I am a Fellow of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Visiting Professor at both the University of Reading and the University of Dundee. I have maintained an active engagement in the development and deployment of BIM techniques for over a decade, am Vice Chairman of BuildingSmart (UK) Ltd and sit on the UK Government’s BIM Task Force. I am also a Director of CEEQUAL Limited. I became Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers in November 2011, with particular responsibility for Public Voice and Policy, and am scheduled to be President in 2016/7.

“We are at the beginning of a new era in project delivery. One full of immense opportunity. I am delighted and honoured to be elected as Co-Chair of the Task Force to help drive forward this agenda, building on the deep foundations that we have developed in collaboration with the project data analytics community. Never before have we have such societal pressure to reform how we deliver projects combined with the emergence of advanced capabilities to deliver this change. Opportunities like this don’t come along very often”

Sue Simmonite is the Global Project Management & Control Director for BAE Systems, a FTSE 100 Global Aerospace & Defence Company delivering some of the most complex military platforms, products and services.   Sue has been with BAE Systems for over 25 years with experience across a range of complex projects in different sectors and business units leading on Project Control, Project Management, Contract Closure and Business Integration, having joined initially as a Business Modern Apprentice.

Operating within the Chief Technology Office based in the UK, Sue works across many different cultures and geographies to provide the enabling Project Management & Control capabilities to achieve operational excellence in projects, programmes and portfolios.

Sue is actively engaged in operational support to the global Portfolios, Programmes and Projects through Chairing key independent reviews such as Integrated Baseline Reviews. Sue also is the corporate sponsor for all senior PM leadership programmes working closely with thought leaders in this area in academia.

Sue is the company representative for the Association for Project Management (APM), the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the UK Major Projects Association (MPA) and has recently achieved recognition as an APM Fellow as well as having been recognised internally as one of the inaugural BAE Systems PM Fellows.

“This is a really exciting opportunity to re-evaluate what good looks like in delivering projects and improve project outcomes. Innovation is happening across the full project lifecycle and across all industries, but no single organisation or individual holds can ever hold all the keys to success. Being part of a journey to map out a future end to end delivery model to support our profession and help enable better predictable outcomes are rare – I’d encourage you to roll up your sleeves and join in.”

Jo is a Deputy Director at the Environment Agency and leads a team of programme and contract managers, and a team of environmental and sustainability managers. Delivering mainly asset management projects to reduce flood risk, digital tools are an essential part of bringing together knowledge and data to develop the best delivery programmes, to integrate a range of socio-economic and environmental benefits for communities. Jo is an advocate of making best use of data analytics to improve the productivity of project delivery.

Prior to joining the Environment Agency Jo worked in groundwater and contaminated land consultancy, after completing her PhD in Geophysics at the University of Birmingham.

Breda Ryan is the Director of Programme Controls Function at Jacobs Major Programmes and Projects Group. She supports EMEA infrastructure clients with tailored PMO solutions. She is a change advocate, passionate about 21^st century programme controls and is often heard asking the “so what” question to drive meaningful output from data.

Donnie MacNicol is the founder of Team Animation which works across multiple sectors energising leaders and teams delivering complex change to maximise value and certainty of success through a focus on the human dimension. Donnie acts as a catalyst to support organisations to improve their collaboration and productivity – aspects that will be critical to tackling the many challenges we face today including climate change and in particular in meeting the NetZero target. Donnie wants to use his experience, expertise, extensive network, and energy to make a difference as part of the task force. 

“People and teams need the information to different degrees to allow them to understand a situation and have the confidence to act. Some people require quantitative, robust and comprehensive information and others less so. Whatever a person’s needs are, the quantity, quality and availability of data is key to allow them to have what they need to deliver effectively. The work of the Task Force is critical in developing the foundation stone on which current and future project professionals can most effectively play their part in delivering success. I am delighted to support the work of the task force and in particular in co-leading the Climate and Nature Emergency Workstream – a topic close to my heart and of critical importance to us all.”