LCRIG - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Assistant Accountant
- Finance
- Membership Coordinator
Adam has joined LCRIG as Finance & Membership Coordinator, having recently completed an Agricultural Science degree at the University of Nottingham. Adam is now working alongside LCRIG's Finance and Operations Director and is enrolled on a Finance qualification.
Alec has more than 15 years' experience in multimedia journalism and has edited titles in the packaging, transport, healthcare and energy sectors.
Having spent four years as editor of Highways Magazine he is no stranger to the workings of the sector. Alec was responsible for running and developing the print offering of the magazine plus its associated products; namely the website and weekly newsletter.
During his time in the role Alec maintained relationships with a number of key individuals, associations and organisations across the highways sector. He also helped to oversee the relaunch of Highways sister title Smart Highways. Alec has project-managed the content creation of websites and digital platforms for a variety of brands, chaired roundtables and conferences, and been involved in the organisation of such events.
Alec is keen to help raise the profile of LCRIG and highlight the good work of the organisation's members with a strong focus on innovation.
Bill is responsible for the leadership and management of the Highway Infrastructure & Fleet Team at the City of York Council. Bill has a proven track record of implementing and delivering efficiencies and innovation within a multi-disciplinary team.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Local Government Manager
Carol is an experienced local government manager working for Kent County Council, with a background in change management, diversity, economic development, and highways.
Carol is currently the Highways Project Manager on an exciting innovation project, Live Labs, in partnership with Amey plc and funded by the Department for Transport and ADEPT. The two-year Live Labs project, started in summer 2019, is part of ADEPT's SMART Places programme to support the use of digital technology in place-based services. In this role Carol is leading on a wide range of innovation trials in highways service delivery including the development of an insight's digital platform, materials testing graphene in asphalt and the deployment of sensor and drone technology. The project is also developing an improved digital customer service platform utilizing the outputs from the operational platform.
Job Titles:
- Events Manager
- Events & Relationship Manager
Charlotte has worked within the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for over 14 years. charlotte.bromley@lcrig.org.uk
Charlotte manages all of LCRIG's event and webinar services.
Charlotte has worked within the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for over 12 years.
Claire previously worked as an administrator within the fire and security sector, and has over 20 years of admin experience, within a variety of different industries.
Darren Capes FIET FIHE is Intelligent Transport Systems Policy Lead at the Department for Transport and focuses on the adoption of emerging vehicle, infrastructure and data technologies by the UK's highway authorities. Darren has over 30 years' experience working in Local and Central Government. A qualified civil engineer, his current role involves leading ITS policy at the Department for Transport and focusses on supporting local authorities in engaging with the Future of Transport agenda and ensuring the UK's road authorities are prepared for the challenges to come.
Darren has a particular interest in emerging transport technologies and the readiness of local highway authorities. He is a Fellow of both the IHE and IET, manages the UK's Transport Technology Forum on behalf of the DfT and is a member of the ITS World Congress Programme Committee. As well as sitting on the Board of LCRIG, Darren is chair the IET's National Transport Policy Panel, is a board member of ITS(UK) and Junior Vice President of the IHE.
David has undertaken various roles within the UK street works industry since 1987 in both the private and public sector and has played a central role locally, regionally and nationally as the legislation changed from PUSWA to NRSWA and now the TMA. This has included the development of National Policy and Legislation, the development of Electronic Transfer of Data and the delivery of training nationally.
He undertook the role of JAG(UK) Manager in 2009 JAG(UK) Manager and became CEO of JAG(UK) in April 2020. JAG(UK) provides strategic direction to authorities in terms of their approach to street and roads works.
Talking about the role of the board, David said: "LCRIG provides the perfect platform to deliver change through innovation and I am particularly looking forward to being part of the board. Changes to delivery models, materials and technology are all necessary to meet the challenges of climate change. The Covid 19 pandemic has also highlighted resilience issues which can be mitigated by innovation. In essence we need to seize the moment."
Job Titles:
- Assistant Director
- Member of the Board
Dwayne is Assistant Director Highways and Engineering at Bolton Council and has extensive experience within in local government gained from undertaking a series of progressively demanding roles.
Representing ‘People' on our board Dwayne is responsible to provide oversight and report upon building a support framework of people around LCRIG and for developing the entry into the sector for internships, traineeships and apprenticeships. He is particularly passionate about promoting careers within the highways sector, creating opportunities for all, personal development and creating routes into the industry via local government.
Job Titles:
- Marketing Coordinator
- Marketing & Events Executive
Emily has joined LCRIG as Marketing Coordinator, having recently completed an English Language degree at the University of Chester. Emily is now working within LCRIG's marketing team and is enrolled on a Level 3 Digital Marketing qualification.
Job Titles:
- Community Interest Manager
Georgia is responsible for managing the LCRIG community interest projects and the fund-raising activities for our local and national charitable work.
Georgia has worked within the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for almost 8 years part-time whilst studying for her BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care and her LLB Law (Hons) Degree which she completed in April 2019.
Job Titles:
- Events and Relationship Manager ( Technology )
Gill has worked in the technology sector for the last 8 years and now works across LCRIG and TTF.
Gill has organised events across the UK, Europe, India, Canada and the Far East and brings a wealth of experience in event and project management.
Job Titles:
- Senior Officer
- Head of Service, Highways and Traffic Management at Blackpool Council
- Infrastructure Innovation Board Chair
- Performance Manager for Highways and Traffic Management Services at Blackpool Council
Ian is a highly accomplished Senior Officer with 34 years in Local Government service. He has a consistently successful record of leading high-performance teams in the management and delivery of highway maintenance schemes, capital schemes and utility works, ensuring all activities comply with required legislation and contractual schedules, quality and technical specifications.
Demonstrating a robust ground-up expertise and a consistent professional approach, he has strong project management skills, comprehensive technical and legal knowledge, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ian has management responsibility for internal and external projects, scrutinising quality, identifying potential problems, and providing commercially sound solutions.
He leads innovation and progression in terms of the Authorities approach to highway maintenance, asset management and its engagement with suppliers and external stakeholders, is a keen advocate of innovation and new ideas, in particular fostering a collaborative approach across the Highway Community always pushing to achieve more, to gain best value from the Authorities own resources and the use of external resources and suppliers.
He has an active and full role in LCRIG and is Chair of the Infrastructure Innovation Board, hugely supportive of the work and the ethos, as part of the team he actively seeks out new ideas and innovation, welcomes challenge and is passionate about supporting the Highways Community and promoting new thinking and or a new approach to existing and future challenges.
Ian is the performance manager for highways and traffic management services at Blackpool Council. He is a highly accomplished senior officer who has a consistently successful record of leading high-performance teams in the management and delivery of all aspects of highway maintenance schemes, capital schemes and utility works. Demonstrating a robust ground-up expertise and a consistent professional approach, he has strong project management skills, comprehensive technical and legal knowledge, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
At Blackpool Ian is the lynch pin between the political members and the highways service, together with management responsibility for internal and external projects, scrutinising quality, identifying potential problems, and providing commercially sound solutions. More importantly Ian is a key member of LCRIG and leads innovation and progression in the authorities approach to highway maintenance, asset management and its engagement with suppliers. He is a keen advocate of innovation and new ideas, in particular fostering a collaborative approach across the highway community.
Job Titles:
- Highway Network & Traffic Manager for Highways, Transport and Planning - West Sussex County Council
Jeff has extensive experience from across the highways function including working as a civil engineer on road and bridge schemes and more recently local government highways and transport teams up to head of service. He has specialised in street works as it offered him greater interest and opportunity with the added benefit of constant evolution of tasks, methods, and relationships to explore.
Talking about his role on the board, he said: "I see my participation in the Infrastructure Innovation Board as an opportunity to grow my knowledge and to offer direct influence in the field of innovative highway materials use and repair technologies. I will also look to use my position within the street works community to promote and encourage the early uptake of these innovations across utility works promoters and local government authorities alike."
Jonny Thynne is a seasoned brand communications professional and Creative Director at Thynne Creative. He honed his skills in various in-house and agency roles in the UK and Australia before setting up on his own over 12 years ago. He now has a team of designers, developers and marketing professionals behind him to deliver bespoke services to a range of public and private sector clients.
Jonny has worked closely with LCRIG and others in the highways sector for the past 6 years on everything from branding, to large-scale digital projects, editorial design, social media marketing and everything in between! He thoroughly enjoys the challenge of working with highly technical and complex information and finding innovative ways to communicate them with wider audiences.
Job Titles:
- Administrator
- Data Management Co - Ordinator
Karla has worked for LCRIG as an Administrator, on a part time basis since July 2021 and has played a key role in establishing and developing the LCRIG internal systems.
Karla works part-time for LCRIG and is studying Marine Biology at Glasgow University.
Keely is LCRIG's Relationship Manager and she is responsible for onboarding and supporting members.
Keely has experience in customer service and account management which she gained from working in the rail sector.
Job Titles:
- Finance
- Operations Director
Kerry is Finance and Operations Director and oversees all business operations for LCRIG, including managing accounts and statutory requirements as a Community Interest Company. Kerry is also responsible for analysing and interpreting LCRIG's financial performance data.
A CIMA qualified, commercially focused, Finance & Operations Director, Kerry is adept at producing robust financial and commercial information designed to drive decision making at Board level.
Kerry has an excellent knowledge and understanding of the highways industry and the challenges faced on the UK road network.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chief Executive
- Chairman, NY Highways
Martin has almost 40 years' experience in the highways sector having started his career with local government in the early 80's. Over the past 20 years he has held a number of high-profile roles in the private sector which include that of a Partner in a global design consultancy, a Director in Kier Highways and more recently as a joint owner of his own consultancy D2M2.
Throughout his career Martin has played a significant role in the highways sector having held advisory positions with CIHT, ACE, HMEP and with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. He has spoken at numerous national conferences and authored several industry guidance documents on the subjects of procurement, funding strategies, performance management and collaboration. He remains influential in helping to shape future highways delivery models by ensuring SMEs have the opportunity to access public sector contracts.
Job Titles:
- Head of Local Highways Maintenance, Innovation, and Resilience
- Head of Local Roads and Resilience at the Department for Transport
Matt is the Head of Local Roads and Resilience at the Department for Transport. He is the Government's lead on the Live Labs programme; working with external stakeholders including local highway authorities, academia, and the private sector organisations on delivering innovative solutions to highways infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Matt is an experienced transport policy professional, having previously worked for the UK's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV). He helped design and implement policy changes needed to ensure the safe deployment of CAV technology in the UK aligned to the UK's Industrial Strategy, most notably the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act. He has also worked for successive Transport Ministers as a Private Secretary, advising UK Government Ministers on complex transport policy areas.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Chairman / North West Regional Group
Paul is the Highways Asset Manager for Lancashire County Council, having worked in a range of different roles within Lancashire's highways services for the last 30 years.
He is the Chair for the NW LCRIG group. The ethos of the group is to share good practice, learn from each other, consider innovation and work together across the North West to deliver data driven asset management practices.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Road Surface Treatments Association ( RSTA )
Paul is Chief Executive at the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) and prior to this had over 30 years' experience within local authority highways, both directly with local authorities and with Tier 1 provider Amey. From 2005 to 2020, he was Highway Asset Manager looking after strategic, tactical and operational highway asset management in Staffordshire. He joined Amey in 2014 as part of the Staffordshire County Council / Amey Infrastructure+ Strategic Highway Partnership where he also managed teams responsible for the design of structural, preventative and structures schemes within the Partnership.
Talking about his hopes for the board, he commented: "My hope is that authorities will have confidence in the LCRIG Infrastructure Innovation Board to see products and processes have been objectively assessed and when successfully trialled in one or two authorities, they will embrace them and make them a part of their efficient and effective highway asset management. It will benefit authorities by allowing them to reap the benefits of using innovative products and processes earlier and improve their management of the highway network for the benefit of all their stakeholders."
Job Titles:
- Performance and Reporting Manager, Cadent Gas
Paul Carter is Performance and Reporting Manager at at Cadent Gas.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive
- Director, Government and Strategy
- New Director of Government and Strategy and Formerly Executive Board Director at Gaist
Paula is LCRIG's new Director of Government and Strategy and formerly Executive Board Director at Gaist, the multi-award-winning international highways and mobile mapping company working with the Government, local authorities, private sector, and international organisations.
Paula has worked in local government leading frontline services, a national public sector improvement agency tasked with performance improvement, KPMG Government Advisory, international consulting assignments, political lobbying sector, and independent national government advisory roles. Paula has also worked in executive leadership roles in the charitable sector including a major stem cell cancer charity leading their operations department and a strategic policy and lobbying role in a leading environmental charity focused on behaviour change to improve local environmental quality. Latterly she has been involved with PIARC, World Roads Association technical committee on accessibility and mobility in rural areas.
Paula's passion for technology, data, and public services means that she has spoken on more than one occasion on BBC Radio4's programme "In Business" about technology and Infrastructure. Paula has authored articles about infrastructure, data, and its social impact for the Institute of Highways Engineers. In 2019, Paula gave evidence directly to the Transport Select Committee on Local Roads Funding and Governance in 2019. Paula is also a member of the Royal Meteorology Society, with a strong personal interest in extreme weather, climate change, and other weather phenomena.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Project and Asset Management Team
Peter is a member of the Project and Asset Management Team at Cumbria County Council.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Head of Service
Sean is the Head of Service - Highway Maintenance at Oxfordshire County Council, having previously been employed as the Head of Highways and Transportation for a number of other councils.
Sean is particularly passionate about bringing members of the highways sector together to share skills and knowledge for the benefit of everyone.
Shelley is LCRIG's Marketing Manager and responsible for marketing and communications.
Shelley has worked in the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for over 15 years and is currently studying towards a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Level 6 Digital Marketing Diploma.
Job Titles:
- Chairman / South East Regional Group
A well-known and passionate supporter of the highway industry. Over the past 33 years Steve has developed his career primarily in highway maintenance engineering for both the public and private sector. Gaining a solid technical understanding in local authority highways laboratories starting as a Technician and working his way to Materials Engineer responsible for running the technical departments in Wiltshire, Surrey and Derbyshire. Steve was also an Associate Director-Business Development with TRL where he delivered internationally to over 20 African Countries, China, Much of the Middle East and Peru.
Always pushing innovation and added value Steve's agenda has always been to promote what is good in our industry and push out what we don't want. Currently Steve is working with East Sussex delivering a role as their Asset Strategist. Still pushing for value and believing that innovation is the key to winning. He is currently pushing for quality to be higher on the Asset Managers agenda believing that for too many years we have seen the decline in technical understanding and let systems take over decision making.
Susanne manages LCRIG with the support of the President, the Regional Chairs, the Chief Executive, the Finance and Operations Director and the Board.
Susanne has worked within the civil engineering, highways and transportation sector for over 25 years.
Susanne's extensive network of contacts and broad range of experience serves her perfectly to facilitate LCRIG's aim to create a fully inclusive ‘highways community'.
Will established LCRIG in 2013 to encourage councils to work together to support the Department for Transport and to work with each other collaboratively in partnership with the ‘highways community'.
Will has received national recognition for his work and has received numerous awards, including the Department for Transport ‘Special Recognition Award' for ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Highways Sector' in 2019 and Lifetime Achievement award at Highways Awards 2022.
LCRIG's President, Will Britain established the group in 2013 to encourage councils to work together and with the ‘highways community' to support the Department for Transport to deliver innovation on a national level.
Will's initial vision was to elevate the status of highways in order to empower Elected Members with the information needed to decide the future of the road network for the next generation.