Eur Ing Keith Jones BSc, DMS, CEng, CEnv, FICE, FCIHT, FCMI
ICE Wales Cymru Regional Director
Keith is a Chartered Civil Engineer, Chartered Environmentalist and Fellow of ICE. He has been in his current post since May 2008, prior to this he was Operational Manager Highways at the Vale of Glamorgan Council, responsible for all highway maintenance operations including management of the DSO contracting unit as well as Environmental Manager for the Council.
He was in Local Government from 1967 to 2008 holding a range of posts involving engineering, highways, infrastructure and drainage. A former Chairman of the County Surveyors Society Wales Engineering Committee and member of the UK Roads Board – advising Government on Highways issues. Keith is a member of the Cross Party Groups on STEMM and Construction and Industrial Liaison Boards at the universities of Cardiff and Swansea.
Emma Antrobus
Regional Director, ICE North West
Emma has been the North West Director of the Institution of Civil Engineers since July 2018, overseeing the activity and budgeting for more than 6500 members in the region. ICE has more than 95,000 members across the world in all sectors of engineering including transport, housing, development, energy and water.
Having completed a business with manufacturing degree, Emma has spent most of her career working with and supporting businesses in all sectors towards improvement and change, with a focus on the engagement with and understanding of policy, focusing on infrastructure projects including rebuilding Manchester city centre following the 1996 bomb, Northern Hub and HS2.
Prof Dr Sabih Gatea Khisaf MSc PhD Eur Ing CEng FICE FCIHT FCMI
Dr. Sabih has more 37 years’ experience in the design and construction of rail infrastructure and infrastructure development programs in the UK, Europe and most recently in the Middle East. Transport modes include: Ports, Airport, Metro, Light Rail (LRT), Tram, and Regional Railways, project management and planning, project engineering, design, construction and maintenance in the construction industry.
Dr. Sabih has extensive experience in the design and construction of civil and heavy civil infrastructure projects, such as Heathrow Terminal 5 in London, Khalifa Port and Khalifa Industrial Zone in Abu Dhabi, Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, A13 DBFO Project in London, Metro operation, London Underground (Tube Lines, London). He has also been involved in program management for the development of multi-mode transit systems (e.g. Abu Dhabi’s US$ 32-billion Integrated Public Transport Program), as the Civil Infrastructure Design Manager, Metro Design, Doha Metro and recently, Head of Engineering with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies MENA Region.