Georgia Pawson is a Consultant Analyst a Corporate Risk Associates and the acting chair of the Next Generation Nuclear Industry Council.
Georgia Pawson lives in Fulham near where she grew up. She went to boarding school at Wycombe Abbey. Georgia was diagnosed as dyslexic during primary school and found the pressure during her GCSEs overwhelming and decided to move to St Edwards in Oxford to do her A levels in Maths, Chemistry and Geography her where was offered more support with her dyslexia.
Georgia had a gap year where she lived in Australia and Spain and worked as a wind surfing and sailing instructor before going on to study Geology at Bristol University. At the end of her second year, Georgia was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue where she was forced to take a year out of University. She then went back to University to join complete third year where there was an extra module added to the syllabus called Environmental Radioactivity which led Georgia to the career she is in.
After completing her Undergraduate degree in Geology, Georgia went to Birmingham University to do a Master’s degree in Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management. Georgia then went on to join Areva Risk Management Consulting as a Safety Consultant which she found a very friendly environment where she felt she could get involved and develop her skills. After two years, she then joined Corporate Risk Associates in London where she works on Nuclear safety cases and Periodic reviews of safety.
For more information visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiapawson/
This was recorded prior to Georgia moving to PA Consulting
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