Northern Ireland Who's Who

Here you will find details of our committee.

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Colin Magwood

Chair

Bio TBC

Stephen Bradshaw

Vice Chair

Stephen is a CIHT Fellow and has over 30 years’ experience in the highways and infrastructure sector. 

He graduated with a BEng(Hons) in Civil Engineering from Ulster University – a Chartered Procurement and Supply Professional, he is currently the Deputy Director of Procurement and Commercial, in the Department for Infrastructure.

Roisin Wilson

Honorary Secretary

Roisin is currently a Principal Civil Engineer within DfI Transport and Road Asset Management heading up the Construction Works and Maintenance Unit of Procurement Branch.

Roisin graduated with a BEng(Hons) in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast in 1998.

Dr. Andrew Murray

Honorary Treasurer

Until his recent retirement, Andrew was a Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Department for Infrastructure (NI), a position he held since 2012. 

His role included being head of Northern Ireland’s sole highway authority, which maintains, develops and manages all parts of the province’s 26,000 km road network.

Andrew has been a Chartered Civil Engineer who has had more than 35 years experience of highways. He has held a number of senior positions in Northern Ireland’s highway authority, including being Divisional Roads Manager in 2 of the 4 Divisions. He was also Head of Transportation for a period, before taking up a Director post in 2006.

At a National level, Andrew has represented Northern Ireland on the UK Roads Liaison Group and he is a former chair of the UK Roads Board. He also represented NI for a period on the UK Executive Committee of the World Roads Association.

 

 

Michael Bell

Past Chair

Michael is a Fellow of CIHT, a Chartered Transport Planning Professional and Chartered Manager, with almost 25 years’ experience in a wide range of transport planning and traffic engineering. 

Kris Campbell

Emerging Professional Chair

He graduated with a MEng in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast in 2009 and recently completed a Part-Time PhD in Bridge Management and Scour. He is a Principal Civil Engineer for DfI Roads & Rivers heading up the Highway Structures Unit and is the Departments Heritage Officer. He has a keen interest in heritage structures and structures asset management.

Dr. Robert Eadie

Academic Liaison Officer

Dr. Robert Eadie is Academic Lead for Civil Engineering apprentices at Ulster University and MSc Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Course director.

His PhD was related to e-procurement in construction, and his research focuses on BIM, Procurement, Roads and pedagogy. He spent 20 years in industry in consultancy, on site and in the public sector before moving into academia. He also holds a DHC from the European Polytechnical University.

A fellow of CIHT and Engineers Ireland, he is a Past Chair of Engineers Ireland Northern Region, a previous council member and represents them on the Professional College of CPCNI which lobbies government on Industry needs. He is a Chartered Committee Member of CIHT Northern Ireland. He is currently Treasurer for the Association of Civil Engineering Departments which is an umbrella group representing over fifty Universities who teach Civil engineering.

He currently teaches Project Management and Traffic Engineering at Ulster University. He has over eighty peer-reviewed academic publications. He is currently working on the FASTER project in Northern Ireland a €6,4 million grant from SEUPB for the installation of fast EV Chargers in Northern Ireland. 

Mark McGuigan

Assistant Secretary 

Mark is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 25 years’ experience across a range of sectors including rail, public realm, bridges, water, education and general infrastructure.

He graduated with a BEng in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast in 1998. He is currently Head of Rail Electrification for Translink responsible for the delivering the infrastructure required to enable a net-zero railway.  

Karen McShane

CIHT past President

Karen is the current President of CIHT and a past Chair of the Northern Ireland Region with over 30 years experience in the Highways and Transportation Sector mainly as a Consultant. 

She has worked on many of Northern Ireland's major developments. Karen is a strong promoter of Diversity and Inclusion within the industry.

Dr. Kaine Lynch

Previous past Chair

Kaine is an infrastructure specialist having led the delivery of strategically important public infrastructure programmes and projects for over a decade. 

His experience spans the entire delivery cycle, from the development of strategic plans and businesses cases to procurement and contract management.

He is currently a Director in EY’s Government & Infrastructure team. In this role he advises central and local governments across the island of Ireland on strategically important infrastructure issues.

Kaine has particular expertise in transport infrastructure having begun his career in Northern Ireland’s Roads Authority, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI). He has also spent time as both DfI’s Principal Geotechnical Advisor and Strategic Roads Improvement Programme Manager.

He is a Chartered Civil Engineer with a doctorate in Civil Engineering. His doctoral research investigated the impact of climate change on the long-term integrity of transport related geotechnical assets.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. In his time as a CIHT Northern Ireland committee member, he has held roles including Young Professionals’ Group Chair, Recruitment Officer and Vice-Chair. He has also served at a national level as a Trustee and a Council Member.

Geoff Allister OBE

CIHT past President

Geoff is a Past President of CIHT and an Executive Advisor for Amey Consulting. 

At Amey he has a role as an external ambassador and works to improve relationships with senior clients and key external stakeholders.

Between 2012 and 2017 he was the Executive Director of the Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA), the trade organisation that represented the service providers who maintain around 80% of the UK roads network. 

Prior to joining HTMA Geoff was Chief Executive of Northern Ireland’s Roads Service where he worked closely with local Ministers and the Northern Ireland Assembly, and was responsible for managing and developing the province’s 25,000 km public road network. 

Geoff was awarded an OBE in the New Year 2016 Honours List for services to Highway Engineering in Northern Ireland.

Louise Dougan

Events Coordinator

Louise is a CIHT Fellow and branch representative to CIHT Council.

She is the Critical Pursuits Director for AECOM’s Building and Places global business line.

Adam Heanen

Committee Member

Adam is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 15 years’ experience within the Department for Infrastructure (DfI). 

A graduate of Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Ulster, he is currently a Principal Engineer for DfI Roads & Rivers procurement.

Peter McParland

Committee Member

Peter is a Chartered Civil Engineer with the Department for Infrastructure and is currently the Department’s Head of Active Travel. He has over 30 years’ experience across a range of transport related roles, delivering improvements to the road network and maintaining our existing assets.

Peter’s current focus is on reducing transport inequalities and developing infrastructure that can face the challenges presented by climate change.

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