Bridget awarded CBE

Bridget Rosewell

We’re delighted to announce that Bridget Rosewell, a founder of Volterra, has been awarded a CBE for services to the economy in the New Year’s Honours list. The New Year’s Honours list 2019, published on Saturday 29 December, recognises the outstanding achievements of people across the United Kingdom.

DVSA has appointed Bridget Rosewell as non-executive chair

Bridget Rosewell

Volterra’s co-founder Bridget Rosewell has been appointed as the first non-executive chair of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Bridget has a track record of advising public and private sector organisations on large-scale transformation. She’s been a commissioner for the National Infrastructure Commission since its inception in October 2015, and is currently a non-executive director of […]

Bridget Rosewell speaker at Highways UK 2016

Bridget Rosewell was a speaker at Highways UK 2016 annual conference on  16/17 November at the NEC in Birmingham, in her capacity as a judge of the Wolfson Economics Prize. The conference attracted 2,219 visitors to listen to the 109 speakers, in the three Industry briefing theatres, and to visit the 90 exhibitors.  Highways UK is a major event […]

Bridget Rosewell discusses Heathrow runway decision and post-brexit data

Prolific Economist Bridget Rosewell was invited on to Radio 4’s World Tonight on Tuesday 25th October to discuss the Government’s decision to grant a third runway at Heathrow. The long awaited decision was an important moment in Theresa May’s new government, after years of lobbying and indecision on the Heathrow and Gatwick extensions. The greenlight for Heathrow […]

National Needs Assessment: when is evidence good enough?

Leading Economist Bridget Rosewell says that judgement will still need to play a big part in assessing our infrastructure needs of the future in her article National Needs Assessment: when is evidence good enough? Published recently on the Infrastructure Intelligence website, you can read the article HERE. Bridget Rosewell is a member of the National Infrastructure Commission, […]

Bridget Rosewell speaker in the 2016 World Traders’ Tacitus Debate

Bridget Rosewell was invited to be a guest speaker at The 2016 World Traders’ Tacitus Debate on Thursday 28th April 2016.  This year’s debate returned to the London premises of DLA Piper at the invitation of the Tacitus subcommittee Chairman, Lord (Tim) Clement-Jones. Following Sir Paul Tucker’s Lecture at Guildhall, theme was “Should International Monetary Policy […]

‘Good Enough’ evidence?

We all want evidence based policy and decisions.  However, deciding what constitutes evidence and what standard of proof is required is another matter.  And of course this is especially challenging when we need to explore what will happen, rather than what has happened.  Will this policy work?  Will this investment pay back?  It’s not clear […]

Bridget Rosewell to attend ITC report launch

Leading economist and member of the National Infrastructure Commission Bridget Rosewell is to attend the Independent Transport Commission (ITC) launch of High Speed Rail and Connected Cities: Accessible Places for Growing Economies on Monday 16th May at Leeds Town Hall. The Independent Transport Commission (ITC) has been running a major research project investigating how High […]

Bridget Rosewell writes paper for Montrose Journal

Volterra’s Senior Adviser and leading Economist Bridget Rosewell has written a paper for the Montrose Journal: Winter 2015. Strategic Intelligence and advice. You can read the journal titled New Routes: To prosperity or conflict? Bridget’s article ‘Financing Infrastructure: who foots the bill? ‘ is a fascinating look at the context and necessity for infrastructure for […]