Kathy Morrissey on Stansted Airport, STEM and her love of problem solving

We are delighted to introduce Kathy Morrisey, planning
and insights director at Stansted Airport. 


Kathy’s inspiration in life is her father who didn’t
think there was a barrier to what girls could do. He believed in
the power of learning and Kathy said he knew  his daughters
could conquer the world.  


She said that her father gave her the gift of blind
expectation, that you could do anything that boys could do. As it
happens Kathy absolutely loved maths and went on to be an
engineer. She offers some great advice to always be
curious. 


We spoke to Kathy a lot about STEM and her roles in
historically male dominated work forces. She recalls times when
she took a male team member to a meeting and if she asked a
question the response would be offered to her male colleague,
while she was ignored.  


She says it can still happen now and to combat this she
is a lead in raising awareness of microaggressions. Kathy makes a
very valid point that it is the job of both male and females to
champion women in the workplace. All the evidence shows that
having a diverse team leads to better decision making and better
outcomes. 


Kathy has climbed Kilimanjaro, worked on oil rigs and has
some interesting insight into women’s workwear. She says her
dream dinner guest would be the Pankhurts as well as Billie Jean
King. We all reflect on how women’s achievements in the past have
not been recognised, citing Marie Curie as an
example.  


We hope you enjoyed this episode as much as we did. You
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