Council advises on the strategic and professional direction of the Institution. They also have the power to elect and remove the Board of Trustees.
Council Members find serving on Council a rewarding and enjoyable experience, and a great opportunity to network with fellow professionals.
Ordinary and Regional Council Members serve for three years, after which they must be re-elected in order to continue to serve. If they are re-elected they can then serve for a further three years before they must stand down for at least a year.
CIHT Council nominations for 2022/23 are now open! To put yourself forward you need to complete a nomination form that involves:
To get an idea of the type of information required please see our Example Nomination Form.
If there are more nominations than vacancies available, information from the nomination form will then be used to produce a profile of yourself on an online voting website. A ballot of the membership will take place and the results will be announced at the AGM in June.
Ordinary Member: There are three vacancies for Ordinary Members of Council for 2022/23. Find out more information or complete the Ordinary Member Nomination form online here.
Regional Member: There are vacancies for Regional Members for 2022/23 in each of the following regions: CIHT South East, CIHT London, CIHT East of England, CIHT East Midlands, CIHT West Midlands and CIHT Northern Ireland. Nominees for Regional Members must have a registered address in the Region for which they wish to stand.
Nominations are normally coordinated by the Regional Committees and if you are thinking of standing you should contact your Regional Secretary. You must complete the Council Nomination form 2022 - Regional Members and return it to governance@ciht.org.uk.
Finding Voting Members to support your nomination: Nominations for both Ordinary and Regional members need to be supported by four Voting Members (Full Members, Fellows, Associates, Graduates, Apprentices and Part Time Students). The best way to meet Voting Members is to contact your Regional Secretary.
Any Questions?
If you want to know more then please contact the Governance Team on:
E: governance@ciht.org.uk T: +44 (0)20 7336 1550.
To find out more information about the governance of CIHT please contact e: governance@ciht.org.uk
• President
• Chair of the Board of Trustees
• Vice President
• Three Immediate Past Presidents
• Honorary Treasurer
• Fourteen Ordinary Members
• Fifteen Regional Members
• Two Republic of Ireland Members
• Up to twelve Nominated Members
• A SoRSA representative (observer)
In addition, any Region and Nation outside the UK and Republic of Ireland can appoint up to one voting member to attend and vote at Council.
President 2021-22
Deborah Sims BSc(Hons) MSc CEng HonMSoRSA PGCertHE FHEA FCIHT
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Gordon Baker BSc CEng MIoD FCIHT
Vice President
Neil Johnstone EurIng BSc(Hons) MEng CEng FCIHT MICE MIOD
Past Presidents
Andreas Markides BSc (Hons) MSc CEng FICE FCIHT
Martin Tugwell BSc (Eng) Hons CEng FICE FCIHT
Matthew Lugg OBE CEng MICE FCIHT MIMgt
Honorary Treasurer
Sue Sharland MA PhD FCIHT
Regional Members
Andrew Warrington BEng CEng MICE MCIHT - CIHT East Midlands
David Sprunt IEng FIHIE MCIHT - CIHT East of England
Stelios Rodoulis BSc MSc MCIHT - CIHT London
Chandra Vemury BE MSc CEng MCIHT - CIHT North East and Cumbria
Barry Heaps CEng FCIHT MICE BEng - CIHT North West
Bert Bailie BSc (Hons) MSc CEng FCIHT - CIHT Northern Ireland
Myra Lydon BEng PhD MISHMII MICE MCIHT - CIHT Northern Ireland
Russell Henderson BEng FCIHT - CIHT Scotland
Carolyn Rollo MA MCIHT - CIHT Scotland
Fiona Blackley MA MCIHT - CIHT South East
Mike O'Dowd-Jones BSc MSc MCILT MCIHT - CIHT South West
Kerry Evans BSc(Hons) FCIHT - CIHT Cymru Wales
Julie Hunt BSc (Hons) CEng CEnv MICE MCIHT - CIHT Cymru Wales
Chris Young FCIHT MSoRSA - CIHT West Midlands
James Leeming IEng MCIHT ChPP MAPM - CIHT Yorkshire and the Humber
Matthew Steele BA(Hons) MSc FRGS FCILT MCIHT - CIHT Republic of Ireland
Andy Campbell BSc CEng MICE MCIHT - CIHT Republic of Ireland
Ordinary Members
Peter Molyneux CEng FCIHT MICE
Kate Carpenter BEng CEng MICE FCIHT FSoRSA
Julia Gregory BSc MSc FCIHT
Andrew Boyle MA CEng FCILT FCIHT FICE
Gill Foster MCIHT FIHE
Jo Field MA MPhil FCIHT
Tim Speed EurIng BSc (Hons) CEng MICE FCIHT MTPS FFB
Simon Hindshaw BSc CEng FICE FCIHT FCIT
Richard Llewellyn BEng MSc(Eng) CEng FCIHT FHEA MICE
Karen McShane BEng (Hons) CEng FCIHT MICE MIEI MTPS MRPSL
Jon Parker CTPP FCIHT
Dana Skelley OBE BEng MBA CEng MICE FCIHT
Mitesh Solanki BEng(Hons) MSc FCIHT MICE
Cecilia Thordardottir MSc MCIHT
Nominated Members
Anthony Ferguson FCIHT
David Ogden BSc (Hons) FCIHT
Josh Bush MEng CEng MICE MCIHT PMP
Tracey Collins AMCIHT
Anna Craciun BSc
Darran Kitchener BEng FCIHT CMILT
Rachel Lord BSc (Hons) AMCIHT
Olivia Reed
Richard Ward-Jones MCIHT
Adnan Zameer BTech MCIHT
Kate Lodge MCIHT
SoRSA Representative (Observer)
Dennis Symons EngTech FIHE MCIHT FSoRSA RegRSA (IHE)
Becoming a CIHT Council Member gives you an opportunity to determine the strategic and professional direction of your Institution. Council acts as a sounding board for CIHT policy development and hosts outside speakers who contribute to debate, helping to shape CIHT positioning on specific issues. Recent topics included a presentation on reshaping UK transport policy from Transport for the North’s David Levene and a discussion around the Office of Rail and Road’s annual assessment of Highways England by its deputy director Richard Coates.
Download a summary and FAQs on Your Role as a Council Member
If you want to know more then please contact the Governance Team on:
E: governance@ciht.org.uk T: +44 (0)20 7336 1550.
To find out more information about the governance of CIHT please contact e: governance@ciht.org.uk
