EGNIOL - Key Persons


Andrew Williams-Owen

Job Titles:
  • Support Services Director
Andrew is the Support Services Director at Egniol and one of its founding Directors. His career journey began as a trainee accountant in Birmingham before taking him through a variety of business management roles in a diverse range of organisations. He leads our team of commercial, HR and business administration staff, focussing on ensuring that the business functions as efficiently as possible so that our consultants can provide the best possible service to our clients.

Dan Shoesmith

Job Titles:
  • Civil Engineering Services Director
  • Infrastructure Director
Dan joined Egniol as Infrastructure Director in 2017 with responsibility for managing and developing our civil engineering service across the built environment. He joined us from Pell Frischmann where he was Technical Director and has over 20 years' experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in the delivery of complex and large scale building and infrastructure projects. Dan is a graduate of Nottingham Trent University, where he gained an honours degree in Civil Engineering, and is a Chartered Civil Engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). He is also the Supervising Civil Engineer for Egniol's ICE Training Scheme.

David Homan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
  • Civil Engineer
David is a civil engineer with over 20 years of experience in managing and designing infrastructure projects from concept through to construction, with values up to £20m. He has experience across highways, land & regeneration and civil aviation schemes, with specialist knowledge in flood risk assessment, drainage and hydrological design. He joined Egniol as a Principal Engineer in 2018 and is a key memeber of our civil engineering team, supporting our clients across the south east and nationally. He also holds a Masters In Business Administration.

Emma Hackney - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Technical Director
Emma joined Egniol as an Associate Director in 2019 having previously held senior management roles at WML Consulting and GHA Consulting. Emma is responsible for the strategic development and growth of the Egniol structural engineering team, and co-ordinates our structural engineering services across our offices in North Wales, Cheshire and Sheffield. She has 25 years' experience as a civil and structural engineering consultant, working across a range of industry sectors. Emma graduated with a first class honours degree in Structural Engineering at The University of Liverpool and has since qualified as a Chartered Engineer, being a Member of The Institution of Civil Engineers and The Institution of Structural Engineers.

Emma Small

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
Emma is a Geoenvironmental specialist with almost 20 years of experience in designing and managing Ground Investigations. She has a wide range of experience in contamination land and geotechnical investigations, factual and interpretive reporting, remediation and validation of soil and groundwater contamination, earthwork specifications, Material Management Plans, geotechnical design including foundations, roads, soakaways and slope assessments. Emma joined Egniol in April 2021 as an Associate to lead our Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical services based in Milton Keynes, working with our wider engineering teams supporting our clients nationally. Emma is a graduate of the University of Bedfordshire where she gained a BSci in Geology and also completed post graduate studies at the University of Birmingham where she obtained a PGCert in Geotechnical Engineering and Management. Emma is a Chartered Geologist, a Fellow of The Geological Society and is a Registered Ground Engineering Professional.

Mark Fletcher

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
  • Structural Engineering Services Director
Mark joined Egniol as an Associate Director in 2019 having previously worked as a Senior Structural Engineer at Patrick Parsons. Based in our Sheffield office, he is responsible for developing the structural engineering service line in the Yorkshire region and ensuring the timely delivery of projects for our clients. Mark has almost 20 years' experience as a structural engineering consultant working across all industry sectors and is a graduate of Leeds Metropolitan University, where he studied Civil Engineering.

Peter Dilworth - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
Peter is our founding Director, helping to establish Egniol in 2001 and building it from its origins in North Wales to become a respected consultant of choice operating across the whole of the UK. Peter holds an honours degree in Engineering Science backed up by more than 30 years of knowledge and experience gained on a huge range of engineering and environmental projects delivered across the waste management, residential, industrial and commercial sectors. As Chairman he is responsible for leading the Egniol Board and focusing it on strategic matters, overseeing the Company's development and setting high governance standards.