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The 2017 Inspiring Change Awards Judges

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Lynne Allison, Local Manager for the North and Midlands, CITB
Lynne Allison is a Local Manager for CITB for the North and Midlands and has over 16 years’ experience in the education, careers and construction sectors.  During her 11 years at CITB, she has worked in a variety of roles including managing the National Skills Academy for Construction Client Based Approaches and leading on the Joint Investment Strategy within Sheffield City Region. Lynne is passionate about bringing people of all backgrounds into the industry, and has done this through several projects, most recently the development of the industry website, Go Construct. Prior to joining CITB, Lynne taught students with learning difficulties and disabilities. With a genuine desire to promote the construction and built environment sector, Lynne is keen to explore innovative ways to improve the image of the industry, attract new talent and to make construction a career of choice.  
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Roger Bailey, Asset Management Director, Tideway 
Roger joined the Thames Tideway Tunnel project in February 2012. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and has held board level positions in both contracting businesses and engineering and planning consultancies prior to joining the project. The first 20 years of his career was in the geotechnical contracting sector in the UK and overseas before moving into transportation consultancy for organisations such as Crossrail, Network Rail, TfL, Highways Agency and the Department for Transport.  Roger’s Asset Management Team at Tideway is responsible for the oversight of design and the assurance of consents, promoting  innovation, delivering the programmes for skills and employment; quality management systems and environmental sustainability plus the operational integration of the completed Thames Tideway Tunnel asset into the existing London sewer network.
 
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Kevin Bowsher QPM, Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Network Rail
Kevin worked within policing for 30 years, much of this time connected to diversity activity.  He played a leading role in developing the Metropolitan Police's approach to diversity and inclusion. Kevin has significant experience of the aftermath of Stephen Lawrence’s murder and subsequent inquiry. He helped to deliver fundamental changes to policing that came about as a result. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the 2006 New Year’s Honours List. He was involved in the delivery of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, described as the most inclusive ever. Kevin currently manages diversity and inclusion at Network Rail.  
​Nicky Ensert, Group Manager for Supply Chain Development, Highways England
Nicky is Highways England’s Group Manager for Supply Chain Development (People Capability and Inclusion). She has worked in the field of people capability & development for 30 years and played a leading specialist role in the evolution of Highways England’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion work for the last 15 years. In 2016, Nicky received an award from the National Centre for Diversity for her role in influencing change within the UK construction industry, including the positive effect of her work on influencing companies in Highways England’s supply chain.
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Mark Hansford, Editor, New Civil Engineer
Mark Hansford is Editor of New Civil Engineer (NCE).  As editor Mark is responsible for driving content across all NCE’s activities and the development of new digital and event products. Mark has a First Class MEng in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham and spent three years as a practicing engineer with leading consultant Atkins before joining NCE in 2000. Recently Mark has been championing cause of gender equality in the industry and is a proud supporter of engineering disaster relief charity RedR, of which NCE is a patron. Mark is a keen supporter of advancing industry best practice and is a founder member of the Infrastructure Leadership Board, established to oversee research being carried out as part of the Infrastructure Leadership Programme, a six month project to identify preferred characteristics of supply chain companies operating in the UK infrastructure sector. 
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Ian Heptonstall, Director, Supply Chain Sustainability School
Ian chairs the Industry’s Fairness, Inclusion and Respect Leadership Group and is the founding Director of the Supply Chain Sustainability School, a multi-award winning online School for the construction industry that seeks to build the sustainability skills of suppliers to the UK’s major construction contractors.  Ian is also Director of Action Sustainability, a sustainability consultancy that advises property developers, infrastructure companies and major contractors on how to deliver improved sustainability performance through their supply chains.
Yvonne Howard, EW Group
Yvonne Howard has over 20 years experience of advancing diversity, equality and inclusion within large, complex organisations. As a former diversity lead within Transport for London and a Diversity Specialist to Crossrail, Yvonne is able to equip senior managers within the transport and construction sector with strategies to promote inclusive work cultures. As an Associate consultant with EW Group, she designs and delivers a range of programmes and tools to promote inclusive values and behaviours. Yvonne also conducted a cross-sector workforce diversity analysis for HS2 and diversity diagnostics for Ferrovial Agroman.Yvonne provides project management support to Women into Construction (WiC)-committed to changing the face of the construction industry by connecting clients, tier one contractors and their supply chains to a pipeline of talented women. She is currently working with infrastructure clients (e.g. Crossrail and Tideway) to diversify their workforce.
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Alan O’Neile, Head of Communications, CSCS
Alan O’Neile is a communications professional with several years experience developing strategic communications for large-scale infrastructure projects. Alan has led the communications and consultation on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects requiring submission to the Planning Inspectorate. CSCS is the leading skills certification scheme within the UK construction industry. CSCS cards provide proof that individuals working on construction sites have the required training and qualifications for the type of work they carry out. As Head of Communications, Alan’s focus is on reinforcing CSCS’s position within the construction industry, maximising awareness of the scheme to industry stakeholders and encouraging the development of a fully trained and qualified workforce. His role also sees him responsible for all media activity and relationships with key industry stakeholders.    
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Andrew Percy, Acting Business Development Manager Construction, B&CE
Andrew Percy is B&CE’s Acting Business Development Manager, Construction Services, focusing on developing and managing the business relationship strategy with the construction industry. He joined B&CE in 2010 as a Key Relationship Manager, looking after some of the largest construction clients, Federations, trade unions and non-construction customers relating to The People’s Pension. Since B&CE acquired CBH in 2016, Andrew has been focusing on customer and stakeholder engagement for the Construction Services division as it works to develop its new occupational health proposition. Previously, he was Operations Executive at the National Federation of Builders, managing the Midlands, East and South West regional member contact programmes.
Shaun Scantlebury, Director, EY
Shaun is a Director in EY’s People Advisory Services (PAS) business. Shortlisted for the Management Consultancy Association’s (MCA) HR Consultant of the year in 2011, Shaun has a track record of delivering complex and transformational people focused engagements with clients and for the firm. Shaun leads EY’s D&I Advisory practice and supports a portfolio of clients on their D&I agenda across the public and private sector, both in the UK and globally. Shaun also sits on the management consultancy association’s steering committee for the ‘year of diversity’ setting the agenda for the promotion of D&I in the management consulting industry.
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  • Inspiring Change Conference & Awards 2022
  • 2022 Programme, Speakers and Recordings
  • Winners 2022 Inspiring Change Awards
  • 2022 Judges
  • Inspiring Change Conference 2022
  • About the Inspiring Change Awards
    • Inspiring Change - Community - Company Award
    • Inspiring Change - Community - Project Award
    • Inspiring Change - Education - Company Award
    • Inspiring Change - Education - For Projects Award
    • Inspiring Change - Workplace - Company Award
    • Inspiring Change - Workplace - Project Award
    • Inspiring Change - FIR Inspiration 2022
    • Judging Criteria
    • 2021 Winners
    • Past Events and Entries >
      • 2021 Programme and Speakers >
        • 2021 Categories and Entry Forms >
          • About Inspiring Change SME & Project Awards
          • Inspiring Change - Community - Company Award
          • Inspiring Change - Community - Project Award
          • Inspiring Change - Education - Company Award
          • Inspiring Change - Education - Project Award
          • Inspiring Change - Workplace - Company Award
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          • Inspiring Change - FIR Inspiration 2022
          • Judging Criteria
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      • Inspiring Change Conference 2018 - Agenda
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