head of Engineering Delivery Services (EDS),
Operations
• Multidisciplinary team
• Asset health driven construction
programmes across Cadent’s four
regulatory networks - NL, EoE, WM and
NW
• O&M Project Controls
Current Role

4. The Journey, Challenges & Decisions
1999
Engineering
Degree
Choice
1
Senior Project Manager
4
Masters Degree
Engineering
Trainee
5
6
7
Cadent GasNational Grid – Capital Delivery - ElectricityHP, Dell, FSCUniversity
Head of Engineering
Delivery Services
IT Infrastructure
Project Manager
2
3
Recession
2006 2009 2016 2017

5. Reflections
Personal Brand
Network &
Champions
Know Yourself -
what drives and
empowers you
You are the
architect of your
destiny!
Lead yourself
before leading
others
Champion
Collaboration - The
power of ‘Why’ –
Simon Sinek
Continuous Self
Development
Resilience

6. Thank you
Aim for the Moon. If you
miss, you may hit a star.
– W. Clements Stone
Wherever you go, go
with all your heart.
– Confucius
You can’t cross the sea
merely by standing &
staring at the water.
– Rabindranath Tagore
Life is 10% what happens
to you and 90% how you
react to it.
– Charles R. Swindoll
If opportunity doesn’t
knock, build a door.
– Milton Berle
The only person you are
destined to become is the
person you decide to be.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Above all, be the heroine
of your life, not the victim.
– Nora Ephron
A successful woman is one
who can build a firm
foundation with the bricks
that others have thrown
at her.
- Unknown