Mamta Singhal MBE CEng FIET FWES is a design engineer and campaigner on diversity in engineering. In 2022 she was awarded an MBE for services to engineering. In 2007, she was awarded the Women's Engineering Society Prize for engaging and inspiring young people's interest in STEM.

Early life and education

Singhal was born in

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and grew up in

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, Scotland.

Career

Singhal joined Dyson on a graduate engineering program in 2003 and later moved to

Hasbro Hasbro, Inc. (; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational corporation, multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment holding company founded on December 6, 1923 by Henry, Hillel and Herma ...

as a Global Design Engineer from 2003–2006. She spent four years working on international projects for Hasbro including Playdoh, Monopoly and Action Man. She joined Mars as a Senior Scientist and Project Packaging Manager in 2009, working on brands such as Galaxy, Twix, Bounty and M&Ms. Between 2011 and 2013, Singhal worked as a Senior Innovation Executive at

Scottish Enterprise Scottish Enterprise () is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government which encourages economic development, Business, enterprise, innovation, international and investment agency, investment in business. The body covers the eastern ...

, before joining

Mattel Mattel, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational corporation, multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company headquartered in El Segundo, California. Founded in Los Angeles by Harold Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Ruth Handler, ...

as a Project Quality Engineer in 2013, working on the

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brand. Singhal worked as Commercialisation Manager at

Coca-Cola European Partners Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc, also known as CCEP, is a British multinational bottling company operating as world's largest independent Coca-Cola bottler by net revenue. Involved in the marketing, production, and distribution of Coca-Cola ...

from 2017-2021 and currently works for

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. Singhal is a regular speaker on diversity in engineering and encouraging young people consider STEM careers. She has featured on BBC Breakfast, ITV news, national and regional radio talking about this topic. In 2016 and 2019 she was a speaker and mentor at Management Today's Inspiring Woman in Business Conference for STEM and in 2018 she chaired the panel for the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year awards. She also appeared in the IET's 'Portrait of an Engineer' campaign in 2017. In 2020 Singhal became an engineering

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Middlesex University Middlesex University London (legally Middlesex University and abbreviated to MDX) is a public research university based in Hendon, northwest London, England. The university also has campuses in Dubai and Mauritius. The name of the university is ...

and was elected as a

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of the

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. She was elected to the Board of the Women's Engineering Society in October 2021. Singhal was appointed as a member of the

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's Council for 2019–2022 and was awarded Fellowship of the IET in October 2021. She was elected as a member of the IET's Board of Trustees for 2023-2026. She was appointed as a

Member of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

in the 2022 New Year's Honours List for services to engineering. She is also an ambassador for Dyslexia Scotland.

Awards

*2022: Member of the British Empire, New Years' Honours *2021: Fellowship of the

*2020: Fellowship of the

*2020: Visiting Professorship at Middlesex University *2015: BDO's British Indian Awards Best in Science & Engineering *2015: ToyNews Women of the Year (finalist) *2014: UK Women of the Future – Professional, contribution to engineering (finalist) *2008: AMBA MBA Student of the Year (finalist) *2008: UK Woman of the Future – Woman in Science and Technology (finalist) *2007: WES Prize *2007: Supernova – Greenest New Product Idea Winner

Early life and education

Career

Awards

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Further reading