Here you will find details of our committee.
Get in touch with the local committee e: westmidlands@ciht.org.uk
Gavin Maciel is a Transport Delivery Specialist at Birmingham City Council, with nearly 20 years of experience in managing and delivering major urban transportation schemes and programmes.
He has previously served as Honorary Treasurer and Vice Chair for CIHT West Midlands and also led on setting up the Warwickshire Local Group initiative.
Matt is a Chartered Engineer and CIHT Champion. He works as a Principal Engineer for AECOM with a number of clients including National Highways, Midlands Highways Alliance and Transport for West Midlands. He is based in the West Midlands region, with 16 years of experience in engineering consultancy, specializing in the design of highway infrastructure and traffic flow modelling.
He also has experience in other disciplines including transport planning and acoustic modelling. Matt is a Designated Mentor for prospective professional candidates. He is also a STEM Representative for Worcestershire. He assists with the hosting of school and college events, he aims to promote the construction and civil engineering industry to encourage younger people to consider a career in the sector.
Philip is Director of Growth for Highways in the Midlands for WSP in Birmingham involved with the management and delivery of various highway schemes for a mixture of Local Authority clients, National Highways and private developers. He is also a Past Chair of the CIHT West Midlands Committee 2020-2022.
He is also Framework Manager for several Local Authorities in the Midlands. He has 20 years’ experience and has previously worked for Atkins for 11 years.
Tanweer is a Divisional Director at Waterman Aspen with over 15 years experience of working on multi-disciplinary highways & transportation projects. He has been a member of CIHT for over 10 years, is a Fellow of CIHT (FCIHT) and a Chartered Manager (CMgr).
Ramon is a Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng MICE MCIHT) with 9 years experience on design management and highway alignment design in compliance with national and local authority design standards. He also has 5 years experience on Site Management and has carried out Solar PV design.
Ramon has been the EDI Officer for CIHT West Midlands for the past 3 years. As the first regional EDI Officer, he pioneered the role and provides mentoring and guidance for regional EDI Officers across the UK.
Ramon has organised CIHT events for Pride, Black History Month and International Women's Day, to name but a few.
Zoe is the Data Transport Lead for the West Midlands Combined Authority. She has experience in both UK and the Middle East in highway inspections, network resilience, CAD and GIS programmes and mentoring/training. She has been a member of CIHT since 2018 and has been part of the West Midlands Emerging Professionals committee since 2020. She is also a STEM Ambassador.
Farheen is a Chartered Engineer and Technical Director for Arcadis with over 18 years experience in the industry. She is a Fellow of CIHT and FIR (Fairness, Inclusion & Respect) Ambassador. Farheen has been on the CIHT West Midlands Committee for over 5 years, having previously served as its Honorary Secretary.
Paul is a Smart Motorways Programme Regional Sponsor for National Highways with over 30 years experience in the Highways and Transport industry. He is a past Chair of the CIHT West Midlands Committee in 2015-2016 and has served on the committee for over 10 years. He is a Fellow of CIHT and a Registered Project Professional with APM.
Paul is a formal mentor for the Coventry University final year student Talent Mentoring Programme. He has built links with universities to develop project management and workplace behavioural skills of new graduates and is a University Visiting Lecturer.
Richard is a Client Director at Atkins with over 15 years experience in the Highways and Transport industry. Richard has been involved with the CIHT West Midlands committee for over 5 years, having previously served as the Communications Officer. He was also a Director of the Appian Trading Board (CIHT's commercial arm).
Richard is currently part of CIHT's Diversity & Inclusion Panel. He has also been a STEM Ambassador.
Jason is the Head of Sprint Delivery at the West Midlands Combined Authority with over 30 years experience in the industry. He served as the Honorary Treasurer for the CIHT West Midlands Committee from 2021 to 2023.
Jodie is a Senior Delivery Business Lead at Severn Trent and a Fellow of CIHT with over 15 years experience in the industry. She has served as chair of the CIHT West Midlands Committee in 2019-2020 and before that as Regional Recruitment Officer.
Chris is a Board Director, responsible for the operational management and development of Waterman Aspen’s engineering specialist secondments service across the UK. He has over 20 years experience in both the public and private sector. Chris is currently an elected member on CIHT Council and a Director on the Appian Trading Board.
Jimoh is a Senior Transport Planner and Road Safety Audit Portfolio Manager with Royal HaskoningDHV with over 5 years experience in the industry. He is on the CIHT Council and the Learned Society & Technical Strategy Board. He is also a STEM Ambassador.
Laura is a Principal Engineer with WSP. She has been a member of CIHT and the West Midlands Emerging Professionals Committee since 2017, which she has also chaired. She is a Chartered Engineer and interested not only in enhancing road performance while reducing costs, but in making the public more aware of the different options the industry can offer.
She has previously served the CIHT West Midlands Committee as secretary and has a passion for encouraging children to gain an interest in STEM related careers, often going to schools to break stereotypes as a STEM Ambassador.
Susan is a Chartered Engineer and Senior Divisional Director for Jacobs. She is a Fellow of both CIHT and IStructE. Susan has previously served on the CIHT Council and Membership & Services Strategy Board. She is a STEM Ambassador and has been on the CIHT West Midlands Committee since 2017.
Antony is an Area Manager at Waterman Aspen with over five years of experience in Highways Design and Project Delivery and is currently on secondment to Staffordshire County Council as a HS2 Project Engineer, providing technical assurance on highway elements of HS2 within the borders of Staffordshire.
He is registered as an Incorporated Engineer, and is a Mentor, Delegated Engineer and STEM Ambassador. He currently sits on the CIHT Council as a Nominated Member.
Shervin is a Chartered Engineer (PhD CEng FCIHT FIHE) with industry and academic experience in transport and geotechnics. He is one of the Directors of the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) and a member of the IHE council.
During his time in the industry, he specialised in construction on soft soil grounds. He led civil engineering design and delivery projects related to ground improvement, earth-fill dams and nature-based solutions for restoring and rehabilitating degraded environments using eco-technologies.
In his time in academia, he researched the application of the Stakeholders' theory for a better understanding of the latent demand for active travel. He led academic teams in the UK and internationally to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate civil engineering academic courses. Shervin takes pride in being a teacher and has promoted the highway and transportation profession by broadening the learning opportunities for the inquisitive minds of future engineers. He has mentored and inspired the next generation of engineers to pursue their careers in highways and transportation.
