Dr Janvi Shah
Arcadis
head of highways asset management (UK)
Dr Janvi Shah
A Chartered Engineer of more than 15 years’ standing, Dr Janvi Shah has been head of highways asset management for Arcadis in the UK since May 2024.
When she was head of asset management strategy at National Highways in 2021-23, she led a cross-directorate transformation programme that improved the company’s asset management capability. This enabled it to achieve ISO 55000 certification.
More recently, Shah served as assistant director of place, strategy and performance at Birmingham City Council. There, she developed its place-making directorate’s approach to governance and performance management, establishing an efficiency programme.
A visiting lecturer at both University College London and the University of Birmingham, she has presented at many conferences and won several awards for her work.
Shah, who contributed to the ICE’s 2025 annual State of Nation report, sits on the women’s network committee at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.
