Annual Conference 2021 - Major Projects 2061: Lessons, Ambitions and Practice for the next 40 years
Annual Conference
Members Only Event
Please complete our pre-conference survey here. Results will be used to inform discussion throughout the programme. Please note the deadline for submitting responses is Friday 3rd September (17.00).
In October 1981 the Major Projects Association held its first seminar. This Annual Conference marks the beginning of our 40th anniversary celebrations in which we look backwards and forwards. During this event we hope to re-introduce positive major project practices which have fallen out of habit, to take a hard look at current ways of working (are they best practice or just current practice?). We will showcase members who are delivering "the future today" - bringing future practices into today's major project delivery. We will look at the immediate future (2035) as well as forty years into the future through the lens of two case studies to help us reimagine our future and crucially, to begin to plan it.
The conference will be delivered as a physical event and we are offering one space per organisation on a first come, first served basis (additional spaces may be available closer to the time of the event). Spaces are offered at no charge (attendance is covered under your organisation's membership fee) and include accomodation at the venue for the evening of Monday 13th September.
Please contact us for details on booking.
We are delighted to confirm Rohit Talwar as this year's conference keynote speaker...
Rohit Talwar, CEO, Fast Future
Rohit Talwar is a global futurist, award-winning keynote speaker, author and CEO of Fast Future. His primary expertise lies in helping clients understand and shape the emerging future and develop transformational visions and strategies to deliver large scale change. He has a particular interest in how we can advance business, society and individual lives by harnessing the power of new thinking, innovation and disruptive developments in fields such as economics, construction, AI, blockchain, new materials, and the genetic sciences.
His clients include Aeroports de Paris, Andritz, Atkins, Ball Corp, BP, Danaher Corporation, DHL, Deloitte, Denver Airport, Diamond Trading Corporation (De Beers), Dubai Airport, EdF Emaar, Enel, EY, Gammon, Heathrow, Hyundai, International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, Jardines, KPMG LLP, Laing O'Rourke, Lendlease, Los Angeles Airport, Mott MacDonald, Mumbai Airport, Nakheel, PwC, Schipol Airport, Shell, Swiss Singaport (Aditya Birla Group), Tata, Thames Water, Vancouver Airport, Volkswagen UK, and numerous governments around the world.
Rohit is the co-author and lead editor of seven books - Designing Your Future; The Future of Business; Beyond Genuine Stupidity - Ensuring AI Serves Humanity; The Future Reinvented - Reimagining Life, Society and Business; A Very Human Future - Enriching Humanity in a Digitized World; Aftershocks and Opportunities - Scenaries for a Post-Pandemic Future; and The Opportunity at the Edge - Change, Challenge, and Transformation on the Path to 2025.
His latest book - Aftershocks and Opportunities 2 - Navigating the Next Horizon - will be published on September 28th and brings together contributions from over 30 future thinkers from around the world. The book explores critical ideas, possibilities, and scenarios for how the political, economic, societal, technological, and business landscape could play out in the coming years.
This event is not bookable online
Get in touch for more information regarding this event: mpa@majorprojects.org
SEP
13
Monday 13th - Tuesday 14th September 2021
5:30pm - 4:15pm
De Vere Latimer Estate
90 of 90 places filled
0 Remaining
Programme
Monday 13th
17:30
Registration
18:30
Drinks reception
19:00
Chairman's welcome
Sir Tim Laurence
No longer at member organisation
Sir Tim Laurence
No longer at member organisation
Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence joined the Major Projects Association as Chair on 1st April 2013. His 37 years of service in the Royal Navy culminated with three years as Chief Executive of the organisation which manages Britain's Defence property and projects worldwide (now known as the Defence Infrastructure Organisation). After retiring in 2010, he became a freelance non-executive with interests in property, regeneration, transport and defence. He is Chairman of two property companies specialising in urban regeneration projects. In April 2015 he took over as Chairman of the English Heritage Trust, the charity which looks after England's National Collection of historic sites, including Dover Castle, Stonehenge and Hadrian's Wall. In July 2016 he became Vice Chairman of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. He holds non-remunerative positions with the Great Western Railway, with the Durham Global Security Institute and with a number of charities, including RNLI and the HMS Victory Preservation Company.
19:15
Destination 2061 - Transformational shifts on the horizon
Keynote presentation followed by questions from Sir Tim Laurence and audience.
Rohit Talwar
CEO Fast Future
Rohit Talwar
CEO, Fast Future
no bio
20:15
Dinner
08:30
Welcome
Sir Tim Laurence
No longer at member organisation
Sir Tim Laurence
No longer at member organisation
Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence joined the Major Projects Association as Chair on 1st April 2013. His 37 years of service in the Royal Navy culminated with three years as Chief Executive of the organisation which manages Britain's Defence property and projects worldwide (now known as the Defence Infrastructure Organisation). After retiring in 2010, he became a freelance non-executive with interests in property, regeneration, transport and defence. He is Chairman of two property companies specialising in urban regeneration projects. In April 2015 he took over as Chairman of the English Heritage Trust, the charity which looks after England's National Collection of historic sites, including Dover Castle, Stonehenge and Hadrian's Wall. In July 2016 he became Vice Chairman of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. He holds non-remunerative positions with the Great Western Railway, with the Durham Global Security Institute and with a number of charities, including RNLI and the HMS Victory Preservation Company.
08:35
The Conference 'Time Capsule'
Andy Murray
Executive Director Major Projects Association
Andy Murray
Executive Director, Major Projects Association
Andy is the Executive Director of the Major Projects Association, prior to which he spent 30 years as a practitioner, consultant and assurer of complex projects and programmes for public, private and third sector organisations both domestically and internationally. He has a focus on project governance, the treatment of inherent project complexity and organisational development of project capability.
Andy is a respected author, having worked with HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, the Association for Project Management (APM) and Axelos to develop best practice guidance on their behalf. Publications include PRINCE2, P3M3, Routemap and the Governance of Co-Owned Projects. He was cited in the Sunday Telegraph’s business supplement as one of the most influential people in project management. He is the Chair of the APM’s Governance Special Interest Group, the Chair of the IPA’s independent project advisory group for the Project Initiation Routemap and is the engagement workstream lead for the Project Data Analytics Task Force.
Andy is a collaborative and inclusive senior leader with a track record of building high-performing teams both within his organisation, across partnerships and with voluntary groups.
Outside of work Andy spends his time mountain biking or helping out Willaston FC (a community football club) as treasurer and manager of the Under 14s team.
Andy is a respected author, having worked with HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, the Association for Project Management (APM) and Axelos to develop best practice guidance on their behalf. Publications include PRINCE2, P3M3, Routemap and the Governance of Co-Owned Projects. He was cited in the Sunday Telegraph’s business supplement as one of the most influential people in project management. He is the Chair of the APM’s Governance Special Interest Group, the Chair of the IPA’s independent project advisory group for the Project Initiation Routemap and is the engagement workstream lead for the Project Data Analytics Task Force.
Andy is a collaborative and inclusive senior leader with a track record of building high-performing teams both within his organisation, across partnerships and with voluntary groups.
Outside of work Andy spends his time mountain biking or helping out Willaston FC (a community football club) as treasurer and manager of the Under 14s team.
08:40
Back to the Future
Professor Graham Winch
Professor of Project Management Alliance Manchester Business School
Professor Graham Winch
Professor of Project Management, Alliance Manchester Business School
Graham is Professor of Project Management at Alliance Manchester Business School, a role he has held since 2004. A social scientist by training, he has run construction projects and researched various aspects of innovation and project management across a wide variety of engineering sectors. He was formerly Programme Director for the Managing Projects programme for BP, and AMBS Senior Sponsor for the Leading Complex Projects Programmes and Portfolios programme for BAE Systems.
He is author of Managing Production : Engineering Change and Stability (OUP, 1992), Innovation and Management Control (CUP, 1985), and Managing Construction Projects, an Information Processing Approach 2nd ed (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and co-author of Strategic Project Organizing (OUP, 2021). He has published over 50 refereed journal articles, complemented by numerous book chapters, conference papers, and research reports.
Graham’s current research focuses on the role of owners as investors in, and operators of, economic infrastructure as part of the ICE’s Project 13 initiative. He has just completed research funded by Barclays plc which addressed the challenges of financing the investment infrastructure for the Northern Powerhouse on which he worked closely with stakeholders in the region and nationally.
He is author of Managing Production : Engineering Change and Stability (OUP, 1992), Innovation and Management Control (CUP, 1985), and Managing Construction Projects, an Information Processing Approach 2nd ed (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and co-author of Strategic Project Organizing (OUP, 2021). He has published over 50 refereed journal articles, complemented by numerous book chapters, conference papers, and research reports.
Graham’s current research focuses on the role of owners as investors in, and operators of, economic infrastructure as part of the ICE’s Project 13 initiative. He has just completed research funded by Barclays plc which addressed the challenges of financing the investment infrastructure for the Northern Powerhouse on which he worked closely with stakeholders in the region and nationally.
09:00
Back to the Future - Survey Feedback - 'The Past'
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner, KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey is Director of KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory team and KPMG’s lead on Programme and Portfolio management for Infrastructure and Government. She has 20 years’ experience of planning and delivering major programmes using a practical, people-focussed approach to deliver sustainable change in complex and time-pressured environments. She specialises in supporting programme leaders with strategy, planning, decision-making and assurance for major programmes and portfolios.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
09:10
Back to the Future - Panel Discussion
Jo Lucas
Benefits & Outcomes Collaboration Theme AWE
Jo Lucas
Benefits & Outcomes Collaboration Theme, AWE
Jo is a director and founder of Co-Cre8, a consultancy which enables thriving project eco-systems through knowledge, networks, and behaviours. She founded Ego to Eco, a not-for-profit which utilises the power of art and the language of nature to activate the mycelium of the built environment to regenerate our planet. She is mother to two eco-anxious teenagers and a very chilled basset hound, built a Grand Design complete with a slide and spends far too much time delving into podcasts and books around the oddities of human behaviours.
Jo uses systems thinking to provide expertise in setting up and reconnecting delivery ecosystems on complex projects through legal agreements, bridging processes and relationship building. Jo has expertise in negotiating contracts, setting up sustainable governance, assurance and requirements regimes and operationalising strategic objectives, commitments, and legal obligations into pragmatic day to day ways of working, such as the well-regarded ‘Blue Book’ between High Speed 2 and Transport for London.
Jo chartered as a civil/structural engineer before transitioning to implementing change within complex and ambiguous environments, including Houses of Parliament, TfL, HS2, UCL, BAA, ODA, and Network Rail.
Jo uses systems thinking to provide expertise in setting up and reconnecting delivery ecosystems on complex projects through legal agreements, bridging processes and relationship building. Jo has expertise in negotiating contracts, setting up sustainable governance, assurance and requirements regimes and operationalising strategic objectives, commitments, and legal obligations into pragmatic day to day ways of working, such as the well-regarded ‘Blue Book’ between High Speed 2 and Transport for London.
Jo chartered as a civil/structural engineer before transitioning to implementing change within complex and ambiguous environments, including Houses of Parliament, TfL, HS2, UCL, BAA, ODA, and Network Rail.
Tim Banfield
Director Banfield Advisory Limited
Tim Banfield
Director, Banfield Advisory Limited
Tim took up his current role in the Major Projects Authority (MPA), part of the Cabinet Office’s Efficiency and Reform Group, in November 2013. Working closely with the Heads of the MPA, MPRG, Treasury and others, Tim has a critical leadership role reviewing and assessing the overall feasibility of project objectives, focusing on project outcomes, risks and intervention to ensure the degree of exposure is reduced and commercial viability enhanced on high profile projects and making recommendations on the options for taking corrective action; all with a view to improving the confidence of delivering the Government’s portfolio of Major Projects. He is responsible for leading the refined and updated Project Initiation process; continuing the development and advancement of the Major Projects Leadership Academy and owning the Major Projects Review Group process.
Tim has an Honours degree in History obtained at the University of London, is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management, a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and, in 2013, was one of the first cohort to successfully pass through the government Major Projects Leadership Academy. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal United Services Institute and has had a wide variety of articles published in project management and defence journals and lectures on a range of courses. He was previously a Director at the National Audit Office which he joined in 1988 having previously worked in local government. At the NAO Tim specialised in the examination of complex project delivery and defence acquisition issues and, at various times, was also responsible for its work on DEFRA, the Millennium Dome and foreign affairs.
Tim has an Honours degree in History obtained at the University of London, is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management, a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and, in 2013, was one of the first cohort to successfully pass through the government Major Projects Leadership Academy. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal United Services Institute and has had a wide variety of articles published in project management and defence journals and lectures on a range of courses. He was previously a Director at the National Audit Office which he joined in 1988 having previously worked in local government. At the NAO Tim specialised in the examination of complex project delivery and defence acquisition issues and, at various times, was also responsible for its work on DEFRA, the Millennium Dome and foreign affairs.
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner, KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey is Director of KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory team and KPMG’s lead on Programme and Portfolio management for Infrastructure and Government. She has 20 years’ experience of planning and delivering major programmes using a practical, people-focussed approach to deliver sustainable change in complex and time-pressured environments. She specialises in supporting programme leaders with strategy, planning, decision-making and assurance for major programmes and portfolios.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Tayo Oyetan
Partner PA Consulting
Tayo Oyetan
Partner, PA Consulting
Tayo is the Infrastructure Lead at Moorhouse. He specialises in providing strategic advice to help clients deliver complex capital projects and transformation programmes successfully.
He has 16 years of experience and has advised some of the UK’s most high-profile projects, including the Thames Tideway Tunnel, Heathrow’s Expansion Programme and the Moorside Nuclear Power Plant.
Tayo started his career with a leading construction company where he gained practical industry experience and qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer. He then joined a ‘big 4’ management consulting firm where he provided strategic insights to clients delivering major capital projects and programmes.
Recognising that each project and programme is unique, Tayo is passionate about identifying what drives value and tailoring his approach to help clients improve outcome certainty.
Tayo also recently joined the Programme Committee of the Major Projects Association.
He has 16 years of experience and has advised some of the UK’s most high-profile projects, including the Thames Tideway Tunnel, Heathrow’s Expansion Programme and the Moorside Nuclear Power Plant.
Tayo started his career with a leading construction company where he gained practical industry experience and qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer. He then joined a ‘big 4’ management consulting firm where he provided strategic insights to clients delivering major capital projects and programmes.
Recognising that each project and programme is unique, Tayo is passionate about identifying what drives value and tailoring his approach to help clients improve outcome certainty.
Tayo also recently joined the Programme Committee of the Major Projects Association.
Eloise John
Business Unit Director Energy AECOM
Eloise John
Business Unit Director Energy, AECOM
Eloise is an Electrical Engineer by training but pursued a career in project controls and project management following the completion of an MSc in Engineering Project Management. She has nearly 20 years’ experience in delivery energy projects and has been with AECOM for almost 7 years.
Before joining AECOM, Eloise was with KBR for 11 years, during which time she worked in the Middle East for 3 years, loving every minute of it!
Eloise is passionate about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and creating a Net Zero resilient future for generations to come.
Before joining AECOM, Eloise was with KBR for 11 years, during which time she worked in the Middle East for 3 years, loving every minute of it!
Eloise is passionate about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and creating a Net Zero resilient future for generations to come.
William Hoare
No longer at member organisation
William Hoare
No longer at member organisation
Will is a Management Consultant within Accenture Capital Projects and Infrastructure practice,
focusing on energy transition technologies. He has experience working with EPCs, regulators and the
supply chain in heavily regulated industries.
Will is passionate about the intersection between decarbonisation and the practicalities of delivery
through major programmes. He loves the international aspect to major projects and is learning
Mandarin.
focusing on energy transition technologies. He has experience working with EPCs, regulators and the
supply chain in heavily regulated industries.
Will is passionate about the intersection between decarbonisation and the practicalities of delivery
through major programmes. He loves the international aspect to major projects and is learning
Mandarin.
Tiffany Grimwade
Discipline Lead - Civil Engineering Laing O'Rourke
Tiffany Grimwade
Discipline Lead - Civil Engineering, Laing O'Rourke
no bio
09:55
Back to the Future - Breakout Groups
Andy Murray
Executive Director Major Projects Association
Andy Murray
Executive Director, Major Projects Association
Andy is the Executive Director of the Major Projects Association, prior to which he spent 30 years as a practitioner, consultant and assurer of complex projects and programmes for public, private and third sector organisations both domestically and internationally. He has a focus on project governance, the treatment of inherent project complexity and organisational development of project capability.
Andy is a respected author, having worked with HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, the Association for Project Management (APM) and Axelos to develop best practice guidance on their behalf. Publications include PRINCE2, P3M3, Routemap and the Governance of Co-Owned Projects. He was cited in the Sunday Telegraph’s business supplement as one of the most influential people in project management. He is the Chair of the APM’s Governance Special Interest Group, the Chair of the IPA’s independent project advisory group for the Project Initiation Routemap and is the engagement workstream lead for the Project Data Analytics Task Force.
Andy is a collaborative and inclusive senior leader with a track record of building high-performing teams both within his organisation, across partnerships and with voluntary groups.
Outside of work Andy spends his time mountain biking or helping out Willaston FC (a community football club) as treasurer and manager of the Under 14s team.
Andy is a respected author, having worked with HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, the Association for Project Management (APM) and Axelos to develop best practice guidance on their behalf. Publications include PRINCE2, P3M3, Routemap and the Governance of Co-Owned Projects. He was cited in the Sunday Telegraph’s business supplement as one of the most influential people in project management. He is the Chair of the APM’s Governance Special Interest Group, the Chair of the IPA’s independent project advisory group for the Project Initiation Routemap and is the engagement workstream lead for the Project Data Analytics Task Force.
Andy is a collaborative and inclusive senior leader with a track record of building high-performing teams both within his organisation, across partnerships and with voluntary groups.
Outside of work Andy spends his time mountain biking or helping out Willaston FC (a community football club) as treasurer and manager of the Under 14s team.
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
Tomorrow's World of Major Projects, Today
Colin Ellam
Managing Director, Industry X.0
Colin Ellam
Managing Director, Industry X.0
no bio
11:40
Tomorrow's World of Major Projects, Today - Survey Feedback - 'The Present'
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner, KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey is Director of KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory team and KPMG’s lead on Programme and Portfolio management for Infrastructure and Government. She has 20 years’ experience of planning and delivering major programmes using a practical, people-focussed approach to deliver sustainable change in complex and time-pressured environments. She specialises in supporting programme leaders with strategy, planning, decision-making and assurance for major programmes and portfolios.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
11:50
Tomorrow's World of Major Projects, Today - Panel Discussion
Jo Lucas
Benefits & Outcomes Collaboration Theme AWE
Jo Lucas
Benefits & Outcomes Collaboration Theme, AWE
Jo is a director and founder of Co-Cre8, a consultancy which enables thriving project eco-systems through knowledge, networks, and behaviours. She founded Ego to Eco, a not-for-profit which utilises the power of art and the language of nature to activate the mycelium of the built environment to regenerate our planet. She is mother to two eco-anxious teenagers and a very chilled basset hound, built a Grand Design complete with a slide and spends far too much time delving into podcasts and books around the oddities of human behaviours.
Jo uses systems thinking to provide expertise in setting up and reconnecting delivery ecosystems on complex projects through legal agreements, bridging processes and relationship building. Jo has expertise in negotiating contracts, setting up sustainable governance, assurance and requirements regimes and operationalising strategic objectives, commitments, and legal obligations into pragmatic day to day ways of working, such as the well-regarded ‘Blue Book’ between High Speed 2 and Transport for London.
Jo chartered as a civil/structural engineer before transitioning to implementing change within complex and ambiguous environments, including Houses of Parliament, TfL, HS2, UCL, BAA, ODA, and Network Rail.
Jo uses systems thinking to provide expertise in setting up and reconnecting delivery ecosystems on complex projects through legal agreements, bridging processes and relationship building. Jo has expertise in negotiating contracts, setting up sustainable governance, assurance and requirements regimes and operationalising strategic objectives, commitments, and legal obligations into pragmatic day to day ways of working, such as the well-regarded ‘Blue Book’ between High Speed 2 and Transport for London.
Jo chartered as a civil/structural engineer before transitioning to implementing change within complex and ambiguous environments, including Houses of Parliament, TfL, HS2, UCL, BAA, ODA, and Network Rail.
Tim Banfield
Director Banfield Advisory Limited
Tim Banfield
Director, Banfield Advisory Limited
Tim took up his current role in the Major Projects Authority (MPA), part of the Cabinet Office’s Efficiency and Reform Group, in November 2013. Working closely with the Heads of the MPA, MPRG, Treasury and others, Tim has a critical leadership role reviewing and assessing the overall feasibility of project objectives, focusing on project outcomes, risks and intervention to ensure the degree of exposure is reduced and commercial viability enhanced on high profile projects and making recommendations on the options for taking corrective action; all with a view to improving the confidence of delivering the Government’s portfolio of Major Projects. He is responsible for leading the refined and updated Project Initiation process; continuing the development and advancement of the Major Projects Leadership Academy and owning the Major Projects Review Group process.
Tim has an Honours degree in History obtained at the University of London, is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management, a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and, in 2013, was one of the first cohort to successfully pass through the government Major Projects Leadership Academy. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal United Services Institute and has had a wide variety of articles published in project management and defence journals and lectures on a range of courses. He was previously a Director at the National Audit Office which he joined in 1988 having previously worked in local government. At the NAO Tim specialised in the examination of complex project delivery and defence acquisition issues and, at various times, was also responsible for its work on DEFRA, the Millennium Dome and foreign affairs.
Tim has an Honours degree in History obtained at the University of London, is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management, a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and, in 2013, was one of the first cohort to successfully pass through the government Major Projects Leadership Academy. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal United Services Institute and has had a wide variety of articles published in project management and defence journals and lectures on a range of courses. He was previously a Director at the National Audit Office which he joined in 1988 having previously worked in local government. At the NAO Tim specialised in the examination of complex project delivery and defence acquisition issues and, at various times, was also responsible for its work on DEFRA, the Millennium Dome and foreign affairs.
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner, KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey is Director of KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory team and KPMG’s lead on Programme and Portfolio management for Infrastructure and Government. She has 20 years’ experience of planning and delivering major programmes using a practical, people-focussed approach to deliver sustainable change in complex and time-pressured environments. She specialises in supporting programme leaders with strategy, planning, decision-making and assurance for major programmes and portfolios.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Tayo Oyetan
Partner PA Consulting
Tayo Oyetan
Partner, PA Consulting
Tayo is the Infrastructure Lead at Moorhouse. He specialises in providing strategic advice to help clients deliver complex capital projects and transformation programmes successfully.
He has 16 years of experience and has advised some of the UK’s most high-profile projects, including the Thames Tideway Tunnel, Heathrow’s Expansion Programme and the Moorside Nuclear Power Plant.
Tayo started his career with a leading construction company where he gained practical industry experience and qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer. He then joined a ‘big 4’ management consulting firm where he provided strategic insights to clients delivering major capital projects and programmes.
Recognising that each project and programme is unique, Tayo is passionate about identifying what drives value and tailoring his approach to help clients improve outcome certainty.
Tayo also recently joined the Programme Committee of the Major Projects Association.
He has 16 years of experience and has advised some of the UK’s most high-profile projects, including the Thames Tideway Tunnel, Heathrow’s Expansion Programme and the Moorside Nuclear Power Plant.
Tayo started his career with a leading construction company where he gained practical industry experience and qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer. He then joined a ‘big 4’ management consulting firm where he provided strategic insights to clients delivering major capital projects and programmes.
Recognising that each project and programme is unique, Tayo is passionate about identifying what drives value and tailoring his approach to help clients improve outcome certainty.
Tayo also recently joined the Programme Committee of the Major Projects Association.
Eloise John
Business Unit Director Energy AECOM
Eloise John
Business Unit Director Energy, AECOM
Eloise is an Electrical Engineer by training but pursued a career in project controls and project management following the completion of an MSc in Engineering Project Management. She has nearly 20 years’ experience in delivery energy projects and has been with AECOM for almost 7 years.
Before joining AECOM, Eloise was with KBR for 11 years, during which time she worked in the Middle East for 3 years, loving every minute of it!
Eloise is passionate about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and creating a Net Zero resilient future for generations to come.
Before joining AECOM, Eloise was with KBR for 11 years, during which time she worked in the Middle East for 3 years, loving every minute of it!
Eloise is passionate about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and creating a Net Zero resilient future for generations to come.
William Hoare
No longer at member organisation
William Hoare
No longer at member organisation
Will is a Management Consultant within Accenture Capital Projects and Infrastructure practice,
focusing on energy transition technologies. He has experience working with EPCs, regulators and the
supply chain in heavily regulated industries.
Will is passionate about the intersection between decarbonisation and the practicalities of delivery
through major programmes. He loves the international aspect to major projects and is learning
Mandarin.
focusing on energy transition technologies. He has experience working with EPCs, regulators and the
supply chain in heavily regulated industries.
Will is passionate about the intersection between decarbonisation and the practicalities of delivery
through major programmes. He loves the international aspect to major projects and is learning
Mandarin.
Tiffany Grimwade
Discipline Lead - Civil Engineering Laing O'Rourke
Tiffany Grimwade
Discipline Lead - Civil Engineering, Laing O'Rourke
no bio
12:30
Lunch break
13:30
Imagining the Future
David Bent
Practice Advisor International Futures Forum
David Bent
Practice Advisor, International Futures Forum
no bio
13:45
Imagining the Future - Case Study - Imagining 2035
Dr. Jo Jolly
The Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT)
Dr. Jo Jolly
The Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT)
Dr Jo Jolly is a Deputy Director at the Environment Agency. She is proud to lead a fantastic team of programme and contract professionals, and an inspirational team of environmental specialists. Working in collaboration with colleagues and delivery partners, Jo’s team are focused primarily on the delivery of the Environment Agency’s £5.2bn, six year flood risk management programme, combined with achieving net zero carbon by 2030.
Jo is an experienced project delivery professional, having worked across both public and private sectors. She is currently on the Major Project Leadership Academy, a programme for learning and growth amongst a group of cross-government senior project leaders.
Jo’s leadership values are founded on inclusivity and integrity. She is a strong advocate for the importance of psychological safety, and our role as leaders in creating that. With a PhD in Geophysics, she also has a guilty pleasure in the joys of data. She understands the vast potential of project data analytics and the opportunity to move beyond incremental change towards transforming how we deliver projects and is a key member of the Project Data Analytics Task Force. She is also a member of the Major Projects Association’s Sponsorship Network Group and a Chartered Member of CIWEM.
Jo is an experienced project delivery professional, having worked across both public and private sectors. She is currently on the Major Project Leadership Academy, a programme for learning and growth amongst a group of cross-government senior project leaders.
Jo’s leadership values are founded on inclusivity and integrity. She is a strong advocate for the importance of psychological safety, and our role as leaders in creating that. With a PhD in Geophysics, she also has a guilty pleasure in the joys of data. She understands the vast potential of project data analytics and the opportunity to move beyond incremental change towards transforming how we deliver projects and is a key member of the Project Data Analytics Task Force. She is also a member of the Major Projects Association’s Sponsorship Network Group and a Chartered Member of CIWEM.
14:00
Imagining the Future - Case Study - Imagining 2061
Peter Mumford
Managing Director Costain Ltd
Peter Mumford
Managing Director, Costain Ltd
Peter is Highways England’s Executive Director for Major Projects and Capital Portfolio Management and a member of the executive team responsible for the day to day running of the company. In his role, Peter is responsible for leading the delivery of the governments £27 billion investment into the strategic road network across a portfolio of major programmes and projects. Peter also leads Highways Englands transformation programme for digital and climate across all capital investment activity. Prior to this role, Peter has held a number of senior positions as Partner and Director at leading international engineering and construction consultancy organisations, working both in the UK and internationally. Peter holds a BSc from UMIST and is a qualified programme and project management professional.
14:15
Imagining the Future - Survey Feedback - 'The Future'
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner, KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey is Director of KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory team and KPMG’s lead on Programme and Portfolio management for Infrastructure and Government. She has 20 years’ experience of planning and delivering major programmes using a practical, people-focussed approach to deliver sustainable change in complex and time-pressured environments. She specialises in supporting programme leaders with strategy, planning, decision-making and assurance for major programmes and portfolios.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
14:20
Imagining the Future - Panel Discussion
Jo Lucas
Benefits & Outcomes Collaboration Theme AWE
Jo Lucas
Benefits & Outcomes Collaboration Theme, AWE
Jo is a director and founder of Co-Cre8, a consultancy which enables thriving project eco-systems through knowledge, networks, and behaviours. She founded Ego to Eco, a not-for-profit which utilises the power of art and the language of nature to activate the mycelium of the built environment to regenerate our planet. She is mother to two eco-anxious teenagers and a very chilled basset hound, built a Grand Design complete with a slide and spends far too much time delving into podcasts and books around the oddities of human behaviours.
Jo uses systems thinking to provide expertise in setting up and reconnecting delivery ecosystems on complex projects through legal agreements, bridging processes and relationship building. Jo has expertise in negotiating contracts, setting up sustainable governance, assurance and requirements regimes and operationalising strategic objectives, commitments, and legal obligations into pragmatic day to day ways of working, such as the well-regarded ‘Blue Book’ between High Speed 2 and Transport for London.
Jo chartered as a civil/structural engineer before transitioning to implementing change within complex and ambiguous environments, including Houses of Parliament, TfL, HS2, UCL, BAA, ODA, and Network Rail.
Jo uses systems thinking to provide expertise in setting up and reconnecting delivery ecosystems on complex projects through legal agreements, bridging processes and relationship building. Jo has expertise in negotiating contracts, setting up sustainable governance, assurance and requirements regimes and operationalising strategic objectives, commitments, and legal obligations into pragmatic day to day ways of working, such as the well-regarded ‘Blue Book’ between High Speed 2 and Transport for London.
Jo chartered as a civil/structural engineer before transitioning to implementing change within complex and ambiguous environments, including Houses of Parliament, TfL, HS2, UCL, BAA, ODA, and Network Rail.
Tim Banfield
Director Banfield Advisory Limited
Tim Banfield
Director, Banfield Advisory Limited
Tim took up his current role in the Major Projects Authority (MPA), part of the Cabinet Office’s Efficiency and Reform Group, in November 2013. Working closely with the Heads of the MPA, MPRG, Treasury and others, Tim has a critical leadership role reviewing and assessing the overall feasibility of project objectives, focusing on project outcomes, risks and intervention to ensure the degree of exposure is reduced and commercial viability enhanced on high profile projects and making recommendations on the options for taking corrective action; all with a view to improving the confidence of delivering the Government’s portfolio of Major Projects. He is responsible for leading the refined and updated Project Initiation process; continuing the development and advancement of the Major Projects Leadership Academy and owning the Major Projects Review Group process.
Tim has an Honours degree in History obtained at the University of London, is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management, a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and, in 2013, was one of the first cohort to successfully pass through the government Major Projects Leadership Academy. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal United Services Institute and has had a wide variety of articles published in project management and defence journals and lectures on a range of courses. He was previously a Director at the National Audit Office which he joined in 1988 having previously worked in local government. At the NAO Tim specialised in the examination of complex project delivery and defence acquisition issues and, at various times, was also responsible for its work on DEFRA, the Millennium Dome and foreign affairs.
Tim has an Honours degree in History obtained at the University of London, is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management, a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and, in 2013, was one of the first cohort to successfully pass through the government Major Projects Leadership Academy. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal United Services Institute and has had a wide variety of articles published in project management and defence journals and lectures on a range of courses. He was previously a Director at the National Audit Office which he joined in 1988 having previously worked in local government. At the NAO Tim specialised in the examination of complex project delivery and defence acquisition issues and, at various times, was also responsible for its work on DEFRA, the Millennium Dome and foreign affairs.
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner, KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey is Director of KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory team and KPMG’s lead on Programme and Portfolio management for Infrastructure and Government. She has 20 years’ experience of planning and delivering major programmes using a practical, people-focussed approach to deliver sustainable change in complex and time-pressured environments. She specialises in supporting programme leaders with strategy, planning, decision-making and assurance for major programmes and portfolios.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Tayo Oyetan
Partner PA Consulting
Tayo Oyetan
Partner, PA Consulting
Tayo is the Infrastructure Lead at Moorhouse. He specialises in providing strategic advice to help clients deliver complex capital projects and transformation programmes successfully.
He has 16 years of experience and has advised some of the UK’s most high-profile projects, including the Thames Tideway Tunnel, Heathrow’s Expansion Programme and the Moorside Nuclear Power Plant.
Tayo started his career with a leading construction company where he gained practical industry experience and qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer. He then joined a ‘big 4’ management consulting firm where he provided strategic insights to clients delivering major capital projects and programmes.
Recognising that each project and programme is unique, Tayo is passionate about identifying what drives value and tailoring his approach to help clients improve outcome certainty.
Tayo also recently joined the Programme Committee of the Major Projects Association.
He has 16 years of experience and has advised some of the UK’s most high-profile projects, including the Thames Tideway Tunnel, Heathrow’s Expansion Programme and the Moorside Nuclear Power Plant.
Tayo started his career with a leading construction company where he gained practical industry experience and qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer. He then joined a ‘big 4’ management consulting firm where he provided strategic insights to clients delivering major capital projects and programmes.
Recognising that each project and programme is unique, Tayo is passionate about identifying what drives value and tailoring his approach to help clients improve outcome certainty.
Tayo also recently joined the Programme Committee of the Major Projects Association.
Eloise John
Business Unit Director Energy AECOM
Eloise John
Business Unit Director Energy, AECOM
Eloise is an Electrical Engineer by training but pursued a career in project controls and project management following the completion of an MSc in Engineering Project Management. She has nearly 20 years’ experience in delivery energy projects and has been with AECOM for almost 7 years.
Before joining AECOM, Eloise was with KBR for 11 years, during which time she worked in the Middle East for 3 years, loving every minute of it!
Eloise is passionate about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and creating a Net Zero resilient future for generations to come.
Before joining AECOM, Eloise was with KBR for 11 years, during which time she worked in the Middle East for 3 years, loving every minute of it!
Eloise is passionate about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and creating a Net Zero resilient future for generations to come.
William Hoare
No longer at member organisation
William Hoare
No longer at member organisation
Will is a Management Consultant within Accenture Capital Projects and Infrastructure practice,
focusing on energy transition technologies. He has experience working with EPCs, regulators and the
supply chain in heavily regulated industries.
Will is passionate about the intersection between decarbonisation and the practicalities of delivery
through major programmes. He loves the international aspect to major projects and is learning
Mandarin.
focusing on energy transition technologies. He has experience working with EPCs, regulators and the
supply chain in heavily regulated industries.
Will is passionate about the intersection between decarbonisation and the practicalities of delivery
through major programmes. He loves the international aspect to major projects and is learning
Mandarin.
Tiffany Grimwade
Discipline Lead - Civil Engineering Laing O'Rourke
Tiffany Grimwade
Discipline Lead - Civil Engineering, Laing O'Rourke
no bio
15:00
Coffee break
15:10
How are we going to get there?
David Bent
Practice Advisor International Futures Forum
David Bent
Practice Advisor, International Futures Forum
no bio
15:45
Where do we want to be?
Andy Murray
Executive Director Major Projects Association
Andy Murray
Executive Director, Major Projects Association
Andy is the Executive Director of the Major Projects Association, prior to which he spent 30 years as a practitioner, consultant and assurer of complex projects and programmes for public, private and third sector organisations both domestically and internationally. He has a focus on project governance, the treatment of inherent project complexity and organisational development of project capability.
Andy is a respected author, having worked with HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, the Association for Project Management (APM) and Axelos to develop best practice guidance on their behalf. Publications include PRINCE2, P3M3, Routemap and the Governance of Co-Owned Projects. He was cited in the Sunday Telegraph’s business supplement as one of the most influential people in project management. He is the Chair of the APM’s Governance Special Interest Group, the Chair of the IPA’s independent project advisory group for the Project Initiation Routemap and is the engagement workstream lead for the Project Data Analytics Task Force.
Andy is a collaborative and inclusive senior leader with a track record of building high-performing teams both within his organisation, across partnerships and with voluntary groups.
Outside of work Andy spends his time mountain biking or helping out Willaston FC (a community football club) as treasurer and manager of the Under 14s team.
Andy is a respected author, having worked with HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, the Association for Project Management (APM) and Axelos to develop best practice guidance on their behalf. Publications include PRINCE2, P3M3, Routemap and the Governance of Co-Owned Projects. He was cited in the Sunday Telegraph’s business supplement as one of the most influential people in project management. He is the Chair of the APM’s Governance Special Interest Group, the Chair of the IPA’s independent project advisory group for the Project Initiation Routemap and is the engagement workstream lead for the Project Data Analytics Task Force.
Andy is a collaborative and inclusive senior leader with a track record of building high-performing teams both within his organisation, across partnerships and with voluntary groups.
Outside of work Andy spends his time mountain biking or helping out Willaston FC (a community football club) as treasurer and manager of the Under 14s team.
16:05
Chair's closing comments
Sir Tim Laurence
No longer at member organisation
Sir Tim Laurence
No longer at member organisation
Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence joined the Major Projects Association as Chair on 1st April 2013. His 37 years of service in the Royal Navy culminated with three years as Chief Executive of the organisation which manages Britain's Defence property and projects worldwide (now known as the Defence Infrastructure Organisation). After retiring in 2010, he became a freelance non-executive with interests in property, regeneration, transport and defence. He is Chairman of two property companies specialising in urban regeneration projects. In April 2015 he took over as Chairman of the English Heritage Trust, the charity which looks after England's National Collection of historic sites, including Dover Castle, Stonehenge and Hadrian's Wall. In July 2016 he became Vice Chairman of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. He holds non-remunerative positions with the Great Western Railway, with the Durham Global Security Institute and with a number of charities, including RNLI and the HMS Victory Preservation Company.
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