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Dr Elodie Zausa talks to Tank Storage Magazine about attitudes to women in the tank industry DR ELODIE ZAUSA works for French petroleum storage company Géosel, in business development for storage. On a day-to-day basis, she works with existing and new customers, including traders and refiners, to sell storage and transport capacity for crude oil and refined products. Women in responsible positions in the tank storage industry are still a relative rarity, and in the first of a new series focussing on women in tanks, Tank Storage Magazine was keen to chat to Zausa to find out about her experiences. Zausa had what she describes as a ‘classic’ route into the tank storage industry. She attended the École Centrale de Marseille, a French engineering college and went on to do a PhD in chemistry. ‘I didn’t start in the tank industry as a first job. I worked for Shell’s LPG branch, in France, named Butagaz. My first job as a project manager in the innovation department was linked with my PhD. I was responsible for the development of gas appliances to extend the range of applications available for the cylinder business. Afterwards, I worked as an LPG trader,’ she says. In...