Phebe Mann

Mann achieved her City & Guilds Plumbing and Electrical Installation Qualifications with distinctions in all the modules at The College of Haringey, Enfield, and North East London. Mann's father was involved with Scouting.^[1] Mann holds many professional qualifications. She earned a master's degree in Computer Science from Hughes Hall, Cambridge.^[2] She was in the first ever cohort of University of Cambridge students studying Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment.^[3] She completed a master's degree in Construction Management at Loughborough University.^[4] She also holds a law degree from the University of Buckingham, LLM in Construction Law, Arbitration, and Adjudication from the Robert Gordon University, a Master in Bridge Engineering from University of Surrey, a postgraduate certificate in academic practice from Reading University, and a Masters in Research Methods and PhD in Collaborative Design from the Open University.^[1]

Mann has made considerable contributions to engineering and legal education.^[5] Mann was the first woman to be elected chair of the Leicester Centre of the Chartered Institute of Building Initiation of Civil Engineers London.^[6] She completed construction projects for the City of Westminster and Cambridgeshire County Council.^[7] As an engineer, Mann worked on the Stump Cross for Four Went Ways, Little Venice and the A1 road.^[1] She won the 2011 WISE Campaign’s Women of Outstanding Achievement Tomorrow’s Leader Award.^[8][9] Mann was a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.^[10]

In June 2018, Mann completed a Bar Professional Training Course at City, University of London.^[4] a Diploma in Legal Practice at De Montfort University. Phebe was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 2020. She is a consultant at the Open University and Senior lecturer at the University of Westminster, and RICS Programme Director University of Reading.^[11] Mann was made an Honorary Fellow of Bradford College in 2013.^[12][13]

She is a Talent2030 Hero.^[14] A portrait of Mann was commissioned in 2012 after she won the Tomorrow's Leader award, which she donated to Bradford College in 2012.^[1][12][15] She was listed as one of the United Kingdom's Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering in 2018.^[4] Mann is a warrant leader with the Guide Association, and develops activities based on engineering to develop girls' confidence.^[1]