A 59% female workforce, a 50% female leadership team, and a woman appointed to spearhead the Middle East expansion marks a rare shift in aviation and airport tech
AUCKLAND, SYDNEY, LONDON, DUBAI, Mar. 4, 2026 – OneReg, the next generation aviation compliance platform transforming how airports and airlines manage safety and regulatory oversight, has reached a rare milestone for aviation technology: the company is now officially a female majority organisation, with women representing 60% of its global workforce.
The shift comes at a symbolic moment – the week of International Women’s Day – and stands in stark contrast to the wider aviation industry, where women represent just 6% of the global workforce[i], one of the lowest levels of female representation in any major sector.
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.”
About OneReg
OneReg is a next-generation software platform designed specifically for aviation, to simplify compliance and streamline operations. With OneReg, compliance isn’t a checkbox – it’s a state of being that reduces the time, complexity, and human resource cost of staying safe and compliant. The result is safer, smarter, more sustainable aviation. For more information, visit: www.onereg.com.