CREATING A BETTER FUTURE

Argent Energy’s head of supply chain, Victoria Oppenheim, tells Tank Storage Magazine about her experience as a working mother in the industry. Victoria Oppenheim was seven months pregnant when she embarked on her journey with biodiesel producer, Argent Energy. Oppenheim was headhunted from a role in the food industry to work in renewable energy. ‘I had no intentions of leaving the company I worked for but then I got a new and very bad manager, so when a headhunter called about the position at Argent, I started the process,’ she says. ‘Argent knew that I would only be operational for one month before going on maternity leave,’ says Oppenheim. ‘Still, they decided to hire me, and I thought that was very progressive.’ This sentiment will likely resonate with millions of women across the globe – pregnancy and maternity leave is still perceived as a risk to the workforce in many industries, so Argent Energy’s attitude is certainly a breath of fresh air. Though Oppenheim’s husband might disagree: ‘He is still upset when I glorify that a company hired me while being seven months pregnant. “That shouldn’t be worth mentioning,” he says. “Barcelona would...