BEng(hons) MSc CGeol CEng FICE HonRIBA SiLC MCIWM FGS MSOE
CEO & Founder – Jomas Associates (Engineering)
Policy Chair for Construction, Federation of Small Businesses

Roni Savage is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Geologist and SiLC (Specialist in Land Condition).

Formerly Associate Director of one of the UK’s largest engineering firms, she established Jomas Associates in 2009, a company serving land developers across the UK, undertaking site investigations, geotechnical engineering and environmental surveys, on construction projects.

In an industry where only 12% of the workforce is female, Roni is extremely passionate about gender diversity and social mobility, volunteering her time to mentor and coach others. Driven by her own experience of being the rare black woman in her position, Roni has been instrumental in advocating diversity in business, engineering and construction. She runs the largest engineering company formed by a black woman in the UK.

She was invited to the Fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in 2019 and appointed Policy Chair for Construction at the Federation of Small Businesses in January 2020. She also received Honorary Fellowship of Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) in 2020.

A regular speaker on matters relating to diversity in business, she is currently an ambassador for the Start Her Enterprise programme which is set up to empower and enable females from underprivileged backgrounds, to succeed as entrepreneurs, and advises the Mayor’s Fund for London on matters relating to social mobility.

Roni is a multi-award winner, named Black British Business Person of the Year in 2018, Google Top 10 Black Leaders in 2021, Natwest Inspirational Business Woman in 2018, and Forbes Top 20 Inspirational Business Women in 2021, to name a few of her many accolades.