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We currently have three vacancies on the CIHT East of England committee. CIHT East of England Chair, Events Officer and Communications Officer. The position of CIHT East of England Council representative will also be free for 2022. You can register your interest for both the committee and CIHT Council below.
Here you will find details of our committee. Get in touch with the local committee e: eastofengland@ciht.org.uk
Chair, CIHT East of England
Ross is a Senior Transport Planner at Milestone Infrastructure with over seven years of experience in the UK highways and transportation industry, working specifically in transport policy, transport planning and modelling, and highway development control across both public and private sectors. He is passionate about delivering sustainable and equitable infrastructure that can reduce the impact of transport on climate change and best provide for the needs of everyone.
Ross first joined the East of England Committee in 2021 and was elected as Honorary Secretary in the same year before being elected as Chair in 2022. He has resided, been educated, and worked exclusively within the East of England Region and is keen to contribute to the local development of our profession, provide quality events, as well as help showcase the fantastic work undertaken here.
Ross is currently working on highways and active travel projects in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough authority areas, providing transport modelling and business case support for the Peterborough Station Quarter, University Access Study, River Nene Pedestrian Bridge, A16 Norwood, Junction 3, Fengate Access Study, and March Area Transport Study project.
Vice Chair, CIHT East of England
Amanda is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 30 years' experience in minerals extraction, construction and highways. She has been an active member of the Institution for many years, and took on the role of Branch, now Honorary Secretary in 2010. During the 1990s she was site engineer on many large building projects in the region including The Forum, Norwich Castle and many large commercial building and infrastructure developments.
In 2001 she joined Cambridgeshire County Council Highways and for 15 years specialised in road accident investigation, road safety audit and delivery of accident remedial projects. In 2016 Amanda joined Suffolk Highways and is currently Asset Manager for Highways drainage, footways and street furniture
Treasurer, CIHT East of England
Alistair is a civil engineer with over 25 years of experience predominantly in the highways sector. Alistair graduated from UMIST (Manchester)in 1993 with a BEng Honours Degree in Civil Engineering. His career has seen him work for a number of UK wide companies, in various roles, all of which have been based in the South and East of England. He currently works at Tarmac, which he joined in 2006, and is a General Manager in the Highways Services part of the business currently covering the South of England.
Since being with Tarmac, Alistair has been involved in managing a number of businesses. His first role was with the regional contracting business covering London, South East and East of England, where he was involved in a diverse set of projects including Highways Authorities framework delivery, TFL civil engineering projects and Airport works including London City and Heathrow runway resurfacing. More recently he has worked in the Tarmac Highway Services business working directly for Local and Unitary Authorities providing a full range of service activities.
His previous role at Aggregate Industries saw him manage various regional businesses across London and the South East covering London Borough surfacing frameworks and other infrastructure projects as a highways surfacing provider.
Alistair has been a member of the CIHT since 2006. He has also been a member of the Institute of Asphalt Technology since 2006. He was part of the CIHT East Anglia regional Committee from 2014 and worked with the transition team that formed the new CIHT East of England Regional Committee. He served as Events Co-ordinator for 2 years until 2019 and is now the current Treasurer for the region.
Honorary Secretary, CIHT East of England
Nick is the Head of Performance, Sustainability & Social Value at Marlborough Highways, responsible for shaping the Chelmsford based firm’s ambitious ESG strategy. With a long interest in transport and infrastructure, Nick has 15 years of professional experience in the industry. Nick began his career at Camden Consultancy Service as a Surveillance Auditor, before joining Ringway Jacobs where he spent 13 years working across various Contracts in the South East, delivering numerous roles encompassing Performance, Planning, Contracting, Operations, Strategy and more. During this period, Nick graduated with a BA Hons in Business Management.
At his time of joining Marlborough Highways in 2022, Nick was well known in the industry, recognised for his sector expertise and commitment to social values.
Outside of work, Nick is passionate about youth volunteering and has been an instructor in the Army Cadets for 13 years. As a training officer in the Ministry of Defence sponsored charity, Nick is responsible for planning activities for young people aged 12-18, instilling life skills through a variety of fun educational programmes. Joining the CIHT East of England Regional Committee in 2019, Nick became the regions Honorary Secretary in 2022.
Recruitment Officer & CIHT Council Representative, CIHT East of England
I have over 35 years’ experience in the Highways and Transportation field. I work at Essex County Council leading on all matters related to Transportation and Major Infrastructure. I have been a Member of CIHT since 1999 and have been an active Member the Committee from that year, now having 20 years continuous service. I have also served many times on Council and the Boards and panels during that time.
I have worked at a number of local authorities including Norfolk, Oxfordshire and for the last 10 years Essex County Council. During that time, I have been involved in many major innovative projects including the lead on the Norwich Area Transportation Strategy, DfT Mixed Priority Streets trials, EU Civitas managing 16 innovative projects and also quiet lanes again for DfT. At Essex I have delivered many major schemes, currently working on a new Motorway junction for Harlow and being transport lead for the newly designated Harlow/Gilston Garden Town looking for a step change in sustainability. I am also transport lead for local plans, giving evidence at examinations and public Inquiries.
I always had a keen interest in making a positive contribution to the profession and joined the East Anglian Branch of CIHT in 1999 serving in all positions, except treasurer during this time. I led the transformation into the Eastern Region from two main branches and other part branches and have been Chair of the Region. I have served on Council, being on the Member Services Board, Self-assessment panel and currently the Urban Design Panel and Audit Committee as well as being the Regional Representative for the Eastern Region.
I look forward to continuing to help support the Region and Council and assisting young members in moving their careers forward through the professional review process.
Communications Officer and Young Professionals Chair, CIHT East of England
Committee Member, CIHT East of England
Grahame is a Chartered Manager and Chartered Civil Engineer with over 25 years’ experience within the industry. After graduation, Grahame worked initially in the private sector with several Consulting Engineers in London and Norfolk. Since 2004, Grahame has held various positions within Norfolk County Council and is currently the Director of Highways, Transport & Waste. Grahame’s team at the County Council, is responsible for over 320 staff and an annual budget of circa £250m.
Key areas of the portfolio include major scheme delivery such as Gt Yarmouth Third River Crossing & Transforming Cities, highway improvements and maintenance, contract management and sustainable transport.
Grahame is a Member of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation, Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. He joined the CIHT East of England Regional Committee in 2016.
Committee Member, CIHT East of England
Derek is a independent transport consultant, he retired as Head of Sustainable Transport at TRL but has had a very wide range of experience and expertise across several transport topics. He was Director of Technical Affairs at the CIHT from 1991-2000 where he led the development of several technical guidelines as well as responding to government consultation documents and representing the Institution at other organisations.
Joining the CIHT in 1988 Derek in addition to working at HQ he has been on Council, the South Midlands Committee, the Learned Society and Technical Strategy Board, the Transport Policy Board and the Sustainable Transport Panel. He helped set up the Chartered Transport Planning Professional qualification for which remains an assessor.
Derek is an economist with degrees from the Universities of Liverpool and Birmingham and is also a qualified transport planner and project manager. Previously he was Head of Transport Policy at the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) and an advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee for the Environment.
Committee Member, CIHT East of England
Emma is a Principal Transport Planner with 20 years’ experience in Transport Planning. Emma has a degree in Human and Physical Geography and a Masters in Transport Planning and Engineering. Emma has a specialism in microsimulation modelling using VISSIM, however in more recent years her role has expanded to include project management (PRINCE2 qualified), managing stakeholder and client relationships, and acting as the technical lead on projects.
Emma has also worked overseas for short periods in both India and the Middle East and is currently on a secondment at the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority as Transport Programme Manager. Emma has recently joined the East of England Committee.
Emma has worked on a variety of projects both locally and nationally providing including the A141 and St Ives Improvements, March Area Transport Study and the Local Transport and Connectivity Plan for the Combined Authority area.
Committee member, CIHT East of England
Terry is a civil engineer with over 20 years’ experience working within the highways industry. After graduating from the University of Surrey, Terry initially joined Hertfordshire County Council on their graduate training programme, spending time during his placements within the Client, Consultant and Contractor for Hertfordshire Highways, before joining the Area Team working on asset management and maintenance of the local area network.
He currently works at ACO Technologies as a specialist design and application engineer, focusing specifically on highway drainage design and wildlife mitigation on and around the highway network.
Terry is a member of both the CIHT and ICE and is currently working towards his Chartership.
Committee member, CIHT East of England
Committee member, CIHT East of England
Committee member, CIHT East of England
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