Ethics Committee

Her career has been wide ranging and varied and has included significant roles on high profile projects including the Thames Barrier, Hinkley Point C and DUBAL Aluminium. She is a Chartered Fellow of the ICE and the Chartered Management Institute as well as being a Fellow of the Women’s Engineering Society.

Paula strongly believes in inspiring our next generation of civil engineers and educating everyone to work towards an equitable and sustainable future. She is the driving force behind Engineering Together which brings together a wide selection of UK and International Engineering Institutions and bodies to work collaboratively to raise awareness and understanding of engineers and engineering. She set up Primary Voices to impress the need for urgency climate action whilst providing everyday solutions to help tackle the climate crisis and TheLine to tackle everyday language.

She is regularly invited to speak at national and international events on a range of topics including engineering, diversity and sustainability. Paula’s work in the industry and education has earned her many Awards and accolades.

Paula has had many ICE roles including honorary editor and panel chair for the flagship ICE Proceedings: Civil Engineering 2021- 2023 and ICE Trustee Head of UK Regions 2021-2024.  She also has many other roles including being honorary professor at Teesside University.

ICE Council member 2012 - 2015; 2016 - 2021, Trustee Board 2019- 2021

Served on numerous committees and panels - currently member of Policy & External Affairs Committee, Standards Panel, Ethics Committee

Appointments include:

• Chief executive and secretary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester, serving a multicultural population of around 2 million in Greater Manchester and the North West.
• Director general of the International Cotton Association, the regulatory and arbitral authority governing the US$60 billion annual value global trade in raw cotton that employs some 5% of the world’s working population.
• Specialist consultancy in contract recovery, dispute management and corporate insolvency.
• ICE international director, developing and supporting the ICE’s interests across many countries.
• Director of environmental services in local government in south-west England, 1992-1999.
• National chair of a public sector European Affairs Committee 1995 – 2002.
• Past-president and honorary secretary of ingénieurs et scientifiques de France (UK section).

An experienced practitioner in helping organisations deliver major complex programmes, Claire's experiences lies across a wide range of heavy civil industries including highways, nuclear, rail, oil and gas.

In her role, she is responsible for developing and driving the global strategy for heavy civils and water infrastructure planning, design, construction, and project management.

Prior to this, Claire was deputy programme director for the £6bn civils programme on Hinkley Point in Somerset.

Claire is a chartered civil engineer and member of the ICE, Chartered Project Professional and member of the Association for Project Managers.

Most recently, Claire was a finalist in the 2019 Everywoman Transport and Logistics Awards for the Infrastructure Leader Category, which recognises a female leader who is innovating or excelling in their role within transportation and infrastructure and shortlisted as a 2020 UK Construction Week Role Model.

Claire serves on the ICE London executive board as vice chair for informing opinion and the ICE Ethics Committee.

His portfolio of projects includes Manchester Metrolink, Queensferry Crossing, Thames Tideway, Riyadh Metro and Hogarth Flyover.

Jack also has experience in the offshore engineering sector, working on various projects in Europe and Asia.

Since completing his MBA at Trinity College Dublin, Jack has been involved in advisory and consultancy projects primarily in Saudi Arabia, focusing on strategic planning in cities and the Commons.

More recently, Jack has been engaged in hospitality and real estate developments in Saudi Arabia.

Current areas of interest for Jack include strategic planning-led developments and blockchain disruption technologies, particularly when applied to the construction industry’s supply chain.

Jack is also interested in the broader power of infrastructure-led development with an embedded sustainability agenda.

Jack was previously a member of the ICE diversity task force for the London region. Jack is member of the ICE Ethics Committee.

His aspirations for his tenure on the committee will be to enhance guidance and support provided to members in the global community of engineering.

In addition, Jack intends to be an advocate for ethical frameworks, particularly at the higher education level with philosophical instruction.

She became a member of the ICE Ethics Committee in March 2021 following her commitment for continuing education in this remit.

Throughout her career she worked for engineering and contracting firms on high-profile projects in the UK, Saudi Arabia and Cyprus with access to capabilities and resources from various parts of the world; India, France, Dubai and others.

Her experience varies from bridge engineering to sewerage, drainage and water supply schemes, buildings and other civil engineering provisions.

Her most recent experience is on the enabling works contract and main works design contract for HS2.

Lauren has multi discipline design and construction experience having worked on highways, light and heavy rail, infrastructure and nuclear projects across the UK.

She has developed successful working relationships with a range of clients including National Highways, Network Rail, local authorities and private sector clients.

Lauren achieved professional chartered status with the ICE in 2020 and is a past chair of ICE Manchester Branch.

She has a keen interest in the promotion of civil engineering with a specific interest in increasing accessibility and visibility to young women.

This is supported by her commitment as a STEM Ambassador and her representation on the WISE Young Professional Board between 2017-2020.

He has worked as part of several engineering teams for leading building and civil engineering contractors, including Costain, Morgan Sindall and Barhale Plc.

His CV includes major tunnelling projects such as Tideway Tunnel, Optimise JV partnership, AX4 and AMP water schemes.

He has significant experience in building and civils structures in both the public and private sectors.

Francis is currently the head of temporary works for EQUANS UK and also a designated individual and is responsible for the technical delivery and management of temporary works across the business.

Francis is also a former chair of the Cheshire branch of the ICE and works with the North West region in supporting and promoting engineering.

He also chairs the Independent Advisory Group for Cheshire Constabulary and is chair of governors of a local primary school.

He is a member of the Temporary Works Forum and contributes to the work of various sub- committees.

As a STEM and construction ambassador, he is keen to promote the development and support of young people in the field of STEM and wants to work with others in the industry to drive towards a much more sustainable industry and one that truly values its talent.

He is keen to ensure that the principles of ethics are observed across the world of engineering.

He was called to the Bar in 1989 and became a member of Keating Chambers in 1990. Robert utilises his strong civil engineering background and is often instructed in disputes with highly technical issues as a result.

Robert predominately acts as arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator in international and domestic disputes.

He is a CEDR accredited mediator, and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ panels of arbitrators and adjudicators. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a member and past chairman of the ICE Dispute Resolution Panel.

As counsel, Robert specialised in construction, engineering and energy disputes and professional negligence work in the UK and abroad.

Alex has worked on a wide range and scale of projects in the rail, masterplanning, nuclear and aviation industries, including a role as construction manager for HS2 and time spent working overseas in India. More recently, he has been involved in the design of complex flood defence schemes in Lewes, utilities masterplanning for Engie and strategic site feasibility studies for Berkeley Homes.

Alex’s breadth and depth of experience have also enabled him to advise on construction innovation consultancy projects. For example, Alex helped to lead the i3p Earthworks Tiger Team research project, which looked at opportunities to improve productivity and sustainability when undertaking major earthworks projects.

Alex feels passionately about actively contributing to the civil engineering industry. He is a chartership reviewer for the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and is a member of the New Civil Engineer Advisory Board. Alex also sits on the editorial panel for the Smart Infrastructure and Construction Journal, and mentors students through schemes run by the University of Bristol and the ICE to help inspire the next generation of engineers.

He also spent 4 years within the ICE Membership Department as the professional development manager, before undertaking a fulltime MBA at Manchester Business school, where he was elected class president and graduated with distinction.

Niall is also the chairman of the Graduate Business Forum (GBF) – a US charity, supporting MBA student presidents in their time in office. Its simple mission is to inspire responsible leadership and global citizenship. This connection has allowed him to experience the full global educational experience within some of the top MBA global programmes.

As part of the work undertaken by the GBF, Niall co-led an initiative to explore ethical training on MBA campuses and to produce a paper on how ethical training could be improved. The research led to the premise that ethics could actually be taught more effectively and leveraged a model used by the US military to train soldiers.

Niall is an ICE Reviewer and has also spent over 20 years supporting graduates as they prepare for their Professional Review. He is also a Member of the ICE Professionalism Panel (2024), The Ethics Committee (2024), The Learned Society Committee (2024), and has been a Pension Trustee for the ICE DB scheme since 2016.