Trudy Morgan

Trudy Morgan (born 1966) is a civil engineer of Sierra Leone heritage. She is the first African woman to be awarded a fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE), and, after becoming the first female vice president of the Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers, served two terms as president.

Early life Born to Sierra Leone Creole parents in Liverpool, United Kingdom, Morgan and her family moved back to Sierra Leone where she studied civil engineering at the University of Sierra Leone before earning an MBA at Cranfield School of Management.

Career In 2015, Morgan co-founded the non-profit Sierra Leone Women Engineers, to support women in engineering. In 2018, Morgan supported a United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) project to stabilise the slopes of Sugar Loaf mountain, near Regent six miles from Freetown, following the 2017 Sierra Leone mudslides. From 2020 to 2024, she served two terms as president of the Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers.