Lesley O'Brien, Freightlink Europe
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Bio:
Lesley O'Brien OBE FCILT is an award-winning business professional with
over 40 years’ experience in the transport industry. She is an advocate for
women in the industry and the small transport operator. As well as running
haulage company Freightlink Europe and consultancy Freight Train, Lesley
is a Trustee of the Road Haulage Association (RHA) Benevolent Fund, a
member of the RHA Security Committee and Regional Council and a
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). She is a
tireless ambassador of the transport industry and served 9 years as an
RHA Main Board Director. In 2020 she launched transport forum, Freight
People, to unite and encourage those working in the transport industry to
support one another in addressing industry issues and to discuss hot
topics. Lesley uses her voice whenever possible to support and encourage
those underrepresented in the industry, to raise standards, improve road
safety and change industry perception. In 2020 she was awarded the OBE
for services to diversity and inclusion in the transport industry and in 2022
was elected to the Motor Transport Wall of Fame and voted Northern
Transport Personality of the Year by Transport News. She is a regular
contributor to the Commercial Motor Legal Panel, Motor Transport Vox Pop
and is invited by the BBC and other media to discuss topical and transport
related issues
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