delegATe lIST - Association for Consultancy and Engineering

3 – 4 November
London

Welcome
We would like to welcome you to ACE’s European CEO Conference 2010.
This is the first European CEO conference that ACE has held. Its aim is to bring
together leading industry figures to discuss the key strategic issues facing your
business and your sector.
The conference is part of ACE’s benchmarking programme. The conference
gives us the opportunity to discuss its findings in depth. We are also pleased to
have such a diverse range of speakers participating in this flagship event.
Tomorrow you will hear our overview of the benchmarking report with some
detail of how the industry is shaping up. This will provide you with valuable
insight into how your company fits within that.
Today we will focus on the impact of mergers and acquisitions, the lessons
learned from the credit crunch and trends in leadership.
We have an impressive selection of speakers over the two days and we hope
you will share your insight too.
We both look forward to talking with you throughout the conference and
hopefully at ACE’s Parliamentary reception tonight.
Nelson Ogunshakin, OBE Paul Zofnass
ACE, UK EFCG, USA
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8.00 Registration and coffee
8.45 Welcome and introduction
Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE, UK
Paul Zofnass, EFCG, USA
Keynote speaker: Roger Flanagan, University of Reading, UK
9.30 european forum: lessons learnt from the credit crunch
Facilitated by Paul Zofnass, EFCG, USA
Panel speakers: Flemming Pedersen, Ramboll, Denmark
Harrie Noy, ARCADIS, Netherlands
Pat McGrath, PM Group, Ireland
Chris Cole, WSP, UK
Kurt Birkenmeier,Gauff JBG Ingenieure, Germany
10.45 coffee break
11.15 market and geography overview
Facilitated by Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE, UK
Panel speakers: Pablo Bueno, TYPSA, Spain
Hugh Blackwood, URS Scott Wilson, UK
Mats Wäppling, SWECO, Sweden
Sylvo Thijsen, Grontmij, Netherlands
Bruce Ainsworth, Black & Veatch, UK
12.30 ceo roundtable: insights from industry leaders
Facilitated by Geoff French, UK
Panel speakers: Harrie Noy, ARCADIS, Netherlands
John Turzynski, Arup, UK
Keith Howells, Mott MacDonald, UK
Ken Dalton, AECOM, UK
13.30 lunch
14.30 BReAKoUT SeSSIoNS
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Seminar 1: leadership and ceo management
Facilitated by Harrie Noy, ARCADIS, Netherlands
Panel speakers: Peter Gammie, Halcrow, UK
Rikard Appelgren, WSP, Sweden
Graham Nicholson, Tony Gee & Partners, UK
Dr. Bernd Kordes, Lahmeyer, Germany
Seminar 2: mergers & acquisitions
Facilitated by Andrej Avelini, EFCG, USA
Panel speakers: Jonathan Goring, Capita Symonds, UK
Charles Mcbeath, Ramboll, UK
Geoff French, UK
Chris Cole, WSP, UK
Sandy Fraser, Brewin Dolphin, UK
15.45 coffee break
16.15 BReAKoUT SeSSIoNS
Seminar 3: managing business in challenging economic climate
Facilitated by Gavin English, WSP, UK
Panel speakers: David Dryden, Cundall, UK
Kevin Rudden, Thomas Garland & Partners, Ireland
Les Buck, Halcrow, UK
Lawrence Hughes, Grontmij, UK
Kevin Parker, Deltek, UK
Seminar 4: ownership transition, succession planning & talent
management
Facilitated by Peter Gammie, Halcrow UK
Panel speakers: Gavin Thompson, Buro Happold, UK
Neil Sandberg, Sandberg, UK
Ashu Prahbu, Pell Frischmann, UK
John Turzynski, Arup, UK
17.30 conference close
Wednesday 3 November 2010
19.00 Ace Parliamentary Reception, Terrace marquee, Houses of
Parliament, Westminster
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8.30 Registration and coffee
9.00 Industry overview: benchmarking report presentation & analysis
Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE, UK
Paul Zofnass, EFCG, USA
10.30 BReAKoUT SeSSIoNS
Seminar 5: Industry challenges & responses
Facilitated by Sylvo Thijsen, Grontmij, Netherlands
Panel speakers: Stuart McLachlan, WSP, UK
Henry Rowe, Royal Haskoning, UK
Eamon Timoney, Fehily Timoney & Company, Ireland
Kevin Parker, Deltek, UK
Seminar 6: managing growing Sme business
Facilitated by Graham Nicholson, Tony Gee & Partners, UK
Panel speakers: Jorge Unda Malcorra, SENER, Spain
Gordon Clark, Gifford, UK
Christian Listov-Saabye, Moe & Brødsgaard, Denmark
Kurt Birkenmeier, Gauff JBG Ingenieure, Germany
11.45 coffee break
12.15 Integration of consulting and contracting services
Facilitated by Brian Kenet, EFCG, USA
Panel speakers: Andy Milner, Amey, UK
Nick Flew, Parsons Brinckerhoff, UK
Dr. Bernd Kordes, Lahmeyer, Germany
13.30 lunch
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14.30 mega consultants in europe: why and do they have a future?
Facilitated by Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE, UK
Panel speakers: Harrie Noy, ACARDIS, Netherlands
Flemming Pedersen, Ramboll, Denmark
Mats Wäppling, SWECO, Sweden
Keith Howells, Mott Macdonald, UK
15.45 coffee break
16.15 The way forward
Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE, UK
Paul Zofnass, EFCG, USA
16.45 conference close
17.00 Post conference drinks reception
18.30 Reception close
Thursday 4 November 2010
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Seminar one: leadership and ceo management
Facilitated by Harrie Noy, ARCADIS, Netherlands
This session provides a chance to discuss the value of leadership and how best
to set the right agenda within a company. This includes the importance of a clear
direction, how to demonstrate the value of your employees, and keeping in touch
with what happens on the ground.
Seminar two: mergers and Acquisitions
Facilitated by Andrej Avelini, EFCG, USA
With a number of high profile mergers and acquisitions in recent months, this is
a chance to discuss what the phenomenon means for the industry. This seminar
will examine why consolidation is happening, the implications for smaller firms,
and why we might expect more big mergers. The session will also ask whether
the industry should be concerned about cross-border takeovers.
Seminar three: managing business in challenging economic climate
Facilitated by Gavin English, WSP, UK
Following decades of relatively stable global growth, this is a chance to debate
and challenge the different approaches needed when facing less certain times.
This seminar will explore the growth areas yet to be exploited, where new
business is likely to come from, and how to prioritise business resources.
Seminar four: ownership transition, succession planning and talent
management
Facilitated by Peter Gammie, Halcrow UK
This seminar will consider the challenges of succession planning, managing a
change of leadership, and nurturing and developing the leaders of the future.
Seminar five: Industry challenges and responses
Facilitated by Sylvo Thijsen, Grontmij
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What does the future look like? What does “good” look like for the sector? How
do we get to the good and avoid the bad? Is industry ready for the challenge?
This seminar is a chance to discuss which challenges are most significant for
the industry at present and how the industry is responding, along with what
more it can do.
Seminar six: managing growing Sme business
Facilitated by Graham Nicholson, Tony Gee & Partners, UK
Small and medium sized businesses comprise of the majority of firms in the sector
in many countries. The future of SMEs in changing economic conditions is a key
concern; this seminar examines the key drivers that impact on SMEs and asks
what SMEs do to survive. Delegates will hear what the Benchmarking results say
about SMEs in the sector from the following speakers:
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Andrej Avelini, efcg
Andrej has been with the firm since 1996 and has advised
on over 70 completed merger and acquisition transactions,
as well as numerous valuation, peer benchmarking analysis
and strategic consulting assignments in the sector. He has
presented to the board of directors or senior management
teams of over 100 firms and has addressed several industry
conferences. Andrej was formerly with Salomon Brothers, Inc.,
a major Wall Street investment banking firm, where he worked
in the telecommunications group on mergers and acquisitions
and capital raising. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business
School and a BBA summa cum laude degree from Freed-
Hardeman University.
Bruce Ainsworth, Black & Veatch
Bruce is managing director for Black & Veatch Group Ltd.
Bruce is the executive managing director for the strategic
business development of the water business, with primary
responsibility to drive growth. During 2008 and 2009, Bruce
served as executive managing director for all water regions,
responsible for sales and services to water business clients
around the globe. Beginning in 2005, Bruce was assigned
to the UK as managing director of the Europe region of the
water business where design and build is the predominant
form of project delivery. The Europe region encompassed
Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. In 2006 he led both
the acquisition and integration of a civil contractor, the largest
acquisition ever made by B&V by doubling the staff count and
revenue in the UK. From 2002 to 2005 Bruce was director of
the design and build business for Water Americas. Prior to
2002 he was head of hydraulic structures and heavy civil. From
1978 to 1999 Bruce served in the energy business moving
from lead civil engineer to principal in charge. Prior to 1978
Bruce worked as a civil engineer in the B&V federal division
serving the US government. Bruce’s design-build project
delivery experience includes water resources, hydropower
engineering and water and wastewater treatment.

Rikard Appelgren, WSP
Rikard is managing director of WSP Sweden and WSP Europe,
and is executive director of WSP plc board. Having worked
as an engineering consultant and contractor in Sweden and
Germany for 8 years he joined WSP Sweden in 1996.
Kurt Birkenmeier, gauff JBg Ingenieure
Kurt graduated from the Technical University of Braunschweig
for Civil Engineering in 1979. He has 30 years of professional
experience in the fields of hydraulic and structural engineering
as well as cost estimate and cost control, part of which
was gained abroad. Kurt is extensively experienced in the
management of large projects and large companies of up to
500 employees through his work in internationally successful
companies over 30 years, and in senior positions for almost
20 years. He has worked in Germany, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Uganda, Tanzania, China and
Egypt.
Hugh Blackwood, URS Scott Wilson
Hugh joined Scott Wilson in 1971 and developed his career
as a civil engineer in the road and railway sectors. He was
made a partner in the business in 1989. In 1995 Hugh led
the acquisition of the former British Rail engineering offices
in Swindon and Glasgow and took on the role of chief
executive officer of the UK railways division. In May 2005
Hugh was appointed joint chief executive of the Scott Wilson
Group charged with the continued successful growth of the
international and UK railways divisions. In May 2008 Hugh
became group chief executive. Following the acquisition of the
company by URS Corporation in September 2010, Hugh was
appointed to the position of senior vice president, international
operations as well as vice president of URS Corporation.
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les Buck, Halcrow
Les was appointed as a main board director in May 1998. He
is now group board director for technical development and
delivery. Between 2003 and 2007 he led the development of
Halcrow’s North American business, which grew to over 500
staff during that time. Prior to moving to the USA, he was
the managing director of the transportation business group
between 2001 and 2003. He has over 35 years experience
as a civil engineer in the design and construction of maritime,
flood defence, power, highway, rail and airport projects. He
is chairman of the risk sub-committee and a trustee of the
Halcrow Trust.
Pablo Bueno, TYPSA
Pablo graduated with an MSc in civil engineering in 1987
and later gained an MBA at IESE Business School in
Madrid. He began his career at TYPSA, a Spanish firm of
consulting engineers and architects, at first as an engineer
working on designs and construction supervision, and later
in a management role. He launched the ports and coasts
department at TYPSA, as well as spending four years in
Saudi Arabia where he managed construction supervision
and buildings. His international experience also includes a
year with a British engineering firm in the UK. He has ample
experience in dealing with clients from all over the world and in
supervising and organising highly specialised multi-disciplinary
teams in all fields of engineering. Pablo became managing
director of TYPSA and is now the CEO. TYPSA has 1,880
employees working in the fields of civil engineering, buildings,
water and the environment, in more than 20 offices in Spain,
Europe, USA, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. He
is a Member of the Spanish Institution of Civil Engineers and
executive member of the Spanish Tunneling Association. He
was vice president of the European Federation of Consulting
Engineers (EFCA) for 5 years and is currently on the executive
committee of FIDIC.

gordon clark, gifford
Gordon graduated in civil engineering from Imperial College
London. He is chairman of consulting engineers Gifford, where
he has been since 1976 and through his career specialised
mainly in bridge design. He was project director for Gifford
for the award-winning Gateshead Millennium Bridge which
has become an icon around the world. He has seen Gifford
grow from around 60 staff and he joined the management
when Gifford had around 150 staff, then growing to almost
900 purely organically, before the economic downturn started
in 2008. He has experienced the stresses of growth and
recession on business and how management needs to adapt
its style, processes and systems in support.
chris cole, WSP
Chris is the chief executive of the publicly-quoted company,
WSP Group plc, one of the largest international consultancy
groups in the world employing around 9,000 staff worldwide.
Chris joined WSP at its inception in the 1970s, took the
company public in 1987 and, as well as being CEO, chairs the
performance and strategy boards. In addition, Chris is nonexecutive
chairman of Ashtead Group plc.
Ken dalton, Aecom
Ken is chief executive, Europe, and is a member of the
AECOM operations board. He is also a member of the AECOM
Europe compliance committee and the pensions and global
stock plan committee. The company has been recognised in
the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For and the
Financial Times Best Workplaces over a number of years. The
company is a foundation member of Tomorrow’s Co., which
promotes relationships with all stakeholders and is proactive
in implementing the EFQM Excellence model to deliver
continuous improvement. Ken has more than 39 years of
professional consulting engineering experience.
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david dryden, cundall
David was appointed as Cundall’s managing partner in June
2002. He has led the organic development of Cundall from
a UK practice with three offices to its current position as
a leading international consultancy with 17 offices in eight
countries. This expansion was most recently recognised at the
2009 Building Services Awards where Cundall was awarded
the international achievement award. David joined Cundall in
1983 from a contracting background. He became a partner in
1989. He has over 30 years experience across a wide scope
of projects, ranging from corporate HQs and government
buildings to mixed-use developments. David’s particular areas
of expertise include critical electrical power systems and
power electronics systems, and he has worked on a number
of data centres and flagship projects including BA Waterside,
Wellcome Trust headquarters in London and the Ministry of
Justice’s, refurbishment of 50 Queen Anne’s Gate, London
gavin english, WSP
Gavin is a chartered civil engineer with over 24 years worldwide
experience in engineering and management. After graduating
from Manchester University in 1982, he joined Cumbria County
Council as a graduate engineer. Gavin joined the Graham
Consulting Group as a senior engineer in 1990 where he began his
international career working on the design of major infrastructure
projects. In 1997 WSP Group acquired Graham Group and Gavin
joined the newly formed WSP International Business. He became
managing director of WSP International Management Consulting in
2001. Gavin is also chair of ACE’s International Business Group.
Roger flanagan, University of Reading
Roger is professor of construction management, School of
Construction Management and Engineering, University of
Reading. He has served on the board of directors of Skanska
AB, Halcrow Group, and companies in USA, Switzerland,
Hong Kong, and South Africa. Roger is also a member of
ACE’s advisory board.

Nick flew, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Nick is the managing director of the Europe, Middle East and
North Africa region for Parsons Brinckerhoff, responsible for
around 3,000 staff in more than 15 countries. Nick joined PB
from Balfour Beatty Management following the acquisition by
Balfour Beatty in October 2009. A chartered engineer (MICE,
MCIWEM), he has spent most of his career in consultancy, with
over 10 years spent on international business in the Far East,
Europe, and Middle East. He joined Balfour Beatty in 2003 and
has been closely involved with vertically integrated services
through delivery alliance arrangements in the gas, water,
electricity and airports sectors, primarily in the UK but also in
the USA.
Sandy fraser, Brewin dolphin
Sandy is a managing director of corporate finance with Brewin
Dolphin Limited and has almost 30 years of corporate advisory
experience, including particular expertise in mergers and
acquisitions, both public and private. He joined Phillips & Drew
in 1982 and was appointed a director of what was then UBS
Phillips & Drew Securities in 1988. He then joined Guinness
Mahon in 1992 and spent almost 10 years as a director, both
before and after its acquisition by Investec Bank. He has spent
the last eight years in Brewin Dolphin’s Corporate Finance
Division during which time his transaction experience has
included advising on: ECM transactions for Hyder Consulting;
lead-managing the IPO of Scott Wilson Group in 2006; and
acting as joint adviser to Scott Wilson on the recommended
offer by URS Corporation earlier this year.
geoff french, URS Scott Wilson
Geoff was Chairman of Scott Wilson for eight years until its
recent acquisition by URS. He is a civil engineering graduate
who joined Scott Wilson in 1968. Following the transition from
partnership to limited company in 1995 he was appointed to
managing director, initially of the business in the UK. He has
overseen the growth of the Scott Wilson business both in the
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UK and the major international business centres around the
world, ensuring the group’s continued position in the top ten
engineering consultancies. He was appointed chairman in
2002, since when the group’s revenue has more than tripled,
and he oversaw the highly successful flotation in March 2006.
In 2008 he became non executive chairman of the group. In
2005 he was elected to the executive committee of FIDIC, the
International Federation of Consulting Engineers and became
vice president in 2009. He is also a past chairman of ACE in
the UK. He became a vice president of the Institution of Civil
Engineers in November 2008.
Peter gammie, Halcrow
Peter has been with Halcrow for 32 years, 20 of which as a
board director, and for the last eight has been chief executive.
Halcrow is a design and planning consultant, operating in
the field of civil and structural engineering. Halcrow is a top
five player in most of its chosen markets and ‘number one’
in several. Its reputation for the design and delivery of major
projects has been extended over the past few years through
successful commissions such as High Speed 1, The Grand
Mosque in Abu Dhabi and the St Petersburg Navigation and
Flood Protection Barrier. Beyond Halcrow, Peter regularly
engages in industry events and is an active member of
ACE. He is a regular speaker and panellist at seminars and
conferences, both in the UK and internationally. He has
chaired CIRIA since 2007.
Jonathan goring, capita Symonds
Jonathan Goring runs the 4,000 person business of
Capita Symonds. His project career spans the Broadgate
Development, British Airways’ World Cargo Centre at
Heathrow Airport, and latterly strategic advice on Wembley
Stadium, The Shard of Glass, Twickenham South Stand and
London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games. Jonathan’s
business experience has led him through the management
buyout of Symonds Group in 2000, to the acquisition of

Symonds by Capita in 2004, to one of the five executive
directors on Capita Symonds’ executive board to his present
position as managing director of Capita Symonds. Those who
know him would say his key strength is to be able to persuade
people to do things they don’t know they should be doing!
Keith Howells, mott macdonald
Keith graduated in civil engineering in 1974 and joined one
of the founder companies of Mott MacDonald in 1975. He
spent the first 10 years of his career in infrastructure design
and project management, mostly in the water and transport
sectors, including two years supervising construction in Iraq
and two years managing procurement and contracts in Kenya.
He studied for an MBA at Cranfield in 1985/6, following which
he undertook a number of master planning and feasibility
studies in the infrastructure and urban environment sectors in
China, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Egypt and southern Africa,
as well as being project director for a number of UK water
sector projects. In 1998 he became managing director of
the group’s water and environment business, and became a
member of the group board in 2002. In 2004 he was made
group managing director, responsible for world-wide business
operations. Keith is also a member of the Cranfield School of
Management advisory board and was recently selected to be
the chair of the ACE’s large consultancy group.
lawrence Hughes, grontmij
Lawrence has proactively driven Grontmij’s expansion in
the UK and Ireland since joining the company as managing
director in 2002. He provides strategic direction to the
consultancy which offers the full spectrum of engineering
and environmental solutions across the built and natural
environment. This includes work in the water industry, the UK
and Ireland’s national and local road network, environmental
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consultancy, sustainable energy, landscape architecture and
telemetry systems. In January 2010, Lawrence was appointed
as group director of water and energy across the international
Grontmij group. The group now encompasses 11,000
professionals and a turnover of over €£1bn (2009). In his current
role, Lawrence is responsible for the performance of the water
and energy business across all eight main countries of the
group. He is also in charge of leading the cross-fertilisation of
market opportunities with international expertise. Lawrence is
vice chairman of ACE where he oversees the organisation’s
strategy of engagement in public affairs. Lawrence has been
a board member of the ACE for three years during which
time he has overseen Grontmij’s wider involvement with the
organisation. With over 30 years engineering experience
gained internationally, Lawrence has held senior positions at
various consultancies in the UK and overseas. He is a MICE,
chartered engineer and a registered professional engineer in
the State of Texas.
dr. Bernd Kordes, lahmeyer
Bernd is President and CEO of Lahmeyer International. Bernd
is a civil engineer with a MSc and PhD from the University
of Karlsruhe, Germany. He has 24 years of experience in
consulting engineering with GKW Group, Germany from 1986
to 1989, WCI Umwelttechnik GmbH, Germany, subsidiary of
Woodward Clyde (today URS) from 1989 to 1993 as managing
director. After rejoining GKW Group in 1993 he became
managing director and CEO in 1996. In 2005 GKW group was
acquired by Pöyry, Finland. After the successful integration of
GKW into Pöyry, Bernd became responsible for the water and
enviroment business sector segment ‘water and environment’
globally and member of the group executive committee
until 2010. Bernd was a member of FIDIC Environmental
Committee from 1991 – 2000. From 2007 – 2010 he was
a member of the EFCA board of directors. He is chairing
the international committee of VBI, the German Consulting
Engineering Association, since 2006.

christian listov-Saabye, moe & Brødsgaard
Christian is a master of science in civil engineering and
has been with Moe & Brødsgaard A/S since 1983. He was
appointed CEO in 2002 and has been in charge of Moe &
Brødsgaard’s rapid growth, ensuring the company a solid
position in the top ten engineering consultancies in Denmark.
Since 2002 the turnover of Moe & Brødsgaard has more than
doubled and the profit more than tripled. The group has grown
from one office in Copenhagen to now five offices in Denmark
and also a subsidiary in Norway. In 2005 he was elected
chairman of the board of GEO, the Danish Geotechnical
Institute, after being vice chairman of the board of GEO since
2002. In 2007 he was elected chairman of the board of the
Danish Building Information Centre. In 2008 he was elected
executive member of DI, the Confederation of Danish Industry.
Jorge Unda malcorra, SeNeR
Jorge joined the Superior Engineering School of Bilbao,
University of the Basque Country in 1980. He has a PhD
in ‘computational analysis of the kinematic and dynamic
problems in planar mechanisms’.
charles mcBeath, Ramboll
Charles joined Ramboll in 1993 and was appointed partner
in 1998, director in 2000 and director with joint responsibility
for all structural and civil engineering groups in 2006. Charles
is Ramboll’s first UK managing director. He leads the drive
for quality across the UK business, strengthening their
multidisciplinary resources for their clients. He works to ensure
the UK operation optimises its position within the Ramboll global
network, contributing technical knowledge and sharing expertise
with clients on a local level. In this, he is keenly aware of the
mix of professional and personal qualities that characterise a
dynamic company which is enjoyable and rewarding to work in.
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Pat mcgrath, Pm group
Pat is CEO of the Ireland-headquartered PM Group, which
employs over 1,700 personnel in Ireland, UK, Belgium,
Sweden, France, Poland, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria,
Singapore, India, China, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and the USA.
Devereux Architects, London, and PM Greene Engineers,
San Jose, are PM Group companies. PM Group provides
project management, architectural/engineering design and
construction management services in the private and public
sectors, with a particular focus on the biopharmaceutical,
medical technology, healthcare, advanced manufacturing
and ‘cleantech/greentech’ sectors. Over 50% of PM Group’s
work originates outside of Ireland. Pat holds Bachelor and
Masters degrees in engineering from University College Dublin
and an MBA from the Open University. He is a Fellow of the
Institution of Engineers of Ireland and a member of the Irish
Academy of Engineering. He is a member of the Board of
the Irish Management Institute and he is a former member
of the governing body of Cork Institute of Technology. Pat is
also non-executive chairperson of the Health Information and
Quality Authority in Ireland (HIQA). HIQA was established in
2007 as part of Ireland’s Health Service Reform Programme.
Stuart mclachlan, WSP
Stuart qualified as an environmental scientist before joining
John Laing plc where he completed his postgraduate MSc
in Environmental Pollution Science. In 1995 he joined WSP
Group plc to develop a business plan for their environmental
consulting business, which he then took a leadership
role in. In 1997 he was made managing director of WSP
environment and energy. Having established one of the leading
environmental consultancies in the UK, Stuart embarked on a
strategy to develop the business into one of the sector-leading
consultancies globally. In addition to his commitment to WSP
environment and energy, Stuart also has a broader role, and in
2006 was appointed to WSP Group’s plc board where one of
his duties is to lead the sustainability strategy for the company.

He is also an active member of the steering committee for the
‘Leadership Skills for a Sustainable Future’ project led by EDF,
and he sits on the May Day Network leadership team, which is
part of BiTC. He currently chairs the Sustainable Future Vision
Project that pulls together many leading businesses in the
UK to create a vision for business that is sustainable and at
the same time positive, progressive and focused on business
opportunity.
graham Nicholson, Tony gee and Partners
Graham is the executive managing director of Tony Gee and
Partners and is chairman of the executive board responsible
for the strategic development and growth of the business.
Graham has been responsible for the detailed design of
a variety of bridges and other structures in the UK and
South East Asia. Despite his current responsibilities for the
development of Tony Gee and Partners he keeps a ‘hands
on’ approach to design. He started his career working for a
contractor and quickly realised the need for better design. At
Tony Gee and Partners he has assisted contractors with their
temporary works requirements to build bridges designed by
others. He has been responsible for the design in the UK of the
Dornoch Firth Bridge, Ceiriog Viaduct, A20 Roundhill Viaducts
and in Hong Kong many of the bridges comprising Rambler
Channel Route 9 together with many Airport Rail Link viaducts.
Other designs of note include Waterloo International Terminal
and the foundation and river protection works for the London
Eye. He has recently been the technical director responsible
for the independent certification of the Taiwan High Speed Rail
infrastructure which includes over 250km of elevated bridge
structures and 45km of tunnels. Graham is a currently vice
chairman and treasurer of ACE.
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Andy milner, Amey
Andy is managing director of Amey’s consulting business.
He joined the company in 2006 following the acquisition of
Owen Williams, where he worked for ten years. Andy has
been integral in driving the integration of Amey’s consultancy
function within the company. This market-leading strategy has
been realised through major contract wins across the business.
Key successes include the award of Network Rail’s CEFA
contract across all five areas, becoming the largest supplier of
technology services to the Highways Agency, and winning both
the HA’s MAC Area 9 and the £2.7bn Birmingham Highways
PFI as a sole provider. Andy is a chartered engineer and has
a background in major projects, particularly major bridge
construction and strengthening projects. He was responsible
for the M1 Tinsley viaduct strengthening (BCIA Major
Project Winner 2005), the M6 Toll road, and a range of other
major projects in the UK and overseas. Andy has extensive
experience of asset management in the rail, highways and
property sectors. He has focused the business on maximising
performance of assets to suit client requirements.
Harrie l.J. Noy, ARcAdIS
Harrie is chief executive officer of ARCADIS NV and has been
in that position since mid 2000. He has over 30 years of
experience in the consulting engineering industry. An engineer
by education, he started with ARCADIS in 1975, first as a
project engineer and since 1985 in several management
positions. He became managing director of ARCADIS’s Dutch
consulting and engineering operations in 1990. In 1994,
he was appointed member of the executive board and in
2000 he assumed his current position. Harrie is also a board
member of the association of Dutch stock listed companies,
of the supervisory board of NV Nederlandse Gas Unie, of the
advisory board of the Euronext stock exchange, and chairman
of the supervisory board of the College of Arnhem – Nijmegen.

Nelson ogunshakin oBe, Ace
Nelson is the chief executive of ACE and over the past five
years has been responsible for the repositioning and strategic
turnaround of the organisation. Nelson has extensive UK and
international experience including Africa, the Middle East,
Asia, Europe and North America within the construction and
infrastructure development sectors. He has been involved
in project development, procurement (EPC / D&B / BOOT /
DBFO/ PFI /PPP) delivery, financial management, technical and
financial advisory, corporate restructuring, investment planning
and corporate development. Nelson is also a member of the
Institution of Civil Engineers UK, a non-executive board director
of Thomas Telford Ltd, Engineering UK, a council member
of Institution of Civil Engineers and Chairman of AEO Group,
UK. He is also a visiting professor at Imperial Business School
(Imperial College, London, UK) and a steering group member
of Reading University research council. In 2010, Nelson was
awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for
services to the engineering sector.
Kevin Parker, deltek
Kevin is president, CEO and chairman of the board of Deltek.
He is a recognised technology industry leader and the driving
force behind Deltek’s customer-focused strategy of providing
superior enterprise software, solutions and consulting to
project-based businesses worldwide. Leading more than 1,600
employees in 12 offices worldwide, Kevin looks to further
Deltek’s industry leadership, expertise and product portfolio in
a range of industries that include: architecture, engineering and
construction; government contracting; accounting; aerospace
and defence; IT services and management consulting; legal;
professional services; project manufacturing; and non-profit.
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flemming Pedersen, Ramboll
Flemming has a PhD in structural dynamics. He has been the
president and group CEO of Ramboll since 1992. Flemming
joined the company in 1976 and became a member of its
management team in 1983. As group CEO he has been
deeply engaged in all aspects of general management,
developing strategies and models for business leadership
and for acquisition and mergers of domestic and international
consulting companies. He has also developed Ramboll’s valuebased
concepts of holistic operation and holistic accounting.
He has been member of the FIDIC Executive Committee
(2004-2008), and since 2009 Flemming has been a member of
Danish Industry’s permanent committee on business policies.
Tushar Prabhu, Pell frischmann
Tushar is the development director and member of the main
board of Pell Frischmann, the largest family-owned consulting
engineering group in the UK with over 1,000 staff worldwide.
His responsibilities include corporate strategy development
and leadership of the UK, UAE and Indian management teams.
He was appointed to his current position in 2002, having
previously been director of operations in India. The focus of the
company is to maintain its 84-year tradition of serving highquality
clients in the UK while expanding its presence in the
Middle East and India. Tushar is a graduate of civil engineering
from the University of Cambridge and holds a Master’s degree
in city and regional planning from Harvard University. He is a
Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the
Royal Geographical Society. His extensive experience covers
business and operations management, as well as consulting
expertise in property and infrastructure development projects.
Prior to joining Pell Frischmann, Tushar worked in the US with
the New York City Public Utility Service and the Electric Power
Research Institute.

Henry Rowe, Royal Haskoning
Henry’s career began in 1974 as an assistant engineer with
Halcrow. He later moved to Posford Duvivier, and his career
has taken him around the world, working on such projects
as the Western Harbour Development Study in Hong Kong
and the Port of Jeddah Container Terminal. In 1999 Henry
was appointed maritime director of Posford Haskoning, later
Royal Haskoning, where he took overall responsibility for
the work of the division, a vast array of maritime projects
including Massawa Port Master Plan, Eritrea, Duqm Port,
Oman, and Cai Lan Port Development in Vietnam. In January
2008 he accepted a position on the Royal Haskoning board
of management. His activities include board responsibility
for the Divisions Maritime, Coastal and Rivers, Water and
Environment as well as the Corporate Support Groups ICT,
QMS and Marketing and Communications. Henry attended
the University of Central London; in 1974 he acquired a BSc
in engineering. He has over 37 years professional experience
including a total of 12 years spent overseas. He has
specialised in the planning and design of ports and waterways,
covering port master planning, port and berth layout planning,
port operations and cargo handling.
Kevin Rudden, Thomas garland & Partners
Kevin has almost twenty years experience as a civil and
structural engineer. He is a chartered engineer, a registered
consulting engineer and a member of the Association of
Consulting Engineers of Ireland. He was made director
of Thomas Garland & Partners in October 1999. He has
experience of planning, design, project management,
coordination and supervision in the construction of a range
of large civil and structural engineering projects and has
extensive experience of the day-to-day management of
building and civil engineering projects. Kevin has been an
executive member of the Association of Consulting Engineers
of Ireland since 2004, and is currently honorary secretary and
the convenor of the Joint Association of Consulting Engineers
of Ireland/Institution of Engineers of Ireland health and safety
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committee. He also represents the European Federation
of Engineering Consultancy Associations on the European
Construction Safety Forum. Presently, Kevin is leading the
company’s expansion into the Middle East where they have
successfully won a number of recent projects in Qatar and
Saudi Arabia.
Neil Sandberg, Sandberg
Following graduation from Exeter University, Neil joined the
UK based contractor Mowlem to work on various projects
including London City Airport. After secondment to Ove
Arup in London working on projects such as Stockley Park,
Neil moved to the USA working with Greiner, a large American
consulting engineering firm. On returning from the States in
1992, Neil joined Sandberg to be based in their Clapham
laboratories working as an engineer in the construction
materials department. Two years later, Neil moved to Hong
Kong to manage Sandberg (Asia) Limited. Projects ranged
from major bridges to Hong Kong Housing Authority schemes.
In 1996, Neil returned to the UK to manage Sandberg’s
civil engineering group. In 2000, Neil became managing
partner of Sandberg. Neil is a past chairman of ACE. Other
association roles have included being a board member of the
European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations
(EFCA) for six years until 2008.
Sylvo Thijsen, grontmij
Born in Holland in 1959, Sylvo joined Grontmij in 1984. Having
worked at different divisions in the Netherlands, Belgium and
Germany he became chairman of Grontmij’s executive board in
2003. Sylvo has also served as managing director of Grontmij
Advies & Techniek, a member of the VROM council (Ministry of
Housing, Planning and Environmental Management), a board
member at PHN, a platform for the Dutch wood and paper
industry, and he was member of the advisory board of the
environmental sciences group at Wageningen University.

gavin Thompson, Buro Happold
Gavin is a chartered building services engineer with over
20 years experience. He joined Buro Happold in 1988 and
became a partner of the practice in 2000, before becoming
chief executive officer in 2005. While he is still actively involved
in design and research, his responsibilities are focused on
providing overall leadership for the firm which entails project
involvement, from the earliest stages of exploring the brief with
the client to detailed internal design reviews. He has lived and
worked in mainland Europe, the Middle East, North America,
and Far East and retains a key interest in developing Buro
Happold’s presence overseas. Since Gavin became CEO, Buro
Happold has opened 10 new offices world wide, including
Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Moscow and Pune with expansion
planned in other strategic markets.
eamon Timoney, fehily Timoney and company
Eamon is a co-founder of Fehily Timoney and Company
and the current managing director. He is also joint managing
director of Fehily Timoney Ramboll and Fehily Timoney
Gifford. Eamon has over 30 years experience as a consulting
engineer. He holds an honours degree in civil engineering
from UCD (1976). He is a chartered engineer, a Fellow
of Engineers Ireland, a Member of the Institution of Civil
Engineers, a Member of the Chartered Institution of Water
and Environmental Management and a registered consulting
engineer with the Association of Consulting Engineers of
Ireland. He is currently President of the Association for the
period 2010-2011. Eamon is chairman of the Construction
Industry Council and a member of the Construction Industry
Group.
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John Turzynski, Arup
John is a director of Arup, having joined the firm in 1977. Since
then he has worked in the United Kingdom, the USA, Zambia
and Australia. He has been a leader of Arup’s building design
business in London, Europe and the USA. He is currently
Arup’s chief operating officer for the UK, Middle East and
Africa region. He has led multidisciplinary project teams on a
variety of projects in the UK, Europe, the USA and beyond.
These have ranged in size from master plans and major
redevelopments to more modest projects. In recent years,
John has focused on building projects associated with major
infrastructure developments, particularly related to cities and
regeneration. Some of John’s noteworthy projects include:
King’s Cross St Pancras Station redevelopment project
(Underground) (LUL); King’s Cross Station redevelopment
programme (Overground) (Network Rail), London; Crossrail,
London; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco;
CalPERS Headquarters, Sacramento, California; General
Motors Warren Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, USA; the
Royal Opera House development, Covent Garden, London;
Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne, East Sussex;
Portcullis House, Westminster, London; and the Zuidas project,
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
mats Wäppling, SWeco
Mats has served as CEO and president of SWECO AB since
January 2007 and has been a member of the board since
2003. Mats is 54 years old and has an MSc in civil engineering
from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. From
2003 to 2006 he was the executive vice president of the
Swedish construction company NCC AB and President of
NCC Property Development. Prior to this, he held various
positions in the Skanska Group between 1979 and 2002,
including executive vice president and business area manager.

Paul Zofnass, efcg
Paul is a graduate of Harvard College, and an alumnus of
both Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. He
is president of EFCG (The Environmental Financial Consulting
Group), an investment banking and financial advisory firm he
founded 20 years ago, to provide financial and strategic advice
to the engineering and consulting industry. Today EFCG serves
as a retained advisor to 40 of the industry’s leading firms
world-wide, providing business and strategic advice. EFCG
hosts an annual CEO conference in New York City, now in its
20th year, a ‘by invitation only’ event that brings together the
heads of the industry’s 200 largest firms in New York for a
three-day update and analysis of the industry. Prior to founding
EFCG in 1990 he spent 17 years in finance, beginning his
career with four years at Citibank, where he was in charge
of a unit specialising in acquisition financing. He spent 13
years with Oppenheimer, a major Wall Street investment
banking firm, where he was a managing director in investment
banking, created and ran their public equity group in corporate
finance, was actively involved in financing and mergers
and acquisitions, and initiated their environmental services
group. He is married to Renee Ring, a finance attorney, and
has two grown daughters.
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About Ace
ACE represents the business interests of the consultancy and engineering
industry in the UK. ACE is the leading business association in the sector, with
around 650 firms – large and small, operating across many different disciplines –
as its members.
Those members are some of the world’s leading consultancy and engineering
businesses. Renowned for the quality and excellence of their work, they
regularly win awards for engineering innovation and achievement.
For more information about ACE activities visit www.acenet.co.uk
About efcg
The Environmental Financial Consulting Group (EFCG) was founded in 1990
by Paul J Zofnass as a boutique investment banking firm providing financial
and strategic advisory services initially to environmental - and now to all -
engineering and consulting firms.
Based in New York, EFCG’s service offerings to the industry include:
• Financial and strategic advice, including evaluating firms’ strategic
alternatives, ownership or management transition, recapitalisations,
reorganisations and strategic planning;
• Valuations of firms for internal ownership transfer and employee stock
ownership plans;
• Peer benchmarking analyses on a range of business parameters, including
business performance and executive compensation;
• Advice on mergers and acquisitions;
• Industry information and research; and
• Ownership transition planning.
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Name company
Bruce Ainsworth Black & Veatch
Rikard Appelgren WSP
Andrej Avelini EFCG
Martin Bailey NG Bailey
Naomi Bari ACE
Mike Bayliss CIFC
Kurt Birkenmeier Gauff JBG Ingenieure
Hugh Blackwood URS Scott Wilson
Les Buck Halcrow
Pablo Bueno TYPSA
Mai Cheung ACE
Naz Choudhury ACE
Gordon Clark Gifford
Chris Cole WSP
Andrew Cowell MWH UK
Ken Dalton AECOM
David Dryden Cundall
Mel Ewell Amey
Roger Flanagan University of Reading
Nick Flew Parsons Brinckerhoff
Sandy Fraser Brewin Dolphin
Geoff French URS Scott Wilson
Peter Gammie Halcrow
Jonathan Goring Capita Symonds
Michael Hall ACE
Ian Hargreaves BST
Kari Harsunen SWECO
Keith Howells Mott MacDonald Group
Lawrence Hughes Grontmij Group
Ira Kane Boart Longyear
Brian Kenet EFCG
Phil Kirkham Deltek
Dr. Bernd Kordes Lahmeyer
David Lawton Peter Brett Associates
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Marcus Leathwood Deltek
Christian Listov-Saabye Moe & Broedsgaard
Gordon Lockhart Scott White + Hookins
Peter MacKellar Sinclair Knight Merz Europe
Charles McBeath Ramboll
Pat McGrath PM Group
Stuart Mclachlan WSP
Andy Milner Amey
Graham Nicholson Tony Gee & Partners
Eduardo Niebles BST
Harrie Noy ARCADIS
Nelson Ogunshakin ACE
Kevin Parker Deltek
Michael Parkinson Brewin Dolphin
Flemming Pedersen Ramboll
Graham Pontin ACE
Tushar Prabhu Pell Frischmann
Henry Rowe Royal Haskoning
Kevin Rudden Thomas Garland & Partners
David Sadler Grontmij
Neil Sandberg Sandberg
Craig Scott Tata Steel Projects
Rick Sharpe Deltek
Henning Therkelsen COWI A/S
Sylvo Thijsen Grontmij
Gavin Thompson Buro Happold
Eamon Timoney Fehily Timoney
John Turzynski Arup
Jorge Unda Malcorra SENER
Darren Upson Deltek
Mats Wäppling SWECO
Duncan Webster Hurleypalmerflatt
Steve Wooler BWB Consulting
David Young Hurleypalmerflatt
Paul Zofnass EFCG
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