Ritchie has previously worked for consultant (Mouchel), on the JV Board, for integrated providers EnterpriseMouchel and  MGWSP. He is now Strategic Development Director for the Local Authority business within Balfour Beatty. His experience is in project and commission management covering Defence, Education and both Strategic and local Transport and Highways. He specialises in developing fully integrated solutions using collaboration and relationships as key, long term drivers for efficiency and flexibility. He is currently developing an  innovative approach that leverages private sector investment to manage infrastructure condition and improve public satisfaction. His theme for the year is collaboration.

Katherine is the Transport Planning Director for Parsons Brinckerhoff, leading a team of 100 transport planners across the country. Katherine has extensive experience in the application of transportation planning policy and development of strategy. She has considerable spatial planning experience, including acting as a successful Expert Witness at public inquiries, appeals and examinations in public for the Highways Agency (HA) and achieving positive outcomes. She is particularly skilled in working with clients, project teams and a wide range of stakeholders, developing collaborative working techniques to achieve positive results. Her current projects include, East Kent Spur, Dover masterplanning, Taunton masterplanning and several traffic models for Somerset County Council.
For her sins, she is taking over the role of Chair from April 2011. During her time on the committee, Katherine has organised several large conferences and is currently in the process of organising a series of low cost CPD sessions across the SW on the 16th November.
 

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Phil has been involved in the Road Construction and Highway Maintenance Industry since graduating in 1975.

For the first 14 years he worked in the Engineering Department of Devon County Council on Capital Road Schemes and other Civil Engineering projects as a project Quantity Surveyor.   This was followed by 6 years with Devon Highways, the Devon County Council DLO for Highway Maintenance Works as Chief Quantity Surveyor.   During this period he developed a Quality Management system to the standards required by ISO 9002 and was made responsible for the management of six inert waste tips as well as managing the Quantity Surveying function of the business.   In 1995 he transferred to South West Highways as Commercial Manager responsible for Quantity Surveying, Tip Management, Waste Initiatives and Quality Assurance.   In April 2000 he was appointed to the Senior Management Team as Business Manager with the additional responsibilities of Contracts Review and New Business.