Expert Advisory Group

Our Expert Advisory Board (EAB) periodically reviews progress of the iBUILD Centre and provides advice and guidance to strengthen the programme. 

Professor Peter McDermott

  • Chair of the iBUILD Expert Advisory Board
  • Professor of Construction Management at the University of Salford

Dr Seema Alim

  • Vice President and Sr. Program Manager, CH2MHill
  • iBUILD Expert Advisory Board

Dr Robert Felstead

  • Senior Living with Environmental Change Manager
  • iBUILD Expert Advisory Board

Professor Ben Fine

  • Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
  • iBUILD Expert Advisory Board

Professor Geoffrey Hewings

  • Director of Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • iBUILD Expert Advisory Board

Professor Becky Loo

  • Professor at the Department of Geography of the University of Hong Kong
  • iBUILD Expert Advisory Board

Professor Philip O’Neill

  • Professorial Fellow of the Urban Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney
  • iBUILD Expert Advisory Board

Professor Tom O’Rourke

  • Thomas R. Briggs Professorship in Engineering, Cornell University
  • iBUILD Expert Advisory Board

David Penhallurick

  • Strategic Lead - Cross-Sector Delivery | Infrastructure UK
  • iBUILD Expert Advisory Board

Professor Thomas Theis

  • Director of the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy (IESP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago
  • iBUILD Expert Advisory Board

Professor Chris Zevenbergen

  • Professor at the Water Engineering Department of UNESCO-IHE and at TuDelft
  • iBUILD Expert Advisory Board