CIHT AGM 2025 - Election Results

19th Jun 2025

The 15th Annual General Meeting of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation was held on Wednesday 18 June 2025.

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Congratulations to all the officers whose elections were confirmed at the meeting and a breakdown of these is available below.


AGM Ballot

Elected by ballot as Ordinary Members on CIHT Council for 3 years

  • Jo Field
  • Eric Hill
  • Louise McMahon

Five candidates stood in the Regional Elections this year, and the following five were elected.

  • Daniel Jackson (CIHT London)
  • Kaine Lynch (CIHT Northern Ireland)
  • Jon Parker (CIHT East Midlands)
  • Graham Pointer (CIHT South East)
  • Richard Ward-Jones (CIHT West Midlands)

Furthermore, following a resignation of an Ordinary Council member, a casual vacancy has to be filled. Council agreed for the new vacancy to be filled by appointing the candidate with the next highest number of votes in this year's elections. Therefore, the additional Council member that will be taking up the remaining term of office post is Agnieszka Jezierska. 


Prior to the AGM, the Council appointed the below for 2025 – 2026

Nominated Members 2025 – 2026

  • Yara Al Hamdan
  • Lauren Allington
  • Anna Delvecchio
  • Sally Gibbons 
  • Ben Handley
  • Jimoh Ibrahim
  • Poppy Kennedy
  • Darran Kitchener 
  • Rachel Lord  
  • Adnan Zameer

Board of Trustees

The new Board of Trustees for 2025-26 was also appointed on 18 June:

  • Peter Molyneux, former Major Roads Director at Transport for the North - Chair of the Board of Trustees
  • Mitesh Solanki, Managing Director of Ringway Highways Services - President
  • Kate Carpenter, Director of Operational Safety, Jacobs - Vice President and Chair Learned Society & Technical Board
  • Glenn Lyons, Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility at UWE Bristol - Immediate Past President
  • Simon Hindshaw, Non-executive Director of the South East Scotland Transport Partnership - Honorary Treasurer
  • Nik Bowyer, Associate Director, WSP - Chair Appian Trading Board
  • Steve Carmody, Managing Director at SCP Infrastructure - Chair Membership & Member Services Board 
  • Jon Parker, Managing Director, Jon Parker Consultancy - Chair Education & Professional Development Board
  • Anne Shaw, Executive Director, Transport for West Midlands - Trustee without Portfolio
  • Owen Jenkins, Executive Director of Place, Surrey County Council - Trustee without Portfolio
  • Joanne Roberts, Area Manager, Waterman Aspen - Regional Trustee
  • Jimoh Ibrahim, Senior Transport Planner and Project Manager, ITP - Emerging Professional Trustee

If you require any additional detail on the details announced at the AGM, please contact e: governance@ciht.org.uk  

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