Speakers for the Carbon Footprint Construction Summit include:
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Richard Barrett
MANAGING DIRECTOR
BARRETT STEEL BUILDINGS |
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Richard Barrett has been Managing Director of Barrett Steel Buildings Ltd and Director of Barrett Steel Ltd (one of the UK’s largest steel stockholders) for 20 years, with experience in the steel and construction industry extending over 25 years. He is also the President of BCSA (British Constructional Steelwork Association).
Sustainability is top of Richard’s agenda and this is reflected within Barrett Steel Buildings clear objectives; including recently being the first steelwork organisation to have completed a calculation of their carbon footprint.
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Guy Battle
FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN
DCARBON8 |
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Guy is the originator and founder of dcarbon8, a leading carbon and sustainability consultancy. He has had over 20 years of experience as a consulting engineer in the construction industry starting his career at Ove Arup in London. In 1993 he became a founding partner of the world-renowned firm of consulting engineers, Battle McCarthy, where he continued to build his reputation as an expert in sustainable practices and design. Since then his practice has been active in the field of carbon management, and in 2001 Guy coordinated the only successful consultant and group bid for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme. This included successful bids for a number of clients including Lend Lease, Land Securities and the University Carbon Club.
Guy has previously been a visiting professor at the Architectural Association, Illinois Institute of Technology and the Bartlett, London. He lectures widely across the world on sustainability and the carbon markets and has recently been a Master speaker at the USGBC, Key Note speaker at Tropical Green and at Eco Build UK.
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Trevor Beattie
ENGLISH PARTNERSHIPS
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE STRATEGY |
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Trevor Beattie is English Partnerships' Director of Corporate Strategy, responsible for Policy, Economics, the Brownfield Strategy, the National Consultancy Unit and the Advisory Team on Large Applications (ATLAS). He co-ordinated the delivery of the Design for Manufacture Competition on behalf of Government and is currently doing the same for the Carbon Challenge.
Trevor joined English Partnerships at its inception in 1993, having worked on the legislation to develop an Urban Regeneration Agency as a member of the Inner Cities Policy Unit in what was then the Department of the Environment (DoE). He was responsible for DoE’s sponsorship of the London Docklands Development Corporation in the mid-1980s and was Private Secretary to four successive Ministers of Local Government and Inner Cities. He was a member of the Deputy Prime Minister’s Coalfields Task Force.
Trevor is part of the small Transition Team which is preparing for the creation of Communities England in April 2009.
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Claudine Blamey
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
BRITISH LAND |
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Director of Corporate Responsibility at British Land since September 2002. Responsible for national environmental and CR policy, implementation and communication. Board member of UKGBC and Chair of UKGBC Policy and Communications Policy Committee. Board member of Corporate Responsibility Group (CRG). Before this the Environment Manager at Honda (UK), this diverse role included implementing company’s environmental policy throughout car, motorcycle and power equipment divisions and dealerships. Communicating with NGO’s, Government and local communities. Raising public awareness of Honda’s Environmental profile. Obtained a BSc Honours Degree on Environmental Control from Greenwich University and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management and Legislation from Brunel University.
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Dr Peter Bonfield
LEADER, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, BRE |
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Dr Peter Bonfield is Chief Executive of BRE, the leading research, consultancy, testing and certification organisation delivering sustainability and innovation across construction.
He is part-time seconded to Olympic Delivery Authority supporting development and delivery of its Sustainability Strategy for London 2012.
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Lorraine Brayford
PROGRAMME MANAGER - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |
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Lorraine worked for 15 years at Barnsley HA primarily within the capital planning team. Transferred to Barnsley Social Services Dept in the role of Senior Registration and Inspection Officer and after a brief spell as a business manager, Lorraine moved to what is now the Dept of Health E&FD and is currently the Sustainable Development Manager responsible for Greening the NHS in England. Lorraine is a qualified environmental manager and has a degree in health and social welfare.
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Murray Coleman
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
BOVIS LEND LEASE UK |
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Murray joined Bovis Lend Lease in 1987 and prior to his current role, Murray was the Chief Executive Officer of Bovis Lend Lease, Asia Pacific. Previously, he was based in London where he was the Head of Environment, Health & Safety for the entire Lend Lease Group; responsible for workplace safety and the Incident & Injury Free program. Before this Murray was Chief Operating Officer of the Microelectronics and Pharmaceutical Group operating in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Murray is now responsible for the project management and construction business in the UK.
Murray is a Board member of the Australian Constructors Association, and holds a Bachelor of Building (1st Class Honours) from the University of Melbourne.
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Jez Cutler
GROUP ENVIRONMENT MANAGER
TRAVIS PERKINS |
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Jez has been with Travis Perkins for 5 years. For much of this time he has had a strong focus on product stewardship and is an advocate that improvement can only be made through a partnership approach in the supply chain. Jez now heads up Travis Perkins response to Environmental Issues which seeks to improve on environmental performance in all areas where the company has either control or influence.
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James Dorling
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STORES
TESCO |
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James Dorling has worked for Tesco for five years and leads Tesco’s work to develop their environmental stores and deliver the resulting improvements into the Tesco estate. Tesco has delivered four environmental stores in Diss, Swansea, Wick and most recently in Shrewsbury. Before joining Tesco, James worked in Industry and Management Consultancy.
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Paul Drechsler
CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE
WATES GROUP |
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Appointed Chief Executive to the Wates Group Board in September 2004 and became Chairman and Chief Executive in April 2006.
Prior to joining Wates, Paul spent 24 years with ICI Plc holding senior positions in the UK, Brazil and the USA, which culminated with five years as Chief Executive of one of ICI’s four international businesses. He was also a main board member of ICI PLC, chairman of ICI Pension Trustees Ltd., and a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Paul was appointed a non-Executive Director of Filtrona Plc in May 2005 and is Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He is also a member of the Trinity College Dublin Business School Advisory Board.
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Deborah Evans
HEAD OF CORPORATE REPORTING AND ASSURANCE
LRQA |
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Deborah Evans is Head of Corporate Reporting and Assurance at LRQA, and is responsible for managing our verification services. She leads the team whose task it is to understand the issues which surround assuring the carbon footprint in supply chains. Before joining Lloyd’s Register, Deborah coded computer algorithms for transmission to satellites. These algorithms collected data on solar cycles, sun spots and flares.
Deborah has over fifteen years experience in assessing environmental management systems and verifying data. She has worked on regulatory emission trading schemes, and on annual company CSR and sustainability reports. She has worked with global companies such as BP, Johnson & Johnson, ExxonMobil, BT, TNT, Honeywell, Matsushitu and Lucent Technologies, helping them to improve their sustainability performance.
Deborah’s experience of verification has seen her getting involved in the technical committees developing:
- AccountAbility’s Assurance Standard (A1000 AS)
- GRI’s Global Reporting Initiative for the environmental, health, safety and labour indicators
- British Standards’ guidance document for managing sustainable development
- ISO’s standards on environment and social responsibility.
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Dave Farebrother
ENVIRONMENT DIRECTOR
LAND SECURITIES |
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Dave joined Land Securities in 1986, initially working in energy management before taking on the new environmental brief in 1997. He was instrumental in seeing the company become the first in its sector to report openly on carbon emissions and produce a stand-alone environmental report, in 2001. His role looks at environmental issues across the whole Group, including policy; targets, EMS implementation and new bids for LS Trillium. Dave chairs the company’s Climate Change and Energy Innovations workgroups, exploring ways to help their clients significantly reduce the carbon footprints of the buildings they occupy and to make their locations more resilient to climate impacts. In May 2007, Dave was named ES Environment Manager Of The Year by IEMA and is a member of the UK Green Building Council Technical Committee, BCO Environmental Sustainability Panel, the Green Property Alliance and the Carbon Vision steering group. He is also a past-Chairman of the Central London Energy Management Group.
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Dr Rosi Fieldson, BA BArch MArch RIBA PhD
SENIOR ARCHITECT
SIMONS DESIGN |
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Rosi has worked as a project architect for Simons Design Ltd in Lincoln since qualifying in 1999, in retail, office and mixed use development projects. Previously she worked for Ken Yeang in Kuala Lumpur and for KBA in London. Simons Design work closely with our sister organisations Simons Construction and Simons Developments with our research projects. Rosi's research into sustainability in UK retail architecture resulted in a PhD from Newcastle awarded in 2006. Simons won the Building Contractor of the Year for 2007, and have a number of awards for waste management and sustainability which they hope to build on with their commercial customer base. Research links are maintained with Newcastle University, and currently they are developing a Construction Carbon Footprinting Methodology in partnership with Lincoln University.
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John Frankiewicz
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION
AND CHAIRMAN OF RE-THINKING
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As chief operating officer of Willmott Dixon, John Frankiewicz manages a business with a 400m turnover and projects across England and Wales. Willmott Dixon is a privately-owned construction company established in 1852 that designs and builds in most sectors, including education, leisure, health, custodial and retail.
To help stimulate the design and build of space that is more sustainable, environmentally aware and that incorporates fresh design ideas, John Frankiewicz helped set up Re-Thinking and was instrumental in making the school of the future at BRE a reality.
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Nicholas Gibbons
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY MANAGER
DEPT OF COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
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Nicholas currently works on the Thames Gateway as Climate Change and Energy Manager for the Department of Communities and Local Government. His work encompasses an evolving programme of which aims to set a path to establishing the Thames Gateway as a low carbon region. This work is founded upon findings of low carbon feasibility work and will take advantage of the particular local and regional setting of the Thames Gateway in seeking to deliver exemplar development. He previous worked at a European level on improving the supply of finance for the development of sustainable cities and regions.
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Martin Hunt
HEAD OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE |
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Forum for the Future - the sustainable development charity - works in partnership with leading organisations in business and the public sector. Our vision is of business and communities thriving in a future that is environmentally sustainable and socially just. We believe that a sustainable future can be achieved, that it is the only way business and communities will prosper, but that we need bold action now to make it happen. We play our part by inspiring and challenging organisations with positive visions of a sustainable future; finding innovative, practical ways to help realise those visions; training leaders to bring about change; and sharing success through our communications.
Martin oversees Forum’s work with private and public sector partners in the built environment arena. These partners include Carillion, Skanska, Wates, Rok, and Willmott Dixon. In addition, he is working with a number of property clients, investors and agents, including Igloo Regeneration, John Laing plc, DTZ, John Lewis Partnership and Marks & Spencer.
Martin joined Forum in 2005 after seven years at CIRIA where he had responsibility for the delivery of a portfolio of research and implementation projects related to sustainable construction. During his time at CIRIA, Martin was manager of the Construction Industry Environmental Forum (CIEF), a network engaging practitioners in the development and promotion of good practice related to sustainable construction.
Prior to CIRIA, Martin spent four formative years within the environmental consultancy sector, working on a wide range of projects, including multinational environmental audits, contaminated site investigations and emissions monitoring. Martin is a Masters graduate from Lancaster University
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David Johnson
DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER
YORKON |
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David Johnson has worked in the construction industry for most of his working life since graduation and in the modular industry for the past 18 years.
He joined Yorkon in 1988 as Commercial Manager and was then appointed Managing Director of Shepherd Group subsidiary Foremans Relocatable Building Systems, before taking over management responsibility for Yorkon in 2005.
He has contributed to a number of Government and industry initiatives on construction legislation and Building Regulations.
He is passionate about the benefits of off site construction and believes that modular construction can significantly improve safety, sustainability, build quality and provide clients with certainty of cost and programme. His aim is to provide clients with defect-free buildings, handed over on time and on budget, every time.
Yorkon – winner of the Specialist Contractors Innovator of the Year Award - is now the UK’s leading off-site specialist and has pioneered innovative building solutions in some of the most challenging situations and in sectors as diverse as supermarkets, offices, hospitals, airports, restaurants and schools.
Yorkon’s multi award-winning modular system can help deliver higher quality facilities to tight timescales, with greatly reduced disruption and much less risk for the client.
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Paul Johnson
MANAGING DIRECTOR
MODEL LOGIC LIMTED |
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Paul is a rare blend of civil engineer and logistics consultant, having spent 20 years working on supply chain development projects within the grocery and retail sectors. For the past 5 years, Paul has been invited by clients within the building materials and construction sector to support them in the development of their supply chain strategies and the associated investments in building infrastructure. This work has lead to a focus on sustainable logistics, with particular reference to the London 2012 Olympics.
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Andrew Kinsey
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER AND SUSTAINABILITY EXECUTIVE
BOVIS LEND LEASE UK |
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Andrew is the Senior Environmental Manager and Sustainability Executive for Bovis Lend Lease UK. He is a Chartered Environmentalist and Registered Environmental Auditor with the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment. Andrew has worked for Bovis Lend Lease for the past 8 years, and has over 12 years experience of working within environmental consultancy, industry and academia.
Andrew heads up the Bovis Lend Lease Environmental Management Unit, which provides strategic project and technical support on a wide range of environmental and sustainability issues to the company.
His expertise and skills comprise many different scientific and technical aspects of environmental work including: environmental baseline studies, impact assessments, audits, corporate policy and reporting, EMS & ISO 14001, waste management and recycling.
Andrew was responsible for developing the Environmental Management System of Bovis Lend Lease which gained certification to ISO14001 in 2002. Andrew developed the current Bovis Lend Lease timber procurement policy, processes and reporting procedures and was responsible for the company joining the World Wide Fund for Nature UK Forest and Trade Network (formerly the 95+ group) in 2000.
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Dr Neil Kirkpatrick
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
ARUP |
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Neil leads Arup’s Sustainable Business Management team and is an Associate Director at Arup.
He is widely regarded as an expert in sustainability management and has 20 years experience assisting the public and private sectors in making more informed decisions linked to development and implementation of policy and strategy and informing investment decisions.
Neil has advised the European Commission as well as government bodies worldwide on environmental and sustainability management matters. He was a consultant to London 2012 providing expert advice on key areas of sustainability linked to management systems, sustainable procurement and supply chain management.
He has a particular interest in practical implementation of sustainability management. Current areas of application include hotel and event management, the development and use of a sustainability toolkit to inform decision making, and the application of sustainability appraisal techniques to guide the development of new build and regeneration projects.
Neil’s current work includes undertaking an evaluation of carbon reduction strategies for the Thames Gateway (DCLG/ English Partnerships/ DEFRA/ Environment Agency, UK); sustainability masterplanning (Gallaghers/English Partnerships; Opportunity Peterborough); and providing support to the Greater London Authority regarding Climate Change Policy work.
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Beverley Lister, MSc, BSc (hons)
HEAD OF ENVIRONMENT
TERMINAL 5 |
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Beverley Lister began her environmental career in Waste Regulation at Surrey County Council. In 1996 she moved to the Environment Agency undertaking various roles relating to pollution prevention at industrial sites. Beverley joined BAA in 1998 as Environmental Projects and Strategy Manager for Heathrow airport. In 2001 she joined the Heathrow Terminal 5 Project as Head of Environment. During the design stage she was instrumental in the early delivery of the T5 Environmental Brief alongside developing the management systems for site operations. With the start of bulk earthworks in 2002 her focus switched to site environmental leadership, working with Project teams, the local community, Regulators and suppliers, pushing the boundaries to deliver exemplary environmental performance. In 2007 Beverley joined BAA’s Capital Projects team as Sustainability Leader, taking on the wider portfolio of BAA’s construction activities.
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Tony Mars
HEAD OF CONSTRUCTION
SAINSBURY’S |
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Tony Mars is Head of Construction at Sainsbury’s plc, one of the UK’s leading food retailers.
After working for a leading construction management company for 10 years, Tony joined Sainsbury’s in 2002 and has held a number of Project Management roles delivering schemes for the business from Major Refurbishments through to large Mixed Use and Distribution projects. He was appointed Head of Construction in December 2006.
Tony and his team provide support and resources to the in-house delivery function with resource procurement, on-site innovation and sustainability together with regulatory compliance being their main deliverables.
Tony has been a member of the RICS since the early 1990's and is involved in Constructing Excellence and the Considerate Constructors scheme.
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George Martin
HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY
WILLMOTT DIXON |
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George is Head of Sustainability with Willmott Dixon Construction’s Re-Thinking Business Unit, an initiative aiming to deliver sustainable buildings for all sectors.
George is also a Non-Executive Director of The Academy for Sustainable Communities, an Associate of the UK’s leading sustainable development charity Forum for the Future, Chair of the Sustainable Development Foundation and a Board member of the recently established UK Green Building Council.
Prior to this current appointment, he was Director of Sustainability at BRE where he worked closely with Government on the development of the Code for Sustainable Homes. At Forum for the Future working with Jonathon Porritt, George became an advocate for pioneering sustainability work with the corporate sector.
George joined Forum for the Future as Director of Business Affairs in 1999 from Tarmac where he was Director of Environment for Tarmac Construction Services (now Carillion) and Managing Director of Stanger Science and Environment.
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Alan McGill
PROJECT DIRECTOR
PRINCE OF WALES’ ACCOUNTING FOR SUSTAINABILITY |
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Alan is the Project Director for His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales project Accounting for sustainability, this project aims to develop systems to measure more effectively the environmental and social costs of an organisations actions.
Alan is on secondment to the project from KPMG LLP where he is an Audit Director. Where he is involved in directing large audit engagements, working with some of the world’s leading global organisations and other private businesses. In addition he sits on KPMG’s International Climate Care Group, which deals with the issue of climate change across the worldwide firm.
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Joe Mc Nulty
MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTEGRA |
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Joe Mc Nulty is managing director of Brighton based contractor Integra. The company has been at the forefront of good environmental management since its formation in 1993. Joe is also the chairman of the South East Centre for the Build environment ( SECBE ) Planet working group. The group is charged with improving the south east’s construction Industry performance in relation to the environment. Joe also runs a residential development company which specialises in building the latest in High performance housing.
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Noel Morrin
SVP SUSTAINABILITY
SKANSKA AB (SWEDEN) |
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Noel Morrin worked internationally in distribution, sales & marketing, business development and IT in ICI during the 1980s. The 1990s saw him direct NGO Business in the Environment and the UK National Environmental Technology Centre. From 1999 to 2005 he led environmental strategy and policy in RMC Group plc including significant roles in the WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiative. Skanska AB appointed him SVP Sustainability in 2005. He has been an adviser to HRH The Prince of Wales and the CSR Committee of Thames Water.
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Richard O Connor
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DIRECTOR
THOMAS VALE CONSTRUCTION |
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A leading practitioner in Lean and continuous improvement, Richard has helped in excess of 100 companies across the range of industrial sectors including automotive, construction, manufacturing and process industries, to realise real improvements in quality, delivery and cost.
He is a chief assessor for World Class business models, and is heading a research programme into world class supply chains in construction.
He joined Thomas vale Construction in September 2003 as Business Improvement Director. Responsibilities include the implementation of lean and continuous improvement within Thomas Vale, their supply chain and with Clients. He is also responsible for overseeing the use of MMC / OSM across the business.
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John H. Park
DIRECTOR
CANADA WOOD UK |
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John H Park is a timber technologist specialising in timber-frame housing and timber engineering. With over 30 years experience he sits on several UK and European standards committees and has been working for Canadian associations in the UK for 15 years.
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Peter Quinn
MANAGING DIRECTOR
SCOTASH |
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Peter Quinn is Managing Director of ScotAsh, the UK leader in sustainable construction PFA-based products. The company is a joint venture between ScottishPower-Iberdrola and Lafarge Cement.
A geologist, with an Honours degree from Southampton University, an MSc in Environmental Technology and an MBA, Peter spent his early career working overseas in the copper industry.
He returned to the UK in 1985 to join Pioneer UK, where he worked in the Aggregates and Concrete businesses. In 1996 he became Quarries Director, Scotland at Bardon Aggregates. He was appointed Regional Director, Scotland in 1997.
Prior to joining ScotAsh, Peter held senior positions with Lafarge Aggregates, latterly as Production Manager, Aggregates and Asphalt for the company’s Central Region.
Peter is a Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying, a Member of the Institute of Asphalt Technology and Chairman of the UK Quality Ash Association. He is a former Chairman of Building Material Producers Scotland.
ScotAsh has won many awards for its sustainable construction products, including a Vision in Business for the Environment of Scotland (VIBES) Award 2004, a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2005 and environmental Big Ticks from Business in the Community in 2006 and 2007.
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Morag Robertson
ENVIRONMENT MANAGER FOR SUPPLY CHAIN
SAINSBURY’S
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Morag Robertson has worked for Sainsbury’s for 13 years. She graduated with a degree in Environmental Management and since joining the Environment Team she has held a number of project roles, mainly within Supply Chain and most recently heading up Environmental Management within Sainsbury's Supply Chain. Morag is currently responsible for ensuring the successful roll-out of ISO14001 across Supply Chain and is working with each of the company's 21 depots in order to drive environmental best practice and support business performance.
Morag has recently been involved in the development of the Company's newest depot at Northampton, whose Environmental credentials set a new standard in the industry.
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Jeff Schofield
HEAD OF MARKETING
HEWDEN STUART PLC |
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After a short spell with British Steel, Jeff entered the Construction rental industry working in sales, then operational and Sales management, with Speedy PLC, M&H plant hire, and latterly Hewden Stuart.
After a spell as a regional operational director with Hewden, Jeff studied Marketing at the Warwick business school before taking the Head of Marketing role a position he has occupied for the past four years.
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Gary Sullivan
MANAGING DIRECTOR, WILSON JAMES
CHAIRMAN, THAMES GATEWAY SOUTH ESSEX PARTNERSHIP |
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Gary is co-founder of Wilson James Ltd, which provides a range of support services to industry and commerce, some of which include construction logistics, material consolidation, logistics consultancy, security and FM services to many blue chip clients across the UK. Wilson James Ltd employs over 2,000 people nationwide.
After leaving the armed forces, Gary worked freelance in a variety of industries, including Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, Event Management and Construction.
In the early 1990s, he joined the United Nations High Commission for Refugees as part of the team that set up humanitarian aid and logistics in war-torn former Yugoslavia.
Gary is Chairman of the Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership, a Board member of Renaissance Southend, a member of the Sport England Regional Sports Board and a trustee of the London Docklands Sailing Centre.
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Dr Arthur Thornton BSc (Hons) PhD
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
ATKINS WATER |
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Dr Arthur Thornton manages the Regulatory Compliance and Research team in the Water Resources & Environment Business.
Arthur is a Principal Consultant in Atkins Water with over 14 years experience acquired in the regulation and management of wastewater. He has extensive experience managing complex projects for a variety of clients including environmental regulators, industry, property developers, with a strong emphasis on mediation between the parties.
Based on his research and development background he has provided regulatory tools and guidance for both the Environment Agency and the UK Water Industry. He has recently led a team researching the carbon costs of regulation and balancing the environmental benefits and carbon costs.
Arthur acts as an expert witness for arbitration and litigation purposes and has provided advice in both court and regulatory appeal cases.
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Dr. Miles Watkins
DIRECTOR OF GROUP ENVIRONMENTAL AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES |
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Miles graduated from University of Hertfordshire (UK) in 1996 with a degree in Environmental Studies and has since completed a PhD in stakeholder management at the University of Bath (UK). At Aggregate Industries, Miles has held leading positions in sustainability management and is currently Director of Group Environmental and Corporate Social Responsibility. He takes an active role in the industry and chairs various committees within the Quarry Products Association, the British Pre-Cast Concrete Federation and the Institute of Quarrying. Miles has been instrumental in the establishment of the sustainable product development agenda within Aggregate Industries which forms a vital part of the company's overall sustainability strategy.
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Mike Watson
HEAD OF CONSTRUCTION
WRAP (WASTE & RESOURCES ACTION PROGRAMME) |
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Dr. Mike Watson is Head of Construction at WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) with overall responsibility for the Construction Programme. WRAP’s work in construction is aimed at increasing the efficiency of materials use across the whole of the construction process, by encouraging the sector to reduce waste, recycle more and use recycled materials. Mike manages three programmes to achieve this: waste minimisation and management, materials recycling, and procurement.
Prior to taking up his current position, Mike managed WRAP’s Aggregates, Plasterboard and Tyres programmes, where he was responsible for developing markets for the greater use of these recycled materials.
Mike is a geologist by training, having gained his D.Phil at Oxford University, and prior to joining WRAP in 2003, he had 25 years experience in the international oil industry in a variety of technical, planning and business development roles.
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Rachel Woolliscroft, MIOSH, IEMA
GROUP SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER
WATES GROUP |
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Rachel has worked in the construction industry for over 10 years starting life as a researcher at the Building Research Establishment.
She joined Wates Group in 1998 as a Regional Health and Safety Manager before being appointed as Group Environmental Manager in 2001. In 2004, Rachel was also given responsibility for managing the Corporate Social Responsibility strategy for the business and to reflect this was appointed as Group Sustainability Manager in 2007. Rachels role includes developing group sustainability policy and strategy, working with the businesses and their key customers to identify opportunities for enhancing our proposition around sustainability, providing leadership in relation to the impact of the companys activities on society and advising the Wates CR Strategy Group on sustainability issues which is chaired by James Wates.
Rachel reports to Paul Drechsler, Chairman and Chief Executive and plays a key role in advising the Group Broad, Executive Team and Businesses on environmental and corporate responsibility matters.
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Dave Zammit MSc
SENIOR CONSULTANT
ESD |
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Dave is a Senior Consultant on carbon management and sustainable energy at ESD with over 6 years experience of implementing sustainable improvements in large and small organisations. He is currently leading carbon management programmes for Wilson Bowden Ltd and five Local Authorities, and preparing energy and sustainability strategies for a large housing development in London aiming for Code Level 3 certification.
In his previous role as the Sustainable Development Manager for the Science Museum Dave established and chaired a national forum for museums and galleries to benchmark performance on carbon emissions. This forum aimed to help the sector identify good practice and lobby the government for appropriate labelling categories under the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Dave also helped develop the sustainable energy strategy for the new Science Museum store and exhibition building in Swindon.
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| DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT DEMAND THE SUMMIT VENUE HAS BEEN MOVED FROM THE SELFRIDGE HOTEL TO THE HOLIDAY INN BLOOMSBURY . . More |
Paul Drechsler, Chairman & Chief Executive, Wates Group
John Frankiewicz, Chief Operating Officer, Willmott Dixon
Dave Farebrother, Environment Director, Land Securities
Dr. Peter Bonfield, Leader - Construction Materials, Olympic Delivery Authority & Chief Executive, BRE
Trevor Beattie, Director of Corporate Strategy, English Partnerships
Morag Robertson, Environment Manager for Supply Chain, Sainsbury’s
Tony Mars, Head of Construction, Sainsbury’s
Beverley Lister, Head of Environment, T5, BAA
Claudine Blamey, Director of Corporate Responsibility, British Land
Noel Morrin, SVP Sustainability, Skanska AB (Sweden)
Guy Battle, Founder and Chairman, Dcarbon8
George Martin, Board Member, UK Green Building Council & Head of Sustainability, Willmott Dixon Construction
Paul Sims, Operations Director, Bovis Lend Lease
Andrew Kinsey, Senior Environmental Manager, Bovis Lend Lease
Rachel Woolliscroft, Group Sustainability Manager, Wates Group
Richard O’Connor, Business Improvement Director, Thomas Vale Construction
Thomas Carpen, Senior Strategic Planner, Greater London Authority
Nicholas Gibbins, Thames Gateway Strategy Division, DCLG
Gary Sullivan, Managing Director, Wilson James & Chairman, Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership
Alan McGill, Project Director, Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability
Dr Mike Watson, Head of Construction, WRAP
Martin Hunt, Head of Built Environment, Forum for the Future
Neil Kirkpatrick, Associate Director, Arup
Dr Kristian Steele, Principal Consultant, BRE
Jez Cutler, Group Environment Manager, Travis Perkins
Paul Johnson, Managing Director, Model Logic Ltd
David Johnson, Director, Yorkon
Miles Watkins, Director of Group Environmental and Corporate Social Responsibility, Aggregate Industries
Peter Quinn, Managing Director, ScotAsh
Richard Barrett, Managing Director, Barrett Steel Buildings
John Park, Director, Canada Wood UK
Joe McNulty, Managing Director, Integra
Rosi Fieldson, Senior Architect, Simons Design
Barry Smith, Environmental Manager, Simons Group
Deborah Evans, Head of Corporate Reporting and Assurance , LRQA
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