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He subsequently studied civil engineering as a sandwich student at Surrey University. He spent 13 years working for Costain on major projects, including the Thames Barrier before moving to consultancy. Whilst at Costain, Richard received the Rowe and Maw scholarship to study for a part time master’s degree in construction law at Kings College, London.

After Costain he has subsequently held senior roles as a consultant and client. He was chair of the Society of Construction Law (www.scl.org.uk) in 2003-4. He is one of the 4 civil engineers who are honorary members of the Society of Construction Law. In 2006 he was appointed to the Construction Minister’s sounding board of 6, chaired by the late Sir Michael Latham, which advised on proposed changes to construction legislation. Richard was also a member of the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol Drafting Committee for several years. The protocol has been cited on hundreds of occasions in the international courts and construction tribunals. The objective of the SCL Protocol is to provide useful and authoritative guidance on delay and disruption issues that arise on construction projects.

Richard has been on the ICE, CIC and CIOB Adjudication panels for over 20 years, he has received over 100 adjudication and other tribunal appointments including Terminal 5 and the London Olympics. Richard also acts as an independent project advisor/reviewer on major projects. Richard was one of 18 contributors to the internationally acclaimed book Global Construction Success, published by Wiley in 2018. Richard is also a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv). He occasionally lectures and writes about client leadership, collaborative working, and project delivery.

The latter part of his career has involved working with large client organisations including Honda, UCL, New College Oxford, and the Church Commissioners. These successful client leadership roles have majored on both establishing clear project governance structures and establishing pro-active risk management processes including strategies for dispute avoidance. The role at New College resulted in an ICE carbon champion award. Richard has three times been part of a British Construction Industry Award (BCIA) winning project. These projects were at UCL, Ripon College Oxford and Honda, Swindon.

Richard was previously part of the chaplaincy support team at Bullingdon Prison and a shift leader at the Oxford Winter Night Shelter. Currently hed is chair of the charity www.lovesierraleone.org.

She is responsible for building project delivery capability across government and creating a world-class project delivery profession. A chartered civil engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Chartered Project Professional, Alison combines technical expertise with extensive strategic and operational leadership experience in the public and private sectors.

At the Environment Agency, Alison served as Director of Strategy and Investment, leading infrastructure and transformation projects and shaping investment to reduce flood and coastal risk.

She held senior operational delivery and emergency response roles reporting to COBR, established and led the National Recovery response following the 2014 floods, coordinating urgent repairs with government and affected communities. Her early work on water supply and irrigation in Nepal and Indonesia established a lasting commitment to engineering that benefits communities.

Across the Cabinet Office and NISTA, Alison has advised Ministers and Permanent Secretaries and provided strategic advice and assurance on major government programmes, particularly in defence, digital and service transformation.

Her experience includes complex project delivery and transformation across government. She champions sustainable infrastructure and closer connections between engineering and public policy. Alison was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to the environment.

Alison lives with her family and her dog on the North Downs.

As both a project manager and an executive officer, he has led and been involved in the delivery of many of the country’s major projects including High Speed One, London 2012 Olympics and Heathrow Terminal 5. He has held project management and executive positions at Systra, Kier Group and Balfour Beatty plc.

After joining AWE as a Non-Executive Director in 2021, Andrew accepted the position of Executive Director, Capital Programme in early 2023. He was responsible for the delivery of the company’s infrastructure investment programme, which will support the manufacture of the next generation of the UK’s nuclear deterrent. He currently has an assignment as an Executive consultant to the AWE Executive team.

At the beginning of 2026, Andrew returned to the pursuit of a career in a non-executive capacity. In December 2021, Andrew was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Sheffield Forgemasters Ltd, with specific responsibility for the investments in new infrastructure and equipment by MoD to support future at sea capability. He has now taken up non-executive appointments in industrial and infrastructure related industries including Thames Water Utilities Ltd, British Steel, Speedy Plc and Mott MacDonald.

Andrew is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has served as a Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and was previously named Civil Engineering Manager of the Year by the Institution. In 2020, Andrew led a study on behalf of the ICE into the performance of infrastructure project delivery that led to a report, “Defining a Systems Approach to Infrastructure Delivery”, which was welcomed across the sector.

Andrew was awarded CBE for services to infrastructure in the 2026 New year's honours list.

Lucy graduated from the University of Bristol in 1994 with a degree in civil engineering and study in continental Europe, which enabled her to pick up a few European languages and really was the doorway to her current career: she has been working and living in France since 2000, and in her current job with a French consultancy since 2002.

Lucy's main professional interests lie in tunnelling and contract management and her current position as project director with Egis Tunnels has given her many opportunities to work on a range of underground projects such as road tunnels in mountainous areas, urban tunnel renovation projects, the Grand Paris Express, the extension to Paris’s underground RER E line (EOLE), the Lyon Turin high speed rail line (probably the most complex tunnel driven in France to date, if not Europe or the world) amongst others.

Lucy has been a volunteer with the ICE nearly continuously since 1995, first in the Thames Valley region in the UK and in France since 2000. She has been a member of the International Committee since 2015, a general member of council since 2018 and a member of Nominations Committee since 2019.

In her spare time Lucy is a volunteer and sits on the board of a cultural and sports association in her local town in France with 33 employees and a paid up membership of around 1500 children and adults, carrying out activities as diverse as percussions, drama, knitting, yoga and drawing.

At Sir Robert McAlpine she oversees the professional development of future ICE members and manages the social value for the A19 DBFO project as well as effecting positive changes through several affinity and leadership groups.

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 and Independent Person for the South Tees Development Corporation.

Yvonne graduated from University College Cork in 2010 with a first-class honours degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering (Struct). Due to the recession in Ireland, she moved to the UK to join Arup (2010-2015) and later Mott MacDonald (2015 to date). She was an active ICE Wales member, serving on committee (2010-2022), Trustee of ICE Council (2015-2018), Trustee of the ICE Benevolent Fund (2016-2018 and 2020-2022), ICE Wales Chair 2019-2021, and ICE Benevolent Fund Chair 2022.

Yvonne relocated home to Ireland in 2021. She was appointed Country Representative for the ICE Republic of Ireland and elected for a second term on Council as a General Member (2024-2026). She is a supervising civil engineer, sponsor, and reviewer for ICE professional reviews, supporting members working towards qualification. Yvonne is an ICE Policy Fellow interested in how ICE contributes to inform strategic infrastructure decisions. She has also served as a member of ICE’s NOMCO and Audit Committee.

Yvonne’s professional interests are civil structures, flood risk, water quality, and water utilities consultancy services. She has designed and project managed a range of flood risk management and wastewater treatment schemes, progressing to Project and Framework Director for AMP8 Wessex Water/YTL Capital Delivery and Mott MacDonald Account Lead for the Wessex Water portfolio. She is also an IRCA registered Lead Auditor of management systems to facilitate compliance with ISO 9001 (Quality), OHSAS 45001 (H&S), ISO 37001 (Anti-bribery), and ISO 14001 (Environmental) standards.

Yvonne commenced her third term as a Trustee of the ICE Benevolent Fund in 2025 and is a member of the Institute of Directors, working towards CDir qualification.

In her spare time Yvonne enjoys reading, exploring the world, and surfing very badly.

In his role as ICE’s Trustee Board member, he is chair of its learning society committee (LSC) and responsible for driving the strategic lifelong learning of the Institution and its wider engineering knowledge programmes. He is also the ICE trustee with responsibility for safety and chairs the institution’s safety risk advisory group (SRAG).

Ohis’ experience comprises decades of leading large, complex programmes across several sectors, from engineering design to construction delivery of a wide range of notable critical major infrastructure projects in the UK and overseas. He combines this strong hands-on industry experience with cutting-edge academic research expertise to address complex engineering problems.

His research focuses on the development of novel system-of-systems methodologies that engineers and infrastructure leaders can adopt to assess the vulnerability and resilience of complex interdependent infrastructure networks which are subject to natural hazards. His research had been widely published in notable journals and referenced in leading scholarly articles.

Ohis is an ICE professional reviewer and has previously served as a member of the ICE’s Standards Panel. He enjoys mentoring younger engineers and professionals and is committed to helping develop the next generation of civil engineers.

He is an experienced advisor to the public and private sector, and regularly provides advice at a senior level to local authorities and partnerships in the UK, aimed at the development of integrated transportation and regeneration solutions aimed at supporting economic growth in towns and cities.

He is currently the Director of Infrastructure for the Tees Valley Combined Authority, leading the team responsible for around £1 billion of transport infrastructure investment through to 2032 as well as the emerging Spatial Development Strategy and the new planning powers being devolved to Mayors.

His role also involves leading the teams responsible for strategic project development, policy planning and implementation, net zero and data and intelligence. He also led the team that developed the first pan-Northern Strategic Transport Plan and associated 30-year Investment Programme as part of a secondment to Transport for the North.

He is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, currently acting as Chair of the Policy and External Affairs Committee. He chaired the Steering Group that led the ICE’s policy paper on a National Transport Strategy, as well as having been part of the steering groups for a number of State of the Nation reports and the Delivering a Northern Infrastructure Strategy report.

He often gives evidence on behalf of the ICE to House of Commons Transport Select Committee inquiries, such as those into National transport priorities, Major transport infrastructure projects: appraisal and delivery and Smart motorways.

He began his career at Yorkshire Forward, the Regional Development Agency, before joining the UK Government team responsible for delivering the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Following the Games, Andrew worked in the Cabinet Office’s Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat, focusing on Eurozone policy and communications, before moving to the Ministry of Defence.

He spent two years at Number 10 before joining the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office where he worked on range of geopolitical and cyber issues.

Andrew spent four years working within the consulting division of AtkinsRealis, where he undertook communications work within the aviation industry, corporate venturing, and for the UK government.

He is currently the Head of Communications, UK & Europe for Lockheed Martin.

His career spans engineering design, construction, business and investment advisory, and senior leadership.

Professionally, Carlos is a Director at Arcadis, where he advises infrastructure investors and asset owners on major investments, M&A transactions, project finance and capital delivery. His recent experience includes interim senior client-side leadership roles with utility and industrial asset owners. Earlier in his career, he led multidisciplinary engineering teams and worked on major infrastructure programmes in the UK and internationally.

Carlos has a long-standing involvement with the ICE. He currently serves on Council and the Learning Society Committee, and contributes to the London & South East Water Panel. He also supports the development of future civil engineers as a Supervising Civil Engineer.

Carlos holds a degree in Civil Engineering, an MSc in Building Construction from Portugal, and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. He is also a trustee of a defined benefit pension scheme, bringing further experience of governance and long-term decision-making.

As a member of the ICE Trustee Board and Chair of the International Committee, Carlos brings an international perspective alongside experience in infrastructure investment and delivery, governance and organisational leadership. He is committed to further developing the ICE’s international community and supporting the exchange of knowledge and good practice across borders, with a particular interest in how the Institution can help improve infrastructure outcomes for communities worldwide.

He has worked across the UK, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia and Ethiopia, leading multicultural and multidisciplinary teams on complex, water projects and programmes. His recent work includes providing leadership in design assurance for a £247m water treatment plant upgrade for United Utilities. He also leads a programme of 10 wastewater treatment plants upgrades from feasibility to handover and upskills people as Technical Excellence Lead within the Water Noth accounts.

Antonios has a track record of integrating carbon aware decision making, digital innovation and early stage design challenge into project delivery. He has delivered measurable improvements in carbon reduction, cost efficiency, stakeholder collaboration and programme risk visibility. As a Supervising Civil Engineer since 2017, he has supported the professional development of engineers from apprentice to chartered level.

Elected to the ICE Council for 2024–2027, Antonios is committed to strengthening the Institution’s response to the climate emergencies, promoting early contractor involvement in solution development and future-proofing the profession.

His priorities as a Carbon and Climate Trustee include enhancing carbon competence across the profession, promoting whole life carbon and nature positive approaches, re energising early design leadership through advocating for the reinstatement of Design Champions, and supporting wider supply chain adoption of climate positive practices. His focus is on enabling practical, evidence led and case-study inspired action to ensure carbon and climate resilience remain central to engineering practice.