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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

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Paul Bray

GIFireE

Fire Safety Consultant & Fire Risk Assessor, PB Fire Safety

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Mostyn Bullock

BEng CEng CFIFireE

Director, Tenos Ltd

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Hayley Burgess

CMIOSH MIFireE C.BuildE MCABE OSHCR MSc BSc (Hons)

Director, HBSC

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Paul Bussey

FIFireE, FASFP

Senior Technical Consultant, Allford, Hall, Monaghan & Morris Ltd. Architects

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Neal Butterworth

MPhil CEng MIFireE

Director, Design Fire Consultants

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Neal Butterworth member of Fire Safety Expert Panel

Matthew Canham

BEng (Hons) Eng Tech MIFireE MSFPE

Eastern Region BSR Manager and Fire Engineer – Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

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Krish Govinden

B.Sc (Hons), MBA

Operational Policy Manager (Construction Products), Office for Product Safety and Standards

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Roger Harrison

PhD, MEFE (Dist), CPhys, MInstP

Technical Director, Fire Safety, BRE Global

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Dr. Mostafa Jafarian

Technical Director, Hydrock

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Mostafa Jafarian member of Fire Safety Expert Panel

Chris Leadbetter

Legal Director, Clyde & Co LLP

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Jon Pagan

MA(Cantab) CEng MIFireE

Technical Director, International Fire Consultants Ltd

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Mark Pundsack

BEng(Hons) CEng AIFireE MRICS FIStructE MInstLM

Assistant District Surveyor, City of London

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Charles-Elie Romeyer

MSC, AIFireE

Principal Construction Professional – Fire Engineer, the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)

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Niall Rowan

Technical & Regulatory Affairs Officer, Association for Specialist Fire Protection

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Lynsey Seal

QFSM BEng (Hons) CEng FIFireE AMIMechE MWES

Principal Fire Engineer, London Fire Brigade

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Gary Strong

BSc (Hons) FRICS FCIArb C.BuildE FCABE FCILA FUEDI-ELAE

Global Director of Building Standards, RICS – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

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John Wolstenholme

BEng (Hons) FIStructE FIExpE MICE

Principal Nuclear Safety Inspector Civil/Structural and Explosives, Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR)

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CROSS-UK Structural Safety Expert Panel

Bill Hewlett (Chair)

MA CEng FICE FIET

Bill Hewlett Associates Ltd

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John Wolstenholme (Vice-chair)

BEng (Hons) FIStructE FIExpE MICE

Principal Nuclear Safety Inspector Civil/Structural and Explosives, Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR)

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Thomas Aldridge

MA DipArch RIBA RIAS

Associate Director, WSP

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Jan Andresen

BEng (Hons) CEng MIStructE

HM Principal Specialist Inspector of Health and Safety (Construction), Health and Safety Executive

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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

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Julie Bregulla FREng

Dipl.-Ing., PhD, CEng, FICE, MEWI

Chief Technical Officer, British Board of Agrément

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Steven Brunswick

BSc CEng FICE FCIOB

Independent consultant

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Aidan Cahill

BEng GMICE

Structural Safety Consultant, CROSS

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David Cormie

CEng CEnv FICE FIStructE

Associate Director, Arup

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Graham Coult

Technical Director, Eckersley O’Callaghan

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Peter Debney

BEng(hons), CEng, MBCS, FIStructE

Customer Service Lead, Oasys Software / Arup

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Tony Jones

PhD CEng FICE FIStructE

Principal Structural Engineer, MPA The Concrete Centre

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Chris Leadbetter

Legal Director, Clyde & Co LLP

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David MacKenzie FREng

CEng BE MS FIStructE MASCE MHKIE

Senior Technical Director, COWI

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Allan Mann FREng

BSc PhD CEng FIStructE

Independent consultant

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Steven Odunmbaku

MSc CEng MIStructE ACMI

Principal Technical Specialist, NHBC

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Mark Pundsack

BEng(Hons) CEng AIFireE MRICS FIStructE MInstLM

Assistant District Surveyor, City of London

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John Rees

BEng ACGI MSc DIC CEng FICE

Director, COWI

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John Rushton

BEng MSc CEng MICE MIStructE

Director - Buildings, Stantec

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Victoria Tinney

MEng CEng MIStructE

Principal Structural Engineer, Harley Haddow

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Mike Webster

BEng, MSc, PhD, DIC, CEng, FICE, FIStructE

Director, MPW R&R Ltd

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Steve Williams

BEng CEng FIStructE FICE MPWI

Engineering Expert for Buildings & Civils, Network Rail's Technical Authority

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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.