Martin

Griffin

BEng, CEng, FIMMM, CGeol, EurGeol

Engineer / Scientist / Advocate at Knight Piesold

Science and Engineering

Martin Griffin is a UK-based Senior Geotechnical Engineer who is a chartered engineer and a chartered geologist and works for the international multidisciplinary niche consultancy Knight Piésold in their London office. He is neurodivergent (autistic dyslexic and dyspraxic) and registered as disabled by being visually impaired. He is the current Vice President for Equity, Diversity and inclusion for the Geological Society of London. Martin is a passionate, focused, tireless award-winning EDI Champion and Advocate, since 2013 in the geoscience and engineering sectors, acting as a presenter, advisor, mentor, and is a frequent LinkedIn blogger on all aspects of EDI, disability and neurodiversity in the workplace and society.

“Alongside others, I feel truly privileged and honoured to included as part of the Disability Power 2023! Thank you. Our conditions should never define us. We are different but not less. Together, we who identify and break the barriers, are the ones who ignore the societal limits.”

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