OneReg’s transition to a female majority team was cemented by several new female hires, including the company’s first ever hire in the Middle East.

A milestone for aviation, tech, and safety critical leadership

OneReg’s executive leadership team is also 50% female, including co‑founder Carly Waddleton.  With a background spanning agritech entrepreneurship and environmental regulation, she brought extensive regulatory and operational expertise to OneReg when she joined as co-founder following its initial inception. As the only woman on the founding team, she has been instrumental in driving the company forward — helping transform fragmented legacy processes into a more integrated and scalable compliance operating environment.

“Aviation is a safety critical‑ industry built on systems, accountability, and clarity – yet for decades, the teams designing those systems rarely reflected the diversity of the people working within them,” said Carly Waddleton, co‑founder and CCO, OneReg.  “Becoming a female majority company isn’t a PR moment for us.  It’s a reflection of the kind of organisation we’re building; one where different perspectives strengthen decision-making, operational empathy, and ultimately, safety‑.”

Why representation matters in compliance and safety

In safety critical environments like aviation, diverse teams consistently demonstrate stronger decision ‑making – with inclusive teams making better business decisions up to 87% of the time[ii].  Yet many aviation technology firms remain dominated by engineering heavy, male majority‑ teams.

“OneReg is intentionally building a different kind of culture – one where inclusive decision making directly strengthens safety and compliance outcomes,” Waddleton added. “Progress in aviation doesn’t happen by accident; it happens through good systems and the people who build them.  When you bring more voices into the room, you build better, safer, more future-ready aviation.”

Women in Aviation Advisory Board, 2024
[ii] Cloverpop, 2025