CROSS-UK Expert Panels
Expert Panels are at the heart of what we do. The Members are all volunteers.
What do the Expert Panels do?
Expert Panels comment on reports we receive. They use their experience to help you understand what can be learned from the reports. Where possible, they aim to identify the underlying causes of safety issues and make reference to other publications that those reading the report can access and use.
Designated People at CROSS-UK review each report submitted and decide which Expert Panel Members to send the reports to for comment. All reports are anonymised by the Designated People before being sent to the Members. The Members do not have access to the reporter’s personal information or the original information submitted as part of their report.
The anonymisation of reports ensures that the focus is on sharing lessons learned so that similar situations can be avoided, and not on attributing blame.
The Expert Panels have a number of other roles, including maintaining a continuing review of matters affecting safety in the built environment and helping to write other safety information for CROSS-UK.
Who sits on our Expert Panels?
CROSS-UK has two Expert Panels, one for fire safety and one for structural safety.
Our Expert Panels are comprised of leading experts in their respective professions. They come from a wide variety of sectors. Becoming a Member of one of our Expert Panels is a highly regarded honour.
All Members are selected for their personal attributes rather than representing an organisation or group. When joining an Expert Panel, Members make a commitment to act in an honest and transparent manner that is in the best interests of CROSS-UK.
CROSS-UK Fire Safety Expert Panel
This is the initial CROSS-UK Fire Safety Expert Panel. It will be expanded over time as required.
Luke Bisby
BEng, MSc(Eng), PhD, PEng (Ontario), Chartered Structural Engineer, FIStructE, FIFireE, FRSE
Personal Chair of Fire and Structures, Head of Research Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh
Paul Bray
GIFireE
Fire Safety Consultant & Fire Risk Assessor, PB Fire Safety
Mostyn Bullock
BEng CEng CFIFireE
Director, Tenos Ltd
Hayley Burgess
CMIOSH MIFireE C.BuildE MCABE OSHCR MSc BSc (Hons)
Director, HBSC
Paul Bussey
FIFireE, FASFP
Senior Technical Consultant, Allford, Hall, Monaghan & Morris Ltd. Architects
Neal Butterworth
MPhil CEng MIFireE
Director, Design Fire Consultants
Matthew Canham
BEng (Hons) Eng Tech MIFireE MSFPE
Eastern Region BSR Manager and Fire Engineer – Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service
Krish Govinden
B.Sc (Hons), MBA
Operational Policy Manager (Construction Products), Office for Product Safety and Standards
Roger Harrison
PhD, MEFE (Dist), CPhys, MInstP
Technical Director, Fire Safety, BRE Global
Dr. Mostafa Jafarian
Technical Director, Hydrock
Chris Leadbetter
Legal Director, Clyde & Co LLP
Jon Pagan
MA(Cantab) CEng MIFireE
Technical Director, International Fire Consultants Ltd
Mark Pundsack
BEng(Hons) CEng AIFireE MRICS FIStructE MInstLM
Assistant District Surveyor, City of London
Charles-Elie Romeyer
MSC, AIFireE
Principal Construction Professional – Fire Engineer, the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)
Niall Rowan
Technical & Regulatory Affairs Officer, Association for Specialist Fire Protection
Lynsey Seal
QFSM BEng (Hons) CEng FIFireE AMIMechE MWES
Principal Fire Engineer, London Fire Brigade
Gary Strong
BSc (Hons) FRICS FCIArb C.BuildE FCABE FCILA FUEDI-ELAE
Global Director of Building Standards, RICS – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
John Wolstenholme
BEng (Hons) FIStructE FIExpE MICE
Principal Nuclear Safety Inspector Civil/Structural and Explosives, Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR)
CROSS-UK Structural Safety Expert Panel
Bill Hewlett (Chair)
MA CEng FICE FIET
Bill Hewlett Associates Ltd
John Wolstenholme (Vice-chair)
BEng (Hons) FIStructE FIExpE MICE
Principal Nuclear Safety Inspector Civil/Structural and Explosives, Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR)
Thomas Aldridge
MA DipArch RIBA RIAS
Associate Director, WSP
Jan Andresen
BEng (Hons) CEng MIStructE
HM Principal Specialist Inspector of Health and Safety (Construction), Health and Safety Executive
Luke Bisby
BEng, MSc(Eng), PhD, PEng (Ontario), Chartered Structural Engineer, FIStructE, FIFireE, FRSE
Personal Chair of Fire and Structures, Head of Research Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh
Julie Bregulla FREng
Dipl.-Ing., PhD, CEng, FICE, MEWI
Chief Technical Officer, British Board of Agrément
Steven Brunswick
BSc CEng FICE FCIOB
Independent consultant
Aidan Cahill
BEng GMICE
Structural Safety Consultant, CROSS
David Cormie
CEng CEnv FICE FIStructE
Associate Director, Arup
Graham Coult
Technical Director, Eckersley O’Callaghan
Peter Debney
BEng(hons), CEng, MBCS, FIStructE
Customer Service Lead, Oasys Software / Arup
Tony Jones
PhD CEng FICE FIStructE
Principal Structural Engineer, MPA The Concrete Centre
Chris Leadbetter
Legal Director, Clyde & Co LLP
David MacKenzie FREng
CEng BE MS FIStructE MASCE MHKIE
Senior Technical Director, COWI
Allan Mann FREng
BSc PhD CEng FIStructE
Independent consultant
Steven Odunmbaku
MSc CEng MIStructE ACMI
Principal Technical Specialist, NHBC
Mark Pundsack
BEng(Hons) CEng AIFireE MRICS FIStructE MInstLM
Assistant District Surveyor, City of London
John Rees
BEng ACGI MSc DIC CEng FICE
Director, COWI
John Rushton
BEng MSc CEng MICE MIStructE
Director - Buildings, Stantec
Victoria Tinney
MEng CEng MIStructE
Principal Structural Engineer, Harley Haddow
Mike Webster
BEng, MSc, PhD, DIC, CEng, FICE, FIStructE
Director, MPW R&R Ltd
Steve Williams
BEng CEng FIStructE FICE MPWI
Engineering Expert for Buildings & Civils, Network Rail's Technical Authority
How can I become an Expert Panel Member?
We occasionally recruit new Members. This helps to maintain the high level of skills and experience on our Expert Panels. Sign up for email updates from CROSS-UK and we will let you know when we are recruiting new Members.