Zahraa is a Senior Analyst within Digital Asset Management, Transportation in Atkins.
Her background is in Mathematics and her work involves digital innovations, asset valuations and building decision support tools for strategic clients and projects. She leads the analytics used in the multi award-winning customer and behavioural insights work for Highways England, where Zahraa was featured on the BBC as part of their Tailgating Campaign. Using latest technologies, softwares and analysis techniques, she is informing key decision making at the highest level.
Her strong reputation amongst her peers has resulted in her successful nominations for several positions on national and international committees such as; PIARC – World Roads Association, Institute of Asset Management NxtGen, and the British Standards Institute Asset Management committee.
She is a chartership mentor and helps graduates develop professionally. As a STEM advocate, Zahraa annually visits her old secondary school, an inner-city school of which almost 40% are pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, encouraging Year 9 pupils to pursue careers in mathematics and technology
