Established in 2019, the Gender Diversity Ambassador Award was created to recognise an individual’s hard work in achieving gender equality within the engineering industry.
The award is for a person of any gender who is an innovative thinker who has actively addressed the gender gap by attracting and retaining women in engineering. It aims to showcase innovation and good practice to complement the YWE Awards by recognising the support and encouragement of women in STEM careers.
Our 2025 Gender Diversity Ambassador Award winner: Vince Pizzoni
Vince Pizzoni
Vince Pizzoni has mentored and sponsored thousands of engineers in his 40+ year career. He has made it his mission to inspire future generations into STEM, Engineering, Tech, and Energy careers.
Vince is a Trustee/Non-Executive Board member and Ambassador for organisations including Male Allies UK, the Women in Engineering Society, Female Leaders in STEM Subjects, POWERful Women, MyBigCareer, a charity providing career guidance to students from disadvantaged backgrounds and the South Shropshire Multi-Academy Trust. He mentors top businesswomen from Ukraine in the Progressiya initiative, and for the Cajigo group where he works to inspire women in technology.
He is the recipient of many previous awards for mentorship, leadership and allyship, including the Chairman’s Award as global General Manager of the year at Suez for outstanding performance, the Davidson Medal 2024 from the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) for global leadership in mentoring, the TechWomen100 2024 Award for Gender Balance and the Men as Allies 2024 Award from the Women’s Engineering Society.