ICE North West AGM and an audience with Janet Young

Janet Young

Dr Janet Young joined the ICE as director general and secretary in January 2023.

She has extensive experience in the built environment sector, having most recently worked in the Cabinet Office where she was head of the Government Property Profession, leading the profession and driving the agenda for the property and estates function.

She has also been global director of estates for the British Council, director of estates for the Ministry of Justice, and head of asset management in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

She is a Major Projects Leadership Academy graduate of the Saïd Business School, and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Royal Engineers, and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Her PhD, Towards Zero Energy Buildings, looked at the challenges and solutions for low carbon and energy developments.

Lewis Brimmell

Lewis Brimmell (MEng CEng MICE MCIHT) is an associate director at SLR Consulting within its Transport Engineering team, specialising in highways. He has over ten years’ experience in the industry and gained chartership with the ICE in 2018. Lewis has worked on a range of projects including Middlebeck Southern Link Road, Pendleton Town centre improvements and the M62 J10 to 12 Smart Motorway scheme.

Lewis is chair of the ICE North West regional committee.

Simon Wilkinson

Simon is RICS building conservation accredited and specialises in building pathology. He joined Conisbee’s conservation team in 2016 and has particular expertise in inspection, investigation and diagnosis of building defects gained over twenty-five years of working on a wide range of commercial, residential and public buildings.