She has particular expertise in sustainable travel and has contributed to a wide range of major funding programmes, including the Transforming Cities Fund, City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements, and the Levelling Up Fund.

Georgia began her career in 2016 as an Apprentice Transport Planner, completing the pioneering Level 3 Transport Planning Technician Apprenticeship at Leeds College of Building. She later progressed to achieve the Level 6 Transport Planning Integrated Degree Apprenticeship with Aston University and is currently working towards Chartered status with the CIHT.

In addition to her Chair role, Georgia actively contributes to the profession through her involvement as an Engineering Technician reviewer, a Level 3 Transport Planning End Point Assessment Reviewer, and a member of the CIHT Engineering Professional Standards Panel.

He is passionate about sustainability and has significant experience in business case development and appraisal, transport economics, and transport decarbonisation. 
Mark has been supporting the CIHT in Yorkshire and the Humber, as well as nationally, in various roles since 2019.

He is a Chartered Project Professional with over 50 years’ experience, largely spent designing, constructing, managing, sponsoring, and reviewing complex and high-risk programmes and projects across industries in the public and private sectors.

Having worked for National Highways and its predecessors for nearly two decades in numerous roles, Roger is currently the Programme Sponsor within the Regional Investment Programme of Major Projects. His skills include portfolio, programme and project management, customer and stakeholder management, conflict resolution, negotiation, contract management, communication, and value and benefits management. He is also an APMG-International Better Business Cases (TM) Practitioner and an accredited High-Risk Independent Assurance Reviewer.

Omar has a background in civil engineering with Transport and master’s degree from the Institute of Transport Studies at the University of Leeds. He has previously been Chair of the Emerging Professionals Committee in the region.

His expertise covers transport policy and strategy, modelling and sustainable transport, with notable projects including the West Yorkshire Connectivity Infrastructure Plan, Leeds Local Plan, and Homes England masterplans.

He has served on several CIHT Regional Committees, including the North East and North West and was previously the recipient of the CIHT National Young Professional of the Year and Chair of the Year. He chaired the Yorkshire and the Humber region from 2024 - 2026.

During this time, Rich led large-scale regional and national programmes, delivering operational excellence, transforming asset management systems and approaches, and building successful partnerships to enhance customer service and safety.

Rich likes to stay busy, being a Trustee on the board of a charity, a mental health first aider, a Fairness-Inclusion-Respect Ambassador, an EDI Officer for CIHT, an active cricketer and an occasional golfer.

Anna is currently studying on the Degree Apprentice BSc Course at Aston University. Whilst working at SCP as part of this, she enjoys working on public transport and development planning projects, encouraging people to travel sustainably.

He is currently Sponsorship Director at National Highways where he has worked for over 13 years, having started on their graduate development programme and undertaking secondments with both designer and contractor. 

Tom is a Chartered Project Professional with significant experience in the delivery of highway infrastructure projects at all stages of the project lifecycle.  In his current role, he is responsible for the governanance and assurance activities, development of business cases, and achievement of outcomes for projects within the Complex Delivery Programme.

Outside of his core role, Tom also spends a significant amount of time mentoring early talent and emerging professionals to support their development.

from local junction improvement to multi-million projects nationally in the UK and Republic of Ireland. He is a Principal Engineer in Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers based in Otley office near Leeds.
Michael undertakes professional reviews for CIHT and provides professional development advice to professionals.

Andy is a Graduate of the University of Leeds with a degree in Civil Engineering. He began his career as a graduate engineer in 1984 working for a for a small number of contractors before joining a Regional Contractor in 2006 as Project Manager on their first major highway scheme in Yorkshire. Andy became Regional Manager with the contractor in 2008, a role he carried out until November 2014. Andy has been mainly in freelance roles since 2014.

Andy is a Past Chair of the CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber Region. He is also a past Chair of The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Yorkshire and Humberside), having previously been a member of the Executive Committee.

He specialises in project planning, programme controls, and project delivery, helping project teams achieve successful outcomes through structured planning, forecasting, reporting, and stakeholder coordination.

Stephen has contributed to the delivery of a range of highways and infrastructure schemes, including local authority highway renewal and improvement programmes, smart motorway projects, motorway and street lighting upgrades, traffic sign renewals, technology-enabled highways schemes, rail infrastructure, and flood defence projects. He has also been involved in research exploring digital transformation within the construction industry.
A committed member of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT), Stephen previously served as Recruitment Officer for the Yorkshire & Humber Regional Committee and continues to support the committee as an Ordinary Member.

Outside of work, Stephen volunteers as a School Governor and STEM Ambassador, mentoring young people and encouraging the next generation to explore careers in engineering, transportation, infrastructure, and the built environment.

In 2023, she joined Leeds City Council to support the city's ambition and vision for sustainable transport.  Prior to this, Leanne was a transport planning consultant for 16 years with Mott MacDonald and JMP Consulting.  
 
Since obtaining CTPP in 2014, Leanne has been a passionate advocate for the qualification through mentoring, being a member of the CTPP Professional Standards Committee (PSC) and more recently as an assessor for the Portfolio of Technical Knowledge (PTK) route. 
 
At the very start of her career, Leanne was an early member of the region's Young Professionals Committee, so is thrilled to come back to the regional Committee some 18 years later!

With over 12 years of experience at Fore Consulting Ltd, Emma has also worked for prominent organisations such as Arup, Mouchel, and TRL Ltd. Emma holds a BA Honours in Geography and an MSc in Transport Planning from the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds. She qualified as an APMG Better Business Case Practitioner in April 2021 and has previously acted as a vocational assessor for the Level 3 Transport Planning Apprenticeship on behalf of Leeds College of Building.

He is active travel lead at SYSTRA where he is based in their Leeds and York offices. He led Sustrans’ national work with schools and young people and was regional director for their work programme in Yorkshire. Paul has a strong background in communications with a particular interest in innovative consultation methods.