I was previously a Director at Ove Arup & Partners Ltd who are a large independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, architects and consultants. For the last 7 years working, I led the Railways team across the West Midlands as well as having responsibility for Rail health and safety across the company in the UK and staff wellbeing.
I am a qualified Chartered Civil Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Member of the Association of Project Managers and have worked with the company since joining 35 years ago. During my career I have experience of working with railways & highways teams both in the UK and overseas, and have extensive experience of project management and led multi-million pound contracts across the world which have required excellent financial skills.
As a Director I led large teams of staff with a wide diversity of cultures and skills and have led and delivered a significant amount of staff mentoring, development and training. My wide experience of working with Clients with different needs and aspirations led me to adopt collaborative approach to systematically understand issues and priorities before suggesting or recommending solutions that may be adopted.
