The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) is pleased to announce the inauguration of Steve Rowsell as its new President for 2016/17.

Steve was welcomed into the role at an inauguration held at CIHT’s Britannia Walk office in London.

The theme for Steve’s year is ‘Strategic Collaboration in Transport’. This theme aligns with CIHT’s new five year strategic plan, Delivering Transport for a Better Society.

Steve Rowsell said:

“Most of us will be familiar with the collaborative approaches to projects and services which have become more widespread over the last decade. My focus on strategic collaboration is aimed at applying collaborative principles to the delivery of our corporate objectives.

“Our charitable objective is to provide public benefit and promote education, training and research through the advancement of the science and art of highways and transportation. We cannot do this on our own, there are numerous organisations involved in addressing current and future transport challenges. I will be working with CIHT colleagues to support the Institution in developing stronger collaborative relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders where we have common objectives.”

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Steve Rowsell, CIHT President 2016 - 17

Steve Rowsell was elected President of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation in June 2016. He has served on the CIHT West Midlands Committee for over 15 years and was their Chairman in 2009 and 2010. Steve has also sat on the CIHT Procurement Panel and has chaired the External Affairs and Communications Board. Steve was elected as Vice-President in 2014 and in 2015 he chaired the new CIHT Regional Panel.

Steve has worked extensively in the public and private sectors and has 40 years’ experience in the delivery of major transport infrastructure projects in the highways and rail sectors. In the public sector he was Highways Agency Procurement Director from 2000 until 2007 and developed their new Procurement Strategy based on collaboration and early contractor involvement principles. Prior to that held the position of Construction Projects Director covering maintenance and major projects programme across the English strategic road network. In this role he had responsibility for major projects including the Second Severn Crossing, Newbury Bypass, M60 Manchester Orbital and M25 Widening.

In 2007 he left the HA and established a new procurement consultancy, Rowsell Wright Ltd. In this role he served as Crossrail Head of Procurement between 2007 and 2010 during the development of the successful procurement strategy for the £15 billion project. He is very experienced in Government advisory roles having been a member of the OGC Chief Executive Advisory Group and was also appointed as a Gershon Efficiency Change Agent to deliver efficiencies across the English highways network. He is currently supporting the procurement of a range of highways and rail projects including the HS2 high speed railway project.

Photo available on request.


Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation

CIHT is a membership organisation representing over 13,500 people who work in the highways and transportation sector.

CIHT members plan, design, build, operate and maintain best-in-class transport systems and infrastructure, whilst respecting the imperatives of improving safety, ensuring economic competitiveness and minimising environmental impact.

CIHT supports its member's professional endeavours by:
• offering training, information, professional development and support
• promoting the value added to society by the profession
• being the focused voice to Governments and other decision makers on transportation expertise and knowledge.

For more information or to request a photo of Steve Rowsell please contact:

Daniel Isichei, Director of Communications
e: daniel.isichei@ciht.org.uk  t: +44(0)20 7336 1567 m: 07912 122573 w. www.ciht.org.uk