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Floriane Fidegnon-Edoh is a Consultant at Defence Consultancy BMNT Ltd.   She has a background in
manufacturing engineering and public policy, having worked in a manufacturing production
environment, a public policy think tank and the charities sector.

Prior to joining BMNT, Floriane was a department head in a public policy think tank, as the head of the
Industry, Technology and Innovation team. She has extensive experience working with civil servants,
parliamentarians, private and public sector stakeholders across manufacturing, data analytics and
innovation policy translating and publishing challenges into actionable recommendations for
government. As a manufacturing engineer for a major pharmaceutical company, she contributed to a
number of lean and innovation-led programs that were adopted to improve production performance.

Floriane is a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) design and manufacturing
policy panel and an IEEE TechEthics ambassador, advising professional institutes on their engagement
with industry and academia in emerging markets.

Floriane is passionate about education,diversity, inclusion, equity and youth engagement in STEAM. She
founded and led the Warwick Women’s Engineering Society, is a Royal Academy of Engineering Leaders
Scholar, and regular science communicator. She is a charity trustee for Stemette Futures, Trustee for
Avonreach Academy trust as well as the Chairperson of the Stemette Futures Youth board. She holds a
first-class BEng in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Warwick.