Janet Young
Institution of Civil Engineers
director general and secretary
Janet Young
Dr Janet Young CBE is the director general and secretary at the ICE.
Janet leads the organisation, working in partnership with a trustee board and a team of senior executives.
This includes delivering the ICE’s strategy, and essential services such as member qualifications, furthering knowledge and innovation and advocacy.
Janet’s role is outward facing, representing the ICE to members, industry, academia and governments.
She is the infrastructure sector lead on the UK government’s Construction Leadership Council (CLC).
Janet has extensive experience in the built environment. She is a chartered surveyor and Fellow of the ICE, RICS and Royal Engineers.
Her previous role was the government head of the property profession at the Cabinet Office.
She has also delivered major transformation and capital programmes for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for Education (DfE) and was the global estates director at the British Council.
