ICE president's London regional visit - fishbowl panel discussion and lunch

Prof. Anusha Shah

Anusha Shah is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and its president for the 2023-24 session. She’s the third woman and first person of colour to be elected as president in over 200 years of ICE history.

She’s a senior director for resilient cities and UK climate change adaptation lead at Arcadis, a global sustainability, design, engineering and management consulting firm.

She’s also a non-executive director at the Met Office, a trustee at the Green Alliance and a visiting professor at Edinburgh University. She was awarded honorary professorship by the University of Wolverhampton for knowledge transfer and an honorary doctorate of engineering by the University of East London for her services to address climate change.

Anusha specialises in water and environmental engineering and has over 22 years of experience in designing, managing and leading projects and programmes in the UK and internationally.

Anusha sits on various industry climate change groups. She represents Arcadis at the London Climate Change Partnership and the 50L Home Initiative of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. She’s a past chair of the Thames Estuary Partnership Board.

Anusha is the recipient of several awards, including the 2020 Top 50 UK Women Engineers Sustainability Award and the CECA Inspiring Change Award. She was recognised by Climate Reframe as one of the UK’s leading Black, Asian and minority ethnic voices on climate change.

Raj Pathak CEng FICE

Raj Pathak is a senior director at Amentum, where he leads consulting and advisory business within energy and environment, international. With over 25 years of experience, Raj has successfully delivered some of the most complex infrastructure projects in the UK and overseas. His portfolio includes high-profile projects such as Crossrail, High Speed Two and significant initiatives within the defence and energy sectors. 

Raj was pivotal in the delivery of the Crossrail Southeast Section project, including the development of Abbey Wood Station and associated rail systems. He also served as project director for the HS2 Washwood Heath Depot and Network Integrated Control Centre, guiding the project through design development, procurement and planning approval. 

Raj holds a BEng in civil engineering, an MSc in construction management and an MBA. He is completing doctoral research on megaproject governance at Cranfield School of Management.
  
A Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng FICE) and Chartered Project Professional (ChPP FAPM), Raj is also accredited as NEC4 project manager and Six Sigma qualification. 

He actively contributes to the profession as chair of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) London Regional Committee. Raj’s professional interests include complex project delivery, capability building, and infrastructure policy. 

Steve Lee

Steve is a Chartered Civil Engineer and Programme Manager with over 23 years’ experience in delivering complex infrastructure projects and business change programmes.

He is a Policy Fellow of the ICE’s Policy and External Affairs Committee and a member of Jacobs’ Major Programmes team. Steve is also a member of the Mayor of London’s Infrastructure Advisory Panel. His recent work has focussed on providing strategic advice on governance and assurance to public and private sector clients.

Steve is a trained Infrastructure and Projects Authority Routemap Assessor. A Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), a Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) and Fellow of the Association of Project Management (APM). He is a keen advocate for developing young professionals and delivering better projects and programmes.

Jo Chau