Routes to Fellowship with Elizabeth Rickard BEng (hons) FICE MIET MIoD

Keith Jones FICE

Keith is a Chartered Civil Engineer, Chartered Environmentalist and Fellow of ICE. He has been in 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.

Keith was in Local Government from 1967 to 2008 holding a range of posts involving engineering, highways, infrastructure and drainage. Former Chairman of the County Surveyors Society Wales Engineering Committee and member of the UK Roads Board, advising Government on Highways issues.

He is a member of the Cross Party Groups on STEMM and Construction and Industrial Liaison Boards at Cardiff University and Swansea University.

Emma Antrobus

Emma has been the North West Director of ICE since July 2018, overseeing the activity and budgeting for more than 6,500 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 done 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.

Elizabeth Rickard BEng (hons) FICE MIET MI0D

Liz, a director, engineer, and committee member with a proven leadership record, was elected Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2024. She has consistently demonstrated expertise in improving standards, fostering innovation, and driving both technical and cultural change within her specialised sector.

As a specialist consultant, Liz draws upon her dynamic engineering principles to provide structural and dynamic design advice in relation to height safety and rope access equipment. She actively contributes to the development of British Standards and sector education, ensuring that the industry remains at the forefront of innovation.