Ione Varela

Ione Varela currently serves as the Associate Director of Structural Engineering at Red Sea Global since April 2024. Prior to this role, Varela spent over a decade at AKT II, progressing from Senior Structural Engineer to Associate, and ultimately to Director from April 2013 to April 2024. Earlier career experience includes a position as Senior Structural Engineer at Ellis & Moore Consulting Engineers from December 2004 to April 2013 and as a Graduate Engineer at Maslen Brennan Henshaw Partnership from November 2001 to November 2004. Ione Varela holds a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Civil Engineering from City St George’s, University of London, completed between 1996 and 2001.