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3 – 4 November<br />
London
Welcome<br />
We would like to welcome you to ACE’s European CEO Conference 2010.<br />
This is the first European CEO conference that ACE has held. Its aim is to bring<br />
together leading industry figures to discuss the key strategic issues facing your<br />
business <strong>and</strong> your sector.<br />
The conference is part of ACE’s benchmarking programme. The conference<br />
gives us the opportunity to discuss its findings in depth. We are also pleased to<br />
have such a diverse range of speakers participating in this flagship event.<br />
Tomorrow you will hear our overview of the benchmarking report with some<br />
detail of how the industry is shaping up. This will provide you with valuable<br />
insight into how your company fits within that.<br />
Today we will focus on the impact of mergers <strong>and</strong> acquisitions, the lessons<br />
learned from the credit crunch <strong>and</strong> trends in leadership.<br />
We have an impressive selection of speakers over the two days <strong>and</strong> we hope<br />
you will share your insight too.<br />
We both look <strong>for</strong>ward to talking with you throughout the conference <strong>and</strong><br />
hopefully at ACE’s Parliamentary reception tonight.<br />
Nelson Ogunshakin, OBE Paul Zofnass<br />
ACE, UK EFCG, USA<br />
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8.00 Registration <strong>and</strong> coffee<br />
8.45 Welcome <strong>and</strong> introduction<br />
Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE, UK<br />
Paul Zofnass, EFCG, USA<br />
Keynote speaker: Roger Flanagan, University of Reading, UK<br />
9.30 european <strong>for</strong>um: lessons learnt from the credit crunch<br />
Facilitated by Paul Zofnass, EFCG, USA<br />
Panel speakers: Flemming Pedersen, Ramboll, Denmark<br />
Harrie Noy, ARCADIS, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Pat McGrath, PM Group, Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Chris Cole, WSP, UK<br />
Kurt Birkenmeier,Gauff JBG Ingenieure, Germany<br />
10.45 coffee break<br />
11.15 market <strong>and</strong> geography overview<br />
Facilitated by Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE, UK<br />
Panel speakers: Pablo Bueno, TYPSA, Spain<br />
Hugh Blackwood, URS Scott Wilson, UK<br />
Mats Wäppling, SWECO, Sweden<br />
Sylvo Thijsen, Grontmij, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Bruce Ainsworth, Black & Veatch, UK<br />
12.30 ceo roundtable: insights from industry leaders<br />
Facilitated by Geoff French, UK<br />
Panel speakers: Harrie Noy, ARCADIS, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
John Turzynski, Arup, UK<br />
Keith Howells, Mott MacDonald, UK<br />
Ken Dalton, AECOM, UK<br />
13.30 lunch<br />
14.30 BReAKoUT SeSSIoNS<br />
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Seminar 1: leadership <strong>and</strong> ceo management<br />
Facilitated by Harrie Noy, ARCADIS, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Panel speakers: Peter Gammie, Halcrow, UK<br />
Rikard Appelgren, WSP, Sweden<br />
Graham Nicholson, Tony Gee & Partners, UK<br />
Dr. Bernd Kordes, Lahmeyer, Germany<br />
Seminar 2: mergers & acquisitions<br />
Facilitated by Andrej Avelini, EFCG, USA<br />
Panel speakers: Jonathan Goring, Capita Symonds, UK<br />
Charles Mcbeath, Ramboll, UK<br />
Geoff French, UK<br />
Chris Cole, WSP, UK<br />
S<strong>and</strong>y Fraser, Brewin Dolphin, UK<br />
15.45 coffee break<br />
16.15 BReAKoUT SeSSIoNS<br />
Seminar 3: managing business in challenging economic climate<br />
Facilitated by Gavin English, WSP, UK<br />
Panel speakers: David Dryden, Cundall, UK<br />
Kevin Rudden, Thomas Garl<strong>and</strong> & Partners, Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Les Buck, Halcrow, UK<br />
Lawrence Hughes, Grontmij, UK<br />
Kevin Parker, Deltek, UK<br />
Seminar 4: ownership transition, succession planning & talent<br />
management<br />
Facilitated by Peter Gammie, Halcrow UK<br />
Panel speakers: Gavin Thompson, Buro Happold, UK<br />
Neil S<strong>and</strong>berg, S<strong>and</strong>berg, UK<br />
Ashu Prahbu, Pell Frischmann, UK<br />
John Turzynski, Arup, UK<br />
17.30 conference close<br />
Wednesday 3 November 2010<br />
19.00 Ace Parliamentary Reception, Terrace marquee, Houses of<br />
Parliament, Westminster<br />
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8.30 Registration <strong>and</strong> coffee<br />
9.00 Industry overview: benchmarking report presentation & analysis<br />
Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE, UK<br />
Paul Zofnass, EFCG, USA<br />
10.30 BReAKoUT SeSSIoNS<br />
Seminar 5: Industry challenges & responses<br />
Facilitated by Sylvo Thijsen, Grontmij, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Panel speakers: Stuart McLachlan, WSP, UK<br />
Henry Rowe, Royal Haskoning, UK<br />
Eamon Timoney, Fehily Timoney & Company, Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Kevin Parker, Deltek, UK<br />
Seminar 6: managing growing Sme business<br />
Facilitated by Graham Nicholson, Tony Gee & Partners, UK<br />
Panel speakers: Jorge Unda Malcorra, SENER, Spain<br />
Gordon Clark, Gif<strong>for</strong>d, UK<br />
Christian Listov-Saabye, Moe & Brødsgaard, Denmark<br />
Kurt Birkenmeier, Gauff JBG Ingenieure, Germany<br />
11.45 coffee break<br />
12.15 Integration of consulting <strong>and</strong> contracting services<br />
Facilitated by Brian Kenet, EFCG, USA<br />
Panel speakers: Andy Milner, Amey, UK<br />
Nick Flew, Parsons Brinckerhoff, UK<br />
Dr. Bernd Kordes, Lahmeyer, Germany<br />
13.30 lunch<br />
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14.30 mega consultants in europe: why <strong>and</strong> do they have a future?<br />
Facilitated by Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE, UK<br />
Panel speakers: Harrie Noy, ACARDIS, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Flemming Pedersen, Ramboll, Denmark<br />
Mats Wäppling, SWECO, Sweden<br />
Keith Howells, Mott Macdonald, UK<br />
15.45 coffee break<br />
16.15 The way <strong>for</strong>ward<br />
Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE, UK<br />
Paul Zofnass, EFCG, USA<br />
16.45 conference close<br />
17.00 Post conference drinks reception<br />
18.30 Reception close<br />
Thursday 4 November 2010<br />
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BReAKoUT SeSSIoNS<br />
Seminar one: leadership <strong>and</strong> ceo management<br />
Facilitated by Harrie Noy, ARCADIS, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
This session provides a chance to discuss the value of leadership <strong>and</strong> how best<br />
to set the right agenda within a company. This includes the importance of a clear<br />
direction, how to demonstrate the value of your employees, <strong>and</strong> keeping in touch<br />
with what happens on the ground.<br />
Seminar two: mergers <strong>and</strong> Acquisitions<br />
Facilitated by Andrej Avelini, EFCG, USA<br />
With a number of high profile mergers <strong>and</strong> acquisitions in recent months, this is<br />
a chance to discuss what the phenomenon means <strong>for</strong> the industry. This seminar<br />
will examine why consolidation is happening, the implications <strong>for</strong> smaller firms,<br />
<strong>and</strong> why we might expect more big mergers. The session will also ask whether<br />
the industry should be concerned about cross-border takeovers.<br />
Seminar three: managing business in challenging economic climate<br />
Facilitated by Gavin English, WSP, UK<br />
Following decades of relatively stable global growth, this is a chance to debate<br />
<strong>and</strong> challenge the different approaches needed when facing less certain times.<br />
This seminar will explore the growth areas yet to be exploited, where new<br />
business is likely to come from, <strong>and</strong> how to prioritise business resources.<br />
Seminar four: ownership transition, succession planning <strong>and</strong> talent<br />
management<br />
Facilitated by Peter Gammie, Halcrow UK<br />
This seminar will consider the challenges of succession planning, managing a<br />
change of leadership, <strong>and</strong> nurturing <strong>and</strong> developing the leaders of the future.<br />
Seminar five: Industry challenges <strong>and</strong> responses<br />
Facilitated by Sylvo Thijsen, Grontmij<br />
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What does the future look like? What does “good” look like <strong>for</strong> the sector? How<br />
do we get to the good <strong>and</strong> avoid the bad? Is industry ready <strong>for</strong> the challenge?<br />
This seminar is a chance to discuss which challenges are most significant <strong>for</strong><br />
the industry at present <strong>and</strong> how the industry is responding, along with what<br />
more it can do.<br />
Seminar six: managing growing Sme business<br />
Facilitated by Graham Nicholson, Tony Gee & Partners, UK<br />
Small <strong>and</strong> medium sized businesses comprise of the majority of firms in the sector<br />
in many countries. The future of SMEs in changing economic conditions is a key<br />
concern; this seminar examines the key drivers that impact on SMEs <strong>and</strong> asks<br />
what SMEs do to survive. Delegates will hear what the Benchmarking results say<br />
about SMEs in the sector from the following speakers:<br />
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SPoNSoR PRofIle<br />
deltek company Profile:<br />
Headquartered in Virginia, USA, with nearly 1,400 employees worldwide,<br />
Deltek is the leading provider of enterprise applications software <strong>and</strong> solutions<br />
designed specifically <strong>for</strong> project-focused businesses. For decades, we have<br />
enabled government contractors <strong>and</strong> professional services firms to automate<br />
mission-critical business processes around the engagement, execution <strong>and</strong><br />
delivery of projects.<br />
Deltek serves more than 13,000 customers worldwide, including:<br />
• 100% of the <strong>Engineering</strong> News Record Top 10 Design Firms<br />
• 80% of the <strong>Engineering</strong> News Record Top 500 Design Firms<br />
• Approximately 80% of the 2009 ZweigWhite Top 200 fastest-growing<br />
Architecture, <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>and</strong> Environmental consulting firms<br />
• Four of the five largest Global Accounting <strong>and</strong> Consulting firms<br />
• The world's three largest Marketing Communications Networks<br />
Why deltek?<br />
Deltek provides project-driven organisations with effective <strong>and</strong> reliable<br />
enterprise software solutions to optimise <strong>and</strong> improve project billing, costs <strong>and</strong><br />
controls; employee time collection <strong>and</strong> expense reporting; revenue recognition<br />
reporting, earned value management <strong>and</strong> corporate governance.<br />
deltek's solutions help you to:<br />
• Enhance your bottom line<br />
• Streamline <strong>and</strong> optimise project processes <strong>and</strong> methods<br />
• Win more business<br />
• Complete more projects on time <strong>and</strong> under budget<br />
customers<br />
Our customers range in size from small businesses to very large enterprises<br />
<strong>and</strong> represent a wide range of industries including government contracting;<br />
aerospace & defence; project manufacturing; government agency; non-profit;<br />
architecture & engineering; energy & environmental; engineering, procurement<br />
& construction; legal; management <strong>and</strong> IT consulting; research, <strong>and</strong> tax, audit,<br />
<strong>and</strong> accounting. The strength of our customer service <strong>and</strong> the quality of our<br />
customer base is demonstrated by the fact that approximately three quarters of<br />
our license revenue is generated from existing customers.<br />
For more in<strong>for</strong>mation, please visit www.deltek.com<br />
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Deltek Vision<br />
Drive more value in every phase of the project lifecycle<br />
Centralise <strong>and</strong> integrate all your project data<br />
with Deltek Vision, the end-to-end project based<br />
ERP solution <strong>for</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> practices.<br />
• Streamline operations <strong>and</strong> project<br />
management<br />
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• Improve project profitability<br />
• Maximise resource utilisation<br />
• Bid <strong>for</strong> (<strong>and</strong> win) the right types of project<br />
• Manage <strong>and</strong> share project related<br />
emails through Outlook integration<br />
Deltek Vision will help your business thrive<br />
throughout the recession <strong>and</strong> beyond,<br />
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For more in<strong>for</strong>mation about Deltek Vision, please visit<br />
www.deltek.co.uk/vision or call +44(0)20 7518 5040.<br />
For more in<strong>for</strong>mation about Deltek Vision,<br />
please visit www.deltek.co.uk/vision<br />
or call +44(0)20 7518 5040.<br />
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SPeAKeR PRofIleS<br />
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Andrej Avelini, efcg<br />
Andrej has been with the firm since 1996 <strong>and</strong> has advised<br />
on over 70 completed merger <strong>and</strong> acquisition transactions,<br />
as well as numerous valuation, peer benchmarking analysis<br />
<strong>and</strong> strategic consulting assignments in the sector. He has<br />
presented to the board of directors or senior management<br />
teams of over 100 firms <strong>and</strong> has addressed several industry<br />
conferences. Andrej was <strong>for</strong>merly with Salomon Brothers, Inc.,<br />
a major Wall Street investment banking firm, where he worked<br />
in the telecommunications group on mergers <strong>and</strong> acquisitions<br />
<strong>and</strong> capital raising. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business<br />
School <strong>and</strong> a BBA summa cum laude degree from Freed-<br />
Hardeman University.<br />
Bruce Ainsworth, Black & Veatch<br />
Bruce is managing director <strong>for</strong> Black & Veatch Group Ltd.<br />
Bruce is the executive managing director <strong>for</strong> the strategic<br />
business development of the water business, with primary<br />
responsibility to drive growth. During 2008 <strong>and</strong> 2009, Bruce<br />
served as executive managing director <strong>for</strong> all water regions,<br />
responsible <strong>for</strong> sales <strong>and</strong> services to water business clients<br />
around the globe. Beginning in 2005, Bruce was assigned<br />
to the UK as managing director of the Europe region of the<br />
water business where design <strong>and</strong> build is the predominant<br />
<strong>for</strong>m of project delivery. The Europe region encompassed<br />
Europe, Middle East, Africa <strong>and</strong> India. In 2006 he led both<br />
the acquisition <strong>and</strong> integration of a civil contractor, the largest<br />
acquisition ever made by B&V by doubling the staff count <strong>and</strong><br />
revenue in the UK. From 2002 to 2005 Bruce was director of<br />
the design <strong>and</strong> build business <strong>for</strong> Water Americas. Prior to<br />
2002 he was head of hydraulic structures <strong>and</strong> heavy civil. From<br />
1978 to 1999 Bruce served in the energy business moving<br />
from lead civil engineer to principal in charge. Prior to 1978<br />
Bruce worked as a civil engineer in the B&V federal division<br />
serving the US government. Bruce’s design-build project<br />
delivery experience includes water resources, hydropower<br />
engineering <strong>and</strong> water <strong>and</strong> wastewater treatment.
Rikard Appelgren, WSP<br />
Rikard is managing director of WSP Sweden <strong>and</strong> WSP Europe,<br />
<strong>and</strong> is executive director of WSP plc board. Having worked<br />
as an engineering consultant <strong>and</strong> contractor in Sweden <strong>and</strong><br />
Germany <strong>for</strong> 8 years he joined WSP Sweden in 1996.<br />
Kurt Birkenmeier, gauff JBg Ingenieure<br />
Kurt graduated from the Technical University of Braunschweig<br />
<strong>for</strong> Civil <strong>Engineering</strong> in 1979. He has 30 years of professional<br />
experience in the fields of hydraulic <strong>and</strong> structural engineering<br />
as well as cost estimate <strong>and</strong> cost control, part of which<br />
was gained abroad. Kurt is extensively experienced in the<br />
management of large projects <strong>and</strong> large companies of up to<br />
500 employees through his work in internationally successful<br />
companies over 30 years, <strong>and</strong> in senior positions <strong>for</strong> almost<br />
20 years. He has worked in Germany, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,<br />
United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Ug<strong>and</strong>a, Tanzania, China <strong>and</strong><br />
Egypt.<br />
Hugh Blackwood, URS Scott Wilson<br />
Hugh joined Scott Wilson in 1971 <strong>and</strong> developed his career<br />
as a civil engineer in the road <strong>and</strong> railway sectors. He was<br />
made a partner in the business in 1989. In 1995 Hugh led<br />
the acquisition of the <strong>for</strong>mer British Rail engineering offices<br />
in Swindon <strong>and</strong> Glasgow <strong>and</strong> took on the role of chief<br />
executive officer of the UK railways division. In May 2005<br />
Hugh was appointed joint chief executive of the Scott Wilson<br />
Group charged with the continued successful growth of the<br />
international <strong>and</strong> UK railways divisions. In May 2008 Hugh<br />
became group chief executive. Following the acquisition of the<br />
company by URS Corporation in September 2010, Hugh was<br />
appointed to the position of senior vice president, international<br />
operations as well as vice president of URS Corporation.<br />
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les Buck, Halcrow<br />
Les was appointed as a main board director in May 1998. He<br />
is now group board director <strong>for</strong> technical development <strong>and</strong><br />
delivery. Between 2003 <strong>and</strong> 2007 he led the development of<br />
Halcrow’s North American business, which grew to over 500<br />
staff during that time. Prior to moving to the USA, he was<br />
the managing director of the transportation business group<br />
between 2001 <strong>and</strong> 2003. He has over 35 years experience<br />
as a civil engineer in the design <strong>and</strong> construction of maritime,<br />
flood defence, power, highway, rail <strong>and</strong> airport projects. He<br />
is chairman of the risk sub-committee <strong>and</strong> a trustee of the<br />
Halcrow Trust.<br />
Pablo Bueno, TYPSA<br />
Pablo graduated with an MSc in civil engineering in 1987<br />
<strong>and</strong> later gained an MBA at IESE Business School in<br />
Madrid. He began his career at TYPSA, a Spanish firm of<br />
consulting engineers <strong>and</strong> architects, at first as an engineer<br />
working on designs <strong>and</strong> construction supervision, <strong>and</strong> later<br />
in a management role. He launched the ports <strong>and</strong> coasts<br />
department at TYPSA, as well as spending four years in<br />
Saudi Arabia where he managed construction supervision<br />
<strong>and</strong> buildings. His international experience also includes a<br />
year with a British engineering firm in the UK. He has ample<br />
experience in dealing with clients from all over the world <strong>and</strong> in<br />
supervising <strong>and</strong> organising highly specialised multi-disciplinary<br />
teams in all fields of engineering. Pablo became managing<br />
director of TYPSA <strong>and</strong> is now the CEO. TYPSA has 1,880<br />
employees working in the fields of civil engineering, buildings,<br />
water <strong>and</strong> the environment, in more than 20 offices in Spain,<br />
Europe, USA, Latin America, Africa <strong>and</strong> the Middle East. He<br />
is a Member of the Spanish Institution of Civil Engineers <strong>and</strong><br />
executive member of the Spanish Tunneling <strong>Association</strong>. He<br />
was vice president of the European Federation of Consulting<br />
Engineers (EFCA) <strong>for</strong> 5 years <strong>and</strong> is currently on the executive<br />
committee of FIDIC.
gordon clark, gif<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Gordon graduated in civil engineering from Imperial College<br />
London. He is chairman of consulting engineers Gif<strong>for</strong>d, where<br />
he has been since 1976 <strong>and</strong> through his career specialised<br />
mainly in bridge design. He was project director <strong>for</strong> Gif<strong>for</strong>d<br />
<strong>for</strong> the award-winning Gateshead Millennium Bridge which<br />
has become an icon around the world. He has seen Gif<strong>for</strong>d<br />
grow from around 60 staff <strong>and</strong> he joined the management<br />
when Gif<strong>for</strong>d had around 150 staff, then growing to almost<br />
900 purely organically, be<strong>for</strong>e the economic downturn started<br />
in 2008. He has experienced the stresses of growth <strong>and</strong><br />
recession on business <strong>and</strong> how management needs to adapt<br />
its style, processes <strong>and</strong> systems in support.<br />
chris cole, WSP<br />
Chris is the chief executive of the publicly-quoted company,<br />
WSP Group plc, one of the largest international consultancy<br />
groups in the world employing around 9,000 staff worldwide.<br />
Chris joined WSP at its inception in the 1970s, took the<br />
company public in 1987 <strong>and</strong>, as well as being CEO, chairs the<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>and</strong> strategy boards. In addition, Chris is nonexecutive<br />
chairman of Ashtead Group plc.<br />
Ken dalton, Aecom<br />
Ken is chief executive, Europe, <strong>and</strong> is a member of the<br />
AECOM operations board. He is also a member of the AECOM<br />
Europe compliance committee <strong>and</strong> the pensions <strong>and</strong> global<br />
stock plan committee. The company has been recognised in<br />
the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Financial Times Best Workplaces over a number of years. The<br />
company is a foundation member of Tomorrow’s Co., which<br />
promotes relationships with all stakeholders <strong>and</strong> is proactive<br />
in implementing the EFQM Excellence model to deliver<br />
continuous improvement. Ken has more than 39 years of<br />
professional consulting engineering experience.<br />
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david dryden, cundall<br />
David was appointed as Cundall’s managing partner in June<br />
2002. He has led the organic development of Cundall from<br />
a UK practice with three offices to its current position as<br />
a leading international consultancy with 17 offices in eight<br />
countries. This expansion was most recently recognised at the<br />
2009 Building Services Awards where Cundall was awarded<br />
the international achievement award. David joined Cundall in<br />
1983 from a contracting background. He became a partner in<br />
1989. He has over 30 years experience across a wide scope<br />
of projects, ranging from corporate HQs <strong>and</strong> government<br />
buildings to mixed-use developments. David’s particular areas<br />
of expertise include critical electrical power systems <strong>and</strong><br />
power electronics systems, <strong>and</strong> he has worked on a number<br />
of data centres <strong>and</strong> flagship projects including BA Waterside,<br />
Wellcome Trust headquarters in London <strong>and</strong> the Ministry of<br />
Justice’s, refurbishment of 50 Queen Anne’s Gate, London<br />
gavin english, WSP<br />
Gavin is a chartered civil engineer with over 24 years worldwide<br />
experience in engineering <strong>and</strong> management. After graduating<br />
from Manchester University in 1982, he joined Cumbria County<br />
Council as a graduate engineer. Gavin joined the Graham<br />
Consulting Group as a senior engineer in 1990 where he began his<br />
international career working on the design of major infrastructure<br />
projects. In 1997 WSP Group acquired Graham Group <strong>and</strong> Gavin<br />
joined the newly <strong>for</strong>med WSP International Business. He became<br />
managing director of WSP International Management Consulting in<br />
2001. Gavin is also chair of ACE’s International Business Group.<br />
Roger flanagan, University of Reading<br />
Roger is professor of construction management, School of<br />
Construction Management <strong>and</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, University of<br />
Reading. He has served on the board of directors of Skanska<br />
AB, Halcrow Group, <strong>and</strong> companies in USA, Switzerl<strong>and</strong>,<br />
Hong Kong, <strong>and</strong> South Africa. Roger is also a member of<br />
ACE’s advisory board.
Nick flew, Parsons Brinckerhoff<br />
Nick is the managing director of the Europe, Middle East <strong>and</strong><br />
North Africa region <strong>for</strong> Parsons Brinckerhoff, responsible <strong>for</strong><br />
around 3,000 staff in more than 15 countries. Nick joined PB<br />
from Balfour Beatty Management following the acquisition by<br />
Balfour Beatty in October 2009. A chartered engineer (MICE,<br />
MCIWEM), he has spent most of his career in consultancy, with<br />
over 10 years spent on international business in the Far East,<br />
Europe, <strong>and</strong> Middle East. He joined Balfour Beatty in 2003 <strong>and</strong><br />
has been closely involved with vertically integrated services<br />
through delivery alliance arrangements in the gas, water,<br />
electricity <strong>and</strong> airports sectors, primarily in the UK but also in<br />
the USA.<br />
S<strong>and</strong>y fraser, Brewin dolphin<br />
S<strong>and</strong>y is a managing director of corporate finance with Brewin<br />
Dolphin Limited <strong>and</strong> has almost 30 years of corporate advisory<br />
experience, including particular expertise in mergers <strong>and</strong><br />
acquisitions, both public <strong>and</strong> private. He joined Phillips & Drew<br />
in 1982 <strong>and</strong> was appointed a director of what was then UBS<br />
Phillips & Drew Securities in 1988. He then joined Guinness<br />
Mahon in 1992 <strong>and</strong> spent almost 10 years as a director, both<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e <strong>and</strong> after its acquisition by Investec Bank. He has spent<br />
the last eight years in Brewin Dolphin’s Corporate Finance<br />
Division during which time his transaction experience has<br />
included advising on: ECM transactions <strong>for</strong> Hyder Consulting;<br />
lead-managing the IPO of Scott Wilson Group in 2006; <strong>and</strong><br />
acting as joint adviser to Scott Wilson on the recommended<br />
offer by URS Corporation earlier this year.<br />
geoff french, URS Scott Wilson<br />
Geoff was Chairman of Scott Wilson <strong>for</strong> eight years until its<br />
recent acquisition by URS. He is a civil engineering graduate<br />
who joined Scott Wilson in 1968. Following the transition from<br />
partnership to limited company in 1995 he was appointed to<br />
managing director, initially of the business in the UK. He has<br />
overseen the growth of the Scott Wilson business both in the<br />
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UK <strong>and</strong> the major international business centres around the<br />
world, ensuring the group’s continued position in the top ten<br />
engineering consultancies. He was appointed chairman in<br />
2002, since when the group’s revenue has more than tripled,<br />
<strong>and</strong> he oversaw the highly successful flotation in March 2006.<br />
In 2008 he became non executive chairman of the group. In<br />
2005 he was elected to the executive committee of FIDIC, the<br />
International Federation of Consulting Engineers <strong>and</strong> became<br />
vice president in 2009. He is also a past chairman of ACE in<br />
the UK. He became a vice president of the Institution of Civil<br />
Engineers in November 2008.<br />
Peter gammie, Halcrow<br />
Peter has been with Halcrow <strong>for</strong> 32 years, 20 of which as a<br />
board director, <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> the last eight has been chief executive.<br />
Halcrow is a design <strong>and</strong> planning consultant, operating in<br />
the field of civil <strong>and</strong> structural engineering. Halcrow is a top<br />
five player in most of its chosen markets <strong>and</strong> ‘number one’<br />
in several. Its reputation <strong>for</strong> the design <strong>and</strong> delivery of major<br />
projects has been extended over the past few years through<br />
successful commissions such as High Speed 1, The Gr<strong>and</strong><br />
Mosque in Abu Dhabi <strong>and</strong> the St Petersburg Navigation <strong>and</strong><br />
Flood Protection Barrier. Beyond Halcrow, Peter regularly<br />
engages in industry events <strong>and</strong> is an active member of<br />
ACE. He is a regular speaker <strong>and</strong> panellist at seminars <strong>and</strong><br />
conferences, both in the UK <strong>and</strong> internationally. He has<br />
chaired CIRIA since 2007.<br />
Jonathan goring, capita Symonds<br />
Jonathan Goring runs the 4,000 person business of<br />
Capita Symonds. His project career spans the Broadgate<br />
Development, British Airways’ World Cargo Centre at<br />
Heathrow Airport, <strong>and</strong> latterly strategic advice on Wembley<br />
Stadium, The Shard of Glass, Twickenham South St<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
London 2012 Olympics <strong>and</strong> Paralympic Games. Jonathan’s<br />
business experience has led him through the management<br />
buyout of Symonds Group in 2000, to the acquisition of
Symonds by Capita in 2004, to one of the five executive<br />
directors on Capita Symonds’ executive board to his present<br />
position as managing director of Capita Symonds. Those who<br />
know him would say his key strength is to be able to persuade<br />
people to do things they don’t know they should be doing!<br />
Keith Howells, mott macdonald<br />
Keith graduated in civil engineering in 1974 <strong>and</strong> joined one<br />
of the founder companies of Mott MacDonald in 1975. He<br />
spent the first 10 years of his career in infrastructure design<br />
<strong>and</strong> project management, mostly in the water <strong>and</strong> transport<br />
sectors, including two years supervising construction in Iraq<br />
<strong>and</strong> two years managing procurement <strong>and</strong> contracts in Kenya.<br />
He studied <strong>for</strong> an MBA at Cranfield in 1985/6, following which<br />
he undertook a number of master planning <strong>and</strong> feasibility<br />
studies in the infrastructure <strong>and</strong> urban environment sectors in<br />
China, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Egypt <strong>and</strong> southern Africa,<br />
as well as being project director <strong>for</strong> a number of UK water<br />
sector projects. In 1998 he became managing director of<br />
the group’s water <strong>and</strong> environment business, <strong>and</strong> became a<br />
member of the group board in 2002. In 2004 he was made<br />
group managing director, responsible <strong>for</strong> world-wide business<br />
operations. Keith is also a member of the Cranfield School of<br />
Management advisory board <strong>and</strong> was recently selected to be<br />
the chair of the ACE’s large consultancy group.<br />
lawrence Hughes, grontmij<br />
Lawrence has proactively driven Grontmij’s expansion in<br />
the UK <strong>and</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong> since joining the company as managing<br />
director in 2002. He provides strategic direction to the<br />
consultancy which offers the full spectrum of engineering<br />
<strong>and</strong> environmental solutions across the built <strong>and</strong> natural<br />
environment. This includes work in the water industry, the UK<br />
<strong>and</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong>’s national <strong>and</strong> local road network, environmental<br />
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consultancy, sustainable energy, l<strong>and</strong>scape architecture <strong>and</strong><br />
telemetry systems. In January 2010, Lawrence was appointed<br />
as group director of water <strong>and</strong> energy across the international<br />
Grontmij group. The group now encompasses 11,000<br />
professionals <strong>and</strong> a turnover of over €£1bn (2009). In his current<br />
role, Lawrence is responsible <strong>for</strong> the per<strong>for</strong>mance of the water<br />
<strong>and</strong> energy business across all eight main countries of the<br />
group. He is also in charge of leading the cross-fertilisation of<br />
market opportunities with international expertise. Lawrence is<br />
vice chairman of ACE where he oversees the organisation’s<br />
strategy of engagement in public affairs. Lawrence has been<br />
a board member of the ACE <strong>for</strong> three years during which<br />
time he has overseen Grontmij’s wider involvement with the<br />
organisation. With over 30 years engineering experience<br />
gained internationally, Lawrence has held senior positions at<br />
various consultancies in the UK <strong>and</strong> overseas. He is a MICE,<br />
chartered engineer <strong>and</strong> a registered professional engineer in<br />
the State of Texas.<br />
dr. Bernd Kordes, lahmeyer<br />
Bernd is President <strong>and</strong> CEO of Lahmeyer International. Bernd<br />
is a civil engineer with a MSc <strong>and</strong> PhD from the University<br />
of Karlsruhe, Germany. He has 24 years of experience in<br />
consulting engineering with GKW Group, Germany from 1986<br />
to 1989, WCI Umwelttechnik GmbH, Germany, subsidiary of<br />
Woodward Clyde (today URS) from 1989 to 1993 as managing<br />
director. After rejoining GKW Group in 1993 he became<br />
managing director <strong>and</strong> CEO in 1996. In 2005 GKW group was<br />
acquired by Pöyry, Finl<strong>and</strong>. After the successful integration of<br />
GKW into Pöyry, Bernd became responsible <strong>for</strong> the water <strong>and</strong><br />
enviroment business sector segment ‘water <strong>and</strong> environment’<br />
globally <strong>and</strong> member of the group executive committee<br />
until 2010. Bernd was a member of FIDIC Environmental<br />
Committee from 1991 – 2000. From 2007 – 2010 he was<br />
a member of the EFCA board of directors. He is chairing<br />
the international committee of VBI, the German Consulting<br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, since 2006.
christian listov-Saabye, moe & Brødsgaard<br />
Christian is a master of science in civil engineering <strong>and</strong><br />
has been with Moe & Brødsgaard A/S since 1983. He was<br />
appointed CEO in 2002 <strong>and</strong> has been in charge of Moe &<br />
Brødsgaard’s rapid growth, ensuring the company a solid<br />
position in the top ten engineering consultancies in Denmark.<br />
Since 2002 the turnover of Moe & Brødsgaard has more than<br />
doubled <strong>and</strong> the profit more than tripled. The group has grown<br />
from one office in Copenhagen to now five offices in Denmark<br />
<strong>and</strong> also a subsidiary in Norway. In 2005 he was elected<br />
chairman of the board of GEO, the Danish Geotechnical<br />
Institute, after being vice chairman of the board of GEO since<br />
2002. In 2007 he was elected chairman of the board of the<br />
Danish Building In<strong>for</strong>mation Centre. In 2008 he was elected<br />
executive member of DI, the Confederation of Danish Industry.<br />
Jorge Unda malcorra, SeNeR<br />
Jorge joined the Superior <strong>Engineering</strong> School of Bilbao,<br />
University of the Basque Country in 1980. He has a PhD<br />
in ‘computational analysis of the kinematic <strong>and</strong> dynamic<br />
problems in planar mechanisms’.<br />
charles mcBeath, Ramboll<br />
Charles joined Ramboll in 1993 <strong>and</strong> was appointed partner<br />
in 1998, director in 2000 <strong>and</strong> director with joint responsibility<br />
<strong>for</strong> all structural <strong>and</strong> civil engineering groups in 2006. Charles<br />
is Ramboll’s first UK managing director. He leads the drive<br />
<strong>for</strong> quality across the UK business, strengthening their<br />
multidisciplinary resources <strong>for</strong> their clients. He works to ensure<br />
the UK operation optimises its position within the Ramboll global<br />
network, contributing technical knowledge <strong>and</strong> sharing expertise<br />
with clients on a local level. In this, he is keenly aware of the<br />
mix of professional <strong>and</strong> personal qualities that characterise a<br />
dynamic company which is enjoyable <strong>and</strong> rewarding to work in.<br />
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Pat mcgrath, Pm group<br />
Pat is CEO of the Irel<strong>and</strong>-headquartered PM Group, which<br />
employs over 1,700 personnel in Irel<strong>and</strong>, UK, Belgium,<br />
Sweden, France, Pol<strong>and</strong>, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria,<br />
Singapore, India, China, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia <strong>and</strong> the USA.<br />
Devereux Architects, London, <strong>and</strong> PM Greene Engineers,<br />
San Jose, are PM Group companies. PM Group provides<br />
project management, architectural/engineering design <strong>and</strong><br />
construction management services in the private <strong>and</strong> public<br />
sectors, with a particular focus on the biopharmaceutical,<br />
medical technology, healthcare, advanced manufacturing<br />
<strong>and</strong> ‘cleantech/greentech’ sectors. Over 50% of PM Group’s<br />
work originates outside of Irel<strong>and</strong>. Pat holds Bachelor <strong>and</strong><br />
Masters degrees in engineering from University College Dublin<br />
<strong>and</strong> an MBA from the Open University. He is a Fellow of the<br />
Institution of Engineers of Irel<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> a member of the Irish<br />
Academy of <strong>Engineering</strong>. He is a member of the Board of<br />
the Irish Management Institute <strong>and</strong> he is a <strong>for</strong>mer member<br />
of the governing body of Cork Institute of Technology. Pat is<br />
also non-executive chairperson of the Health In<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>and</strong><br />
Quality Authority in Irel<strong>and</strong> (HIQA). HIQA was established in<br />
2007 as part of Irel<strong>and</strong>’s Health Service Re<strong>for</strong>m Programme.<br />
Stuart mclachlan, WSP<br />
Stuart qualified as an environmental scientist be<strong>for</strong>e joining<br />
John Laing plc where he completed his postgraduate MSc<br />
in Environmental Pollution Science. In 1995 he joined WSP<br />
Group plc to develop a business plan <strong>for</strong> their environmental<br />
consulting business, which he then took a leadership<br />
role in. In 1997 he was made managing director of WSP<br />
environment <strong>and</strong> energy. Having established one of the leading<br />
environmental consultancies in the UK, Stuart embarked on a<br />
strategy to develop the business into one of the sector-leading<br />
consultancies globally. In addition to his commitment to WSP<br />
environment <strong>and</strong> energy, Stuart also has a broader role, <strong>and</strong> in<br />
2006 was appointed to WSP Group’s plc board where one of<br />
his duties is to lead the sustainability strategy <strong>for</strong> the company.
He is also an active member of the steering committee <strong>for</strong> the<br />
‘Leadership Skills <strong>for</strong> a Sustainable Future’ project led by EDF,<br />
<strong>and</strong> he sits on the May Day Network leadership team, which is<br />
part of BiTC. He currently chairs the Sustainable Future Vision<br />
Project that pulls together many leading businesses in the<br />
UK to create a vision <strong>for</strong> business that is sustainable <strong>and</strong> at<br />
the same time positive, progressive <strong>and</strong> focused on business<br />
opportunity.<br />
graham Nicholson, Tony gee <strong>and</strong> Partners<br />
Graham is the executive managing director of Tony Gee <strong>and</strong><br />
Partners <strong>and</strong> is chairman of the executive board responsible<br />
<strong>for</strong> the strategic development <strong>and</strong> growth of the business.<br />
Graham has been responsible <strong>for</strong> the detailed design of<br />
a variety of bridges <strong>and</strong> other structures in the UK <strong>and</strong><br />
South East Asia. Despite his current responsibilities <strong>for</strong> the<br />
development of Tony Gee <strong>and</strong> Partners he keeps a ‘h<strong>and</strong>s<br />
on’ approach to design. He started his career working <strong>for</strong> a<br />
contractor <strong>and</strong> quickly realised the need <strong>for</strong> better design. At<br />
Tony Gee <strong>and</strong> Partners he has assisted contractors with their<br />
temporary works requirements to build bridges designed by<br />
others. He has been responsible <strong>for</strong> the design in the UK of the<br />
Dornoch Firth Bridge, Ceiriog Viaduct, A20 Roundhill Viaducts<br />
<strong>and</strong> in Hong Kong many of the bridges comprising Rambler<br />
Channel Route 9 together with many Airport Rail Link viaducts.<br />
Other designs of note include Waterloo International Terminal<br />
<strong>and</strong> the foundation <strong>and</strong> river protection works <strong>for</strong> the London<br />
Eye. He has recently been the technical director responsible<br />
<strong>for</strong> the independent certification of the Taiwan High Speed Rail<br />
infrastructure which includes over 250km of elevated bridge<br />
structures <strong>and</strong> 45km of tunnels. Graham is a currently vice<br />
chairman <strong>and</strong> treasurer of ACE.<br />
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Andy milner, Amey<br />
Andy is managing director of Amey’s consulting business.<br />
He joined the company in 2006 following the acquisition of<br />
Owen Williams, where he worked <strong>for</strong> ten years. Andy has<br />
been integral in driving the integration of Amey’s consultancy<br />
function within the company. This market-leading strategy has<br />
been realised through major contract wins across the business.<br />
Key successes include the award of Network Rail’s CEFA<br />
contract across all five areas, becoming the largest supplier of<br />
technology services to the Highways Agency, <strong>and</strong> winning both<br />
the HA’s MAC Area 9 <strong>and</strong> the £2.7bn Birmingham Highways<br />
PFI as a sole provider. Andy is a chartered engineer <strong>and</strong> has<br />
a background in major projects, particularly major bridge<br />
construction <strong>and</strong> strengthening projects. He was responsible<br />
<strong>for</strong> the M1 Tinsley viaduct strengthening (BCIA Major<br />
Project Winner 2005), the M6 Toll road, <strong>and</strong> a range of other<br />
major projects in the UK <strong>and</strong> overseas. Andy has extensive<br />
experience of asset management in the rail, highways <strong>and</strong><br />
property sectors. He has focused the business on maximising<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance of assets to suit client requirements.<br />
Harrie l.J. Noy, ARcAdIS<br />
Harrie is chief executive officer of ARCADIS NV <strong>and</strong> has been<br />
in that position since mid 2000. He has over 30 years of<br />
experience in the consulting engineering industry. An engineer<br />
by education, he started with ARCADIS in 1975, first as a<br />
project engineer <strong>and</strong> since 1985 in several management<br />
positions. He became managing director of ARCADIS’s Dutch<br />
consulting <strong>and</strong> engineering operations in 1990. In 1994,<br />
he was appointed member of the executive board <strong>and</strong> in<br />
2000 he assumed his current position. Harrie is also a board<br />
member of the association of Dutch stock listed companies,<br />
of the supervisory board of NV Nederl<strong>and</strong>se Gas Unie, of the<br />
advisory board of the Euronext stock exchange, <strong>and</strong> chairman<br />
of the supervisory board of the College of Arnhem – Nijmegen.
Nelson ogunshakin oBe, Ace<br />
Nelson is the chief executive of ACE <strong>and</strong> over the past five<br />
years has been responsible <strong>for</strong> the repositioning <strong>and</strong> strategic<br />
turnaround of the organisation. Nelson has extensive UK <strong>and</strong><br />
international experience including Africa, the Middle East,<br />
Asia, Europe <strong>and</strong> North America within the construction <strong>and</strong><br />
infrastructure development sectors. He has been involved<br />
in project development, procurement (EPC / D&B / BOOT /<br />
DBFO/ PFI /PPP) delivery, financial management, technical <strong>and</strong><br />
financial advisory, corporate restructuring, investment planning<br />
<strong>and</strong> corporate development. Nelson is also a member of the<br />
Institution of Civil Engineers UK, a non-executive board director<br />
of Thomas Tel<strong>for</strong>d Ltd, <strong>Engineering</strong> UK, a council member<br />
of Institution of Civil Engineers <strong>and</strong> Chairman of AEO Group,<br />
UK. He is also a visiting professor at Imperial Business School<br />
(Imperial College, London, UK) <strong>and</strong> a steering group member<br />
of Reading University research council. In 2010, Nelson was<br />
awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list <strong>for</strong><br />
services to the engineering sector.<br />
Kevin Parker, deltek<br />
Kevin is president, CEO <strong>and</strong> chairman of the board of Deltek.<br />
He is a recognised technology industry leader <strong>and</strong> the driving<br />
<strong>for</strong>ce behind Deltek’s customer-focused strategy of providing<br />
superior enterprise software, solutions <strong>and</strong> consulting to<br />
project-based businesses worldwide. Leading more than 1,600<br />
employees in 12 offices worldwide, Kevin looks to further<br />
Deltek’s industry leadership, expertise <strong>and</strong> product portfolio in<br />
a range of industries that include: architecture, engineering <strong>and</strong><br />
construction; government contracting; accounting; aerospace<br />
<strong>and</strong> defence; IT services <strong>and</strong> management consulting; legal;<br />
professional services; project manufacturing; <strong>and</strong> non-profit.<br />
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flemming Pedersen, Ramboll<br />
Flemming has a PhD in structural dynamics. He has been the<br />
president <strong>and</strong> group CEO of Ramboll since 1992. Flemming<br />
joined the company in 1976 <strong>and</strong> became a member of its<br />
management team in 1983. As group CEO he has been<br />
deeply engaged in all aspects of general management,<br />
developing strategies <strong>and</strong> models <strong>for</strong> business leadership<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> acquisition <strong>and</strong> mergers of domestic <strong>and</strong> international<br />
consulting companies. He has also developed Ramboll’s valuebased<br />
concepts of holistic operation <strong>and</strong> holistic accounting.<br />
He has been member of the FIDIC Executive Committee<br />
(2004-2008), <strong>and</strong> since 2009 Flemming has been a member of<br />
Danish Industry’s permanent committee on business policies.<br />
Tushar Prabhu, Pell frischmann<br />
Tushar is the development director <strong>and</strong> member of the main<br />
board of Pell Frischmann, the largest family-owned consulting<br />
engineering group in the UK with over 1,000 staff worldwide.<br />
His responsibilities include corporate strategy development<br />
<strong>and</strong> leadership of the UK, UAE <strong>and</strong> Indian management teams.<br />
He was appointed to his current position in 2002, having<br />
previously been director of operations in India. The focus of the<br />
company is to maintain its 84-year tradition of serving highquality<br />
clients in the UK while exp<strong>and</strong>ing its presence in the<br />
Middle East <strong>and</strong> India. Tushar is a graduate of civil engineering<br />
from the University of Cambridge <strong>and</strong> holds a Master’s degree<br />
in city <strong>and</strong> regional planning from Harvard University. He is a<br />
Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers <strong>and</strong> a Fellow of the<br />
Royal Geographical Society. His extensive experience covers<br />
business <strong>and</strong> operations management, as well as consulting<br />
expertise in property <strong>and</strong> infrastructure development projects.<br />
Prior to joining Pell Frischmann, Tushar worked in the US with<br />
the New York City Public Utility Service <strong>and</strong> the Electric Power<br />
Research Institute.
Henry Rowe, Royal Haskoning<br />
Henry’s career began in 1974 as an assistant engineer with<br />
Halcrow. He later moved to Pos<strong>for</strong>d Duvivier, <strong>and</strong> his career<br />
has taken him around the world, working on such projects<br />
as the Western Harbour Development Study in Hong Kong<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Port of Jeddah Container Terminal. In 1999 Henry<br />
was appointed maritime director of Pos<strong>for</strong>d Haskoning, later<br />
Royal Haskoning, where he took overall responsibility <strong>for</strong><br />
the work of the division, a vast array of maritime projects<br />
including Massawa Port Master Plan, Eritrea, Duqm Port,<br />
Oman, <strong>and</strong> Cai Lan Port Development in Vietnam. In January<br />
2008 he accepted a position on the Royal Haskoning board<br />
of management. His activities include board responsibility<br />
<strong>for</strong> the Divisions Maritime, Coastal <strong>and</strong> Rivers, Water <strong>and</strong><br />
Environment as well as the Corporate Support Groups ICT,<br />
QMS <strong>and</strong> Marketing <strong>and</strong> Communications. Henry attended<br />
the University of Central London; in 1974 he acquired a BSc<br />
in engineering. He has over 37 years professional experience<br />
including a total of 12 years spent overseas. He has<br />
specialised in the planning <strong>and</strong> design of ports <strong>and</strong> waterways,<br />
covering port master planning, port <strong>and</strong> berth layout planning,<br />
port operations <strong>and</strong> cargo h<strong>and</strong>ling.<br />
Kevin Rudden, Thomas garl<strong>and</strong> & Partners<br />
Kevin has almost twenty years experience as a civil <strong>and</strong><br />
structural engineer. He is a chartered engineer, a registered<br />
consulting engineer <strong>and</strong> a member of the <strong>Association</strong> of<br />
Consulting Engineers of Irel<strong>and</strong>. He was made director<br />
of Thomas Garl<strong>and</strong> & Partners in October 1999. He has<br />
experience of planning, design, project management,<br />
coordination <strong>and</strong> supervision in the construction of a range<br />
of large civil <strong>and</strong> structural engineering projects <strong>and</strong> has<br />
extensive experience of the day-to-day management of<br />
building <strong>and</strong> civil engineering projects. Kevin has been an<br />
executive member of the <strong>Association</strong> of Consulting Engineers<br />
of Irel<strong>and</strong> since 2004, <strong>and</strong> is currently honorary secretary <strong>and</strong><br />
the convenor of the Joint <strong>Association</strong> of Consulting Engineers<br />
of Irel<strong>and</strong>/Institution of Engineers of Irel<strong>and</strong> health <strong>and</strong> safety<br />
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committee. He also represents the European Federation<br />
of <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Consultancy</strong> <strong>Association</strong>s on the European<br />
Construction Safety Forum. Presently, Kevin is leading the<br />
company’s expansion into the Middle East where they have<br />
successfully won a number of recent projects in Qatar <strong>and</strong><br />
Saudi Arabia.<br />
Neil S<strong>and</strong>berg, S<strong>and</strong>berg<br />
Following graduation from Exeter University, Neil joined the<br />
UK based contractor Mowlem to work on various projects<br />
including London City Airport. After secondment to Ove<br />
Arup in London working on projects such as Stockley Park,<br />
Neil moved to the USA working with Greiner, a large American<br />
consulting engineering firm. On returning from the States in<br />
1992, Neil joined S<strong>and</strong>berg to be based in their Clapham<br />
laboratories working as an engineer in the construction<br />
materials department. Two years later, Neil moved to Hong<br />
Kong to manage S<strong>and</strong>berg (Asia) Limited. Projects ranged<br />
from major bridges to Hong Kong Housing Authority schemes.<br />
In 1996, Neil returned to the UK to manage S<strong>and</strong>berg’s<br />
civil engineering group. In 2000, Neil became managing<br />
partner of S<strong>and</strong>berg. Neil is a past chairman of ACE. Other<br />
association roles have included being a board member of the<br />
European Federation of <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Consultancy</strong> <strong>Association</strong>s<br />
(EFCA) <strong>for</strong> six years until 2008.<br />
Sylvo Thijsen, grontmij<br />
Born in Holl<strong>and</strong> in 1959, Sylvo joined Grontmij in 1984. Having<br />
worked at different divisions in the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, Belgium <strong>and</strong><br />
Germany he became chairman of Grontmij’s executive board in<br />
2003. Sylvo has also served as managing director of Grontmij<br />
Advies & Techniek, a member of the VROM council (Ministry of<br />
Housing, Planning <strong>and</strong> Environmental Management), a board<br />
member at PHN, a plat<strong>for</strong>m <strong>for</strong> the Dutch wood <strong>and</strong> paper<br />
industry, <strong>and</strong> he was member of the advisory board of the<br />
environmental sciences group at Wageningen University.
gavin Thompson, Buro Happold<br />
Gavin is a chartered building services engineer with over<br />
20 years experience. He joined Buro Happold in 1988 <strong>and</strong><br />
became a partner of the practice in 2000, be<strong>for</strong>e becoming<br />
chief executive officer in 2005. While he is still actively involved<br />
in design <strong>and</strong> research, his responsibilities are focused on<br />
providing overall leadership <strong>for</strong> the firm which entails project<br />
involvement, from the earliest stages of exploring the brief with<br />
the client to detailed internal design reviews. He has lived <strong>and</strong><br />
worked in mainl<strong>and</strong> Europe, the Middle East, North America,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Far East <strong>and</strong> retains a key interest in developing Buro<br />
Happold’s presence overseas. Since Gavin became CEO, Buro<br />
Happold has opened 10 new offices world wide, including<br />
Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Moscow <strong>and</strong> Pune with expansion<br />
planned in other strategic markets.<br />
eamon Timoney, fehily Timoney <strong>and</strong> company<br />
Eamon is a co-founder of Fehily Timoney <strong>and</strong> Company<br />
<strong>and</strong> the current managing director. He is also joint managing<br />
director of Fehily Timoney Ramboll <strong>and</strong> Fehily Timoney<br />
Gif<strong>for</strong>d. Eamon has over 30 years experience as a consulting<br />
engineer. He holds an honours degree in civil engineering<br />
from UCD (1976). He is a chartered engineer, a Fellow<br />
of Engineers Irel<strong>and</strong>, a Member of the Institution of Civil<br />
Engineers, a Member of the Chartered Institution of Water<br />
<strong>and</strong> Environmental Management <strong>and</strong> a registered consulting<br />
engineer with the <strong>Association</strong> of Consulting Engineers of<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong>. He is currently President of the <strong>Association</strong> <strong>for</strong> the<br />
period 2010-2011. Eamon is chairman of the Construction<br />
Industry Council <strong>and</strong> a member of the Construction Industry<br />
Group.<br />
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John Turzynski, Arup<br />
John is a director of Arup, having joined the firm in 1977. Since<br />
then he has worked in the United Kingdom, the USA, Zambia<br />
<strong>and</strong> Australia. He has been a leader of Arup’s building design<br />
business in London, Europe <strong>and</strong> the USA. He is currently<br />
Arup’s chief operating officer <strong>for</strong> the UK, Middle East <strong>and</strong><br />
Africa region. He has led multidisciplinary project teams on a<br />
variety of projects in the UK, Europe, the USA <strong>and</strong> beyond.<br />
These have ranged in size from master plans <strong>and</strong> major<br />
redevelopments to more modest projects. In recent years,<br />
John has focused on building projects associated with major<br />
infrastructure developments, particularly related to cities <strong>and</strong><br />
regeneration. Some of John’s noteworthy projects include:<br />
King’s Cross St Pancras Station redevelopment project<br />
(Underground) (LUL); King’s Cross Station redevelopment<br />
programme (Overground) (Network Rail), London; Crossrail,<br />
London; Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Academy of Sciences, San Francisco;<br />
CalPERS Headquarters, Sacramento, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia; General<br />
Motors Warren Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, USA; the<br />
Royal Opera House development, Covent Garden, London;<br />
Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne, East Sussex;<br />
Portcullis House, Westminster, London; <strong>and</strong> the Zuidas project,<br />
Amsterdam, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
mats Wäppling, SWeco<br />
Mats has served as CEO <strong>and</strong> president of SWECO AB since<br />
January 2007 <strong>and</strong> has been a member of the board since<br />
2003. Mats is 54 years old <strong>and</strong> has an MSc in civil engineering<br />
from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. From<br />
2003 to 2006 he was the executive vice president of the<br />
Swedish construction company NCC AB <strong>and</strong> President of<br />
NCC Property Development. Prior to this, he held various<br />
positions in the Skanska Group between 1979 <strong>and</strong> 2002,<br />
including executive vice president <strong>and</strong> business area manager.
Paul Zofnass, efcg<br />
Paul is a graduate of Harvard College, <strong>and</strong> an alumnus of<br />
both Harvard Law School <strong>and</strong> Harvard Business School. He<br />
is president of EFCG (The Environmental Financial Consulting<br />
Group), an investment banking <strong>and</strong> financial advisory firm he<br />
founded 20 years ago, to provide financial <strong>and</strong> strategic advice<br />
to the engineering <strong>and</strong> consulting industry. Today EFCG serves<br />
as a retained advisor to 40 of the industry’s leading firms<br />
world-wide, providing business <strong>and</strong> strategic advice. EFCG<br />
hosts an annual CEO conference in New York City, now in its<br />
20th year, a ‘by invitation only’ event that brings together the<br />
heads of the industry’s 200 largest firms in New York <strong>for</strong> a<br />
three-day update <strong>and</strong> analysis of the industry. Prior to founding<br />
EFCG in 1990 he spent 17 years in finance, beginning his<br />
career with four years at Citibank, where he was in charge<br />
of a unit specialising in acquisition financing. He spent 13<br />
years with Oppenheimer, a major Wall Street investment<br />
banking firm, where he was a managing director in investment<br />
banking, created <strong>and</strong> ran their public equity group in corporate<br />
finance, was actively involved in financing <strong>and</strong> mergers<br />
<strong>and</strong> acquisitions, <strong>and</strong> initiated their environmental services<br />
group. He is married to Renee Ring, a finance attorney, <strong>and</strong><br />
has two grown daughters.<br />
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oRgANISeRS<br />
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ACE represents the business interests of the consultancy <strong>and</strong> engineering<br />
industry in the UK. ACE is the leading business association in the sector, with<br />
around 650 firms – large <strong>and</strong> small, operating across many different disciplines –<br />
as its members.<br />
Those members are some of the world’s leading consultancy <strong>and</strong> engineering<br />
businesses. Renowned <strong>for</strong> the quality <strong>and</strong> excellence of their work, they<br />
regularly win awards <strong>for</strong> engineering innovation <strong>and</strong> achievement.<br />
For more in<strong>for</strong>mation about ACE activities visit www.acenet.co.uk<br />
About efcg<br />
The Environmental Financial Consulting Group (EFCG) was founded in 1990<br />
by Paul J Zofnass as a boutique investment banking firm providing financial<br />
<strong>and</strong> strategic advisory services initially to environmental - <strong>and</strong> now to all -<br />
engineering <strong>and</strong> consulting firms.<br />
Based in New York, EFCG’s service offerings to the industry include:<br />
• Financial <strong>and</strong> strategic advice, including evaluating firms’ strategic<br />
alternatives, ownership or management transition, recapitalisations,<br />
reorganisations <strong>and</strong> strategic planning;<br />
• Valuations of firms <strong>for</strong> internal ownership transfer <strong>and</strong> employee stock<br />
ownership plans;<br />
• Peer benchmarking analyses on a range of business parameters, including<br />
business per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>and</strong> executive compensation;<br />
• Advice on mergers <strong>and</strong> acquisitions;<br />
• Industry in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>and</strong> research; <strong>and</strong><br />
• Ownership transition planning.<br />
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<strong>delegATe</strong> <strong>lIST</strong><br />
Name company<br />
Bruce Ainsworth Black & Veatch<br />
Rikard Appelgren WSP<br />
Andrej Avelini EFCG<br />
Martin Bailey NG Bailey<br />
Naomi Bari ACE<br />
Mike Bayliss CIFC<br />
Kurt Birkenmeier Gauff JBG Ingenieure<br />
Hugh Blackwood URS Scott Wilson<br />
Les Buck Halcrow<br />
Pablo Bueno TYPSA<br />
Mai Cheung ACE<br />
Naz Choudhury ACE<br />
Gordon Clark Gif<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Chris Cole WSP<br />
Andrew Cowell MWH UK<br />
Ken Dalton AECOM<br />
David Dryden Cundall<br />
Mel Ewell Amey<br />
Roger Flanagan University of Reading<br />
Nick Flew Parsons Brinckerhoff<br />
S<strong>and</strong>y Fraser Brewin Dolphin<br />
Geoff French URS Scott Wilson<br />
Peter Gammie Halcrow<br />
Jonathan Goring Capita Symonds<br />
Michael Hall ACE<br />
Ian Hargreaves BST<br />
Kari Harsunen SWECO<br />
Keith Howells Mott MacDonald Group<br />
Lawrence Hughes Grontmij Group<br />
Ira Kane Boart Longyear<br />
Brian Kenet EFCG<br />
Phil Kirkham Deltek<br />
Dr. Bernd Kordes Lahmeyer<br />
David Lawton Peter Brett Associates<br />
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Marcus Leathwood Deltek<br />
Christian Listov-Saabye Moe & Broedsgaard<br />
Gordon Lockhart Scott White + Hookins<br />
Peter MacKellar Sinclair Knight Merz Europe<br />
Charles McBeath Ramboll<br />
Pat McGrath PM Group<br />
Stuart Mclachlan WSP<br />
Andy Milner Amey<br />
Graham Nicholson Tony Gee & Partners<br />
Eduardo Niebles BST<br />
Harrie Noy ARCADIS<br />
Nelson Ogunshakin ACE<br />
Kevin Parker Deltek<br />
Michael Parkinson Brewin Dolphin<br />
Flemming Pedersen Ramboll<br />
Graham Pontin ACE<br />
Tushar Prabhu Pell Frischmann<br />
Henry Rowe Royal Haskoning<br />
Kevin Rudden Thomas Garl<strong>and</strong> & Partners<br />
David Sadler Grontmij<br />
Neil S<strong>and</strong>berg S<strong>and</strong>berg<br />
Craig Scott Tata Steel Projects<br />
Rick Sharpe Deltek<br />
Henning Therkelsen COWI A/S<br />
Sylvo Thijsen Grontmij<br />
Gavin Thompson Buro Happold<br />
Eamon Timoney Fehily Timoney<br />
John Turzynski Arup<br />
Jorge Unda Malcorra SENER<br />
Darren Upson Deltek<br />
Mats Wäppling SWECO<br />
Duncan Webster Hurleypalmerflatt<br />
Steve Wooler BWB Consulting<br />
David Young Hurleypalmerflatt<br />
Paul Zofnass EFCG<br />
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