Lotte joined TWI Ltd in December 2005, working for the TWI Training School as an Administrator for the EWF/IIW Welding Diploma course. She then moved to the NDT Section as a Project Leader, working with technical Project Leaders and Proposal Writers on coordinating EU collaborative projects before finally joining The Welding Institute department in 2008.

Lotte has been responsible for managing the Membership Team since 2014, ensuring compliance with regulations, streamlining processes, and promoting customer service and Member focus throughout. As well as her regulatory role, Lotte has trained hundreds of volunteers who support our work on peer reviews - a key benefit for all our Members. Prior to this, Lotte’s background had been mainly in the Danish IT industry before her move to the UK in 2005. 

Having worked for the Professional Membership department for 15 years, Lotte brings a lot of experience and enthusiasm to the Section Manager role, and is looking forward to working with our Members (both Professional and Industrial), our volunteers, and TWI colleagues to further promote The Institute and its activities. Our 100^th anniversary in 2023 has provided everyone with the opportunity to celebrate the valuable contributions to industry delivered over the years by The Institute and its Members and to look forward to the future. 

One of our key priorities for 2024 will be to promote and encourage professional development for all our Members, with a view to progressing those eligible for higher Member grades and Engineering Council registration. To achieve this, we are hoping for continued investment (of time) and support from our Members, as we will need more Members to step forward for training as Volunteer Assessors.

In addition to getting our Members appropriately registered, we will continue our work with industry, universities, colleges, and other education providers to secure much-needed ongoing provision of relevant qualifications covering welding and joining disciplines.  

To support all of the above, we remain indebted to our dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly to support The Institute, our branches, events and educational outreach. Our sincere thanks goes to you all. With the end of yet another year in sight, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who has contributed in any way to the running of our Institute in this very special centenary year. We look forward to working with you all again in 2024 to take The Institute forward together.