Supporting women to support each other

Kenter International Logistics founder Emily Jackman helped to promote diversity through her sponsorship of a Women in Industry award category.

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Kenter International Logistics founder Emily Jackman has, since the company's inception in 2010, built the freight forwarding and heavy equipment transportation specialist into a global logistics company.

Leading a company in a traditionally male-dominated industry, Emily often uses her position to encourage diversity and empower women to seek growth in heavy machinery-based roles.

Most recently, this has come in the form of sponsoring a category in Prime Creative Media's Women in Industry Awards, which celebrated the achievements of outstanding women working across a variety of industries.

Earthmoving Equipment Magazine caught up with Emily to find out more about her journey founding Kenter, and why it is important to acknowledge female leadership and achievements.

Navigating the field

After studying marine studies at polytechnic, Emily's first entrance into the world of logistics was at New Zealand's Port of Tauranga, where she worked as a process implementation change manager.

From this starting point, she moved around global shipping companies and ports, before ending up as a freight forwarder of heavy machinery. This is where Emily found her niche and she decided to start up her own business – Kenter International Logistics.

"I didn't really know what I was going to do when I first started Kenter," she said.

"A customer rang me one day and asked if I could ship them something. I decided to give it a crack, and that was how it all began."