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Top 24 for 2024

Ayo Sokale


CEO (Get Coached) & Major Projects and Programme Delivery Business Manager (Environment Agency)

"Believe that you can do anything you want. And then prove it to YOURSELF by letting your every action reflect your values and goals"

What is your greatest achievement in your career?


"Getting chartered and building a foundation of delivering incredible projects that made a positive difference to communities by reducing their risk of flooding. This allowed me the freedom to grow in other ways as a Cbeebies presenter on Get Set Galactic, as a supervising civil engineer supporting the development of graduates, as a coach and tech start up founder. "



Who or what inspires you in your work?


“I inspire me, the child I once was, that wants to make a positive difference to the world because I exist and the future me who is waiting to be developed and discovered through my learning and experiences.”

Please provide one piece of advice for future global ethnic-majority engineers.


“Believe that you can do anything you want. And then prove it to YOURSELF by letting your every action reflect your values and goals. From that you have a foundation of self-trust, competence and I urge you to use this to carve out your unique path contributing to the world in the way that allows for your gifts to thrive and to have a great time along the way. ”