Introducing CIOB’s Advisory Panels

At the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) we have several Advisory Panels that provide us with technical, on-the-ground knowledge that can be fed into our conversations and work with government. 

Each of our advisory panels align with our Corporate Plan themes, and issues important to the built environment. 

As of 2024 we have the following advisory panels:

• Digital & Innovation
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)   
• Health, Safety & Wellbeing
• Heritage
• Sustainability

All of the Advisory Panels have identified their own objectives which are renewed at the start of each year. These objectives delve deeper into a particular issue and have an output in mind. This is often a report or CPD that helps industry, or a briefing paper for policy makers. 

As Advisory Panel members are a key part of bridging the gap between industry and government, they include both CIOB and non-CIOB members to ensure we have the right expertise feeding into our work. Members of the panels can help us develop outputs we can take to policy makers helping to further best practice and standards or alleviate any barriers or obstacles that inhibit or reduce confidence, productivity, and growth in the construction sector. 

We will often advertise vacancies for the Advisory Panels here. 

Digital & Innovation Advisory Panel

The Digital & Innovation panel contains experts in the digital and artificial intelligence (AI) field. In 2024 they released their AI Playbook which was received highly by the construction industry. 

The panel have identified the following objectives to focus on:

• Baselining member (and industry) skills against emerging digital solutions e.g. digital twinning, augmented reality. 
• Understanding the role of BIM and wider digital modelling in achieving headline targets and policies. 
• Looking at the productivity problem and how digital technologies can help. 

Membership of the panel includes:

• Chair: Dave Philp
• Vice Chair: Stefan Mordue 
• Murillo Piazzi
• Noha Saleeb
• Vicki Reynolds
• Jon Williams
• Alex Luketa
• Bimal Kumar 
• May Winfield
• Paul Thorpe

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Advisory Panel

The EDI panel contains a range of experts who are committed to help us achieve our EDI Action Plan led by our Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Transformation, Mark Harrison. The panel’s vision is to create a built environment sector that welcomes all, has a diverse workforce that reflects the society it serves, and inclusive practices embedded in its operation. 

Membership of the panel includes:

• Chair: Anjali Pindoria
• Patrick Edwards
• Christina Riley
• Emma Nicholson
• Karen Blay
• Hollie-Marie Cregan
• Adam Sanford
• Sian Dunne
• Vinoth Sacitharan

Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HS&W) Advisory Panel

Improving health, safety and wellbeing is at the heart of this panel and it covers a large remit. Members of the panel are industry professionals who represent the micro, SMEs and Tier 1 contractors. For the first year of the panel they have identified the following objectives:

• Improving mental health and wellbeing
• Investigate the use of technology for health and safety
• Review CDM regulations 
• Examine the behavioural impact on site safety and wellbeing

This panel formed in August 2024 with the following membership:

• Chair: David Bucksley
• Noel Chambers
• Mark Starling
• Adam Wilson
• Kris Zakrzewski
• Ben Powell 
• Alex Donelly
• Teresa Gorham
• Rob Tarn
• Melvin Keyani 
• Laurence Davis
• John Madgwick

Heritage Advisory Panel

The Heritage panel contains a range of experts who work in the heritage sector and have a deep understanding of building conservation, sustainable development, and use of digital technologies in heritage projects.

The panel have identified the following objectives to focus on:

• Understand the key policy issues for the heritage sector in the UK and globally (where feasible). 
• Understand how new buildings or retrofit of vernacular can use sympathetic techniques to adapt to climate change. 
• Map existing heritage skills against the future needs for a sustainable heritage sector.

Membership of the panel includes:

• Chair: Rebecca Thompson
• Vice Chair: Mark Hosea
• Senior Vice Chair: Dr Christopher Moore
• Chris Wilson
• Antony Pidduck
• Charanasai Chivukula
• Claudio Corallo
• Michael Sheppard
• Nigel Houghton 
• Simon Jayasingh
• Scott McGibbon
• Morwenna Slade 
• Dianna Fletcher 
• Charlotte Claughton

Sustainability Advisory Panel

The Sustainability panel contains a range of experts who are committed to helping us achieve our Environmental Sustainability Action Plan led by our Head of Environmental Sustainability, Amanda Williams. Our members come from both industry and academic backgrounds and have worked on projects that focus on the circular economy model, building performance and UN SDG’s. T 

The panel have identified the following objectives to focus on:

• Undertake research into a creation of a Carbon Bill of quantities, with a focus on embodied carbon.
• Examine how industry can simplify language and methods of measurement
• Examine how we can improve client intelligence and engagement on sustainability

Membership of the panel includes:

• Chair: Professor Chris Gorse
• Vice Chair: Gordon Brown
• Subomi Adekoya 
• Victoria Yates
• Saul Humphrey
• Andrea Charlson
• Dr Georgiana Allison
• Simon Tranter
• Ruth Barnett
• Haitham Hassanaref