Inspiring women.
Caitlin Geisinger
“I believe innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity, not a threat. I have a passion for the storage and logistics industry. Over the years, I have supported many terminal and logistics project lifecycles.”
Stefana Sopco
“I believe in embedding digitalization, technology, inclusion and diversity into businesses’ mission to empower their people to become their best selves.”
Kathryn Clay
“I studied science and received a Master’s degree in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in applied physics. When I left the scientific bench to work in Washington D.C., I saw first-hand how important it is to have that data-driven perspective when making policy that affects industry. “
Cristina Garcia Martinez
“First of all, I’m an electronic engineer. I never thought to get into this field back when I was studying at university, but during that time my Dad started the company, doing some small maintenance projects on tanks. Though I always steered away from the family business I got curious on one of my summer vacations… “
Nuria Blasco
“I don’t even remember when I started to be attracted by the industry, factories and engineering. I was raised in Tarragona, the largest chemical hub in the Mediterranean, which has an important industrial port. I do remember being on the beach with my father, looking at the ships waiting to enter the port. As a child, I loved the night-time view of the refinery.”
Bonita Botha
“I grew up at Malvern Childrens Home in Queensburgh, Durban. After I matriculated from Werda High School I left the home and rented an outside room. I started working and studying part-time for a B. Com Accounting through Unisa. I got an opportunity to work in the Mining Industry selling chemicals into the Mining and Water Purixcation Plant.”
Joanna Hajnaj
“The inspiration to work in the tank storage sector came through a flurry of global climate issues and challenges that have been around in the energy storage industry for decades. Environmental damage has propagated exponentially within the last few decades… has fuelled growth of our company.”
Whitney Helbers
“My name is Whitney Helbers, let me introduce myself. I am currently working as a Sales Manager for Wiko Isolatietechniek & Steigerbouw, a Dutch family company. My career in the industry started 16 years ago with insulation and added scaffolding a few years ago.”
Xiling “Tess” Zhou
“I “discovered” the tank storage industry by chance. After living and working in the United States for 16 years, UK for 2 years, I moved to Belgium around 10 years ago. Before Belgium, I spent my professional career mainly in international technology companies, where I enjoyed immensely working with cross functional teams of all genders.”
Jen Penner
“My career in the oil and gas industry began with a downstream oil producer in the asphalt terminals division. With this position I was exposed to a variety of roles in operations, quality control, technical research, engineering, and projects. Through my experiences in the oil and gas industry, I found the storage tank aspect was important.”
Sandra De Mey
“Tank storage sector has become one of my favourite work related subjects. Unfortunately ten years ago there was no one to initiate me about these big monuments in my port. Thus I went and explored this fascinating landscape of (mostly) white tanks. Tanks in different materials, sizes, colours, and contains different products as oil etc.
Sanneke van der Kley
“During my studies at the Technical University in Delft, I had never imagined myself working in the Oil & gas industry, nor did I know of the existence of Independent tank storage providers. In 2006, while looking for a final thesis for my Master’s degree on Systems Engineering, I had picked-up news regarding an LNG project on the Maasvlakte, Rotterdam.”
Liz Copland
“As an environmental geoscientist, my focus coming out of University was on sustainability and finding a position that would allow me to see the impact of managing risk and ensuring environmental compliance. I never thought I would be applying these concepts within an industrial engineering environment.”
Allison Newell
“When I was asked to write a piece about Woman in Tanks and provide a photograph, my first thought was that I did not want to be ”Pidgeon Holed“ in the Tank Business since I felt that my career was more diverse than just tanks. I was worried that it may limit the customer base of my company ESGenuine.”
Nicole Eggert
“The focus of my work lies on the development of websites and applications for mobile devices. These play a central role in the industry’s ongoing adoption of digitalization. After all, many users in the field still rely on pen and paper to register important information and handle key processes – even at big, international companies! “
Heather Parsons
“My role consists of handling incoming and outgoing documents, liaising with customers and working alongside sub-contractors to ensure timely fulfilment of projects. As our customers’ primary contact, I am also responsible for providing updates on their orders.”
Elodie Zausa
“I am responsible for business development for GEOSEL, one of the largest underground storage company in Europe, for crude oil and refine products. My educational background is probably a “classic” in that industry.”
Margaret Dunn
“I joined the tank storage industry from a background writing about renewable energy and have now been in the sector for nearly 14 years. The role has allowed me to travel all around the globe covering issues from safety to sustainability.”
