Chris Jenner accepting his Honorary Members certificate at the AGM in 2017.
IGS UK Committee
The IGS U.K. Chapter was the 3rd world wide chapter to be formed in 1987.
The Chapter is supported on a voluntary basis by a committee of individuals from a background of academia, industry and consultancy.
Committee members typically serve a minimum of 2 years and nominations are welcomed for interested parties to join the committee.
The current U.K. Chapter committee comprises the members listed below.
Current IGS UK Committee
Email: committee@igs-uk.org
David Woods
HUESKER
Chair
dave.woods@Huesker.co.uk
01282 500613
Katarzyna Zamara
Tensar
Vice Chair
Kasia.Zamara@cmc.com
Patrick Flood
Juta
Honorary Treasurer
patrick@juta.co.uk
01282 500613
Scott Harvey
Maccaferri
Honorary Secretary
S.Harvey@maccaferri.com
01865 770555
Patricia Guerra-Escobar
Geosynthetic Ltd
Immediate Past Chair
patricia@geosyn.co.uk
01455 617139
Mike Horton
Maccaferri
Membership
m.horton@maccaferri.com
Darren Bland
CQA International
Activities
Darren.Bland@CQAInternational.co.uk
Andy Cracknell
Naue Geosynthetics Ltd.
Chapter Sponsor Liaison
acracknell@naue.co.uk
Ian Scotland
Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd.
Communications
Ian.Scotland@arcadis.com
David Shercliff
ABG Geosynthetics Ltd.
IGS Representation Liaison
David@abgltd.com
01484 354800
Eugene Gallagher
Coffey Geotechnics Ltd.
Committee Member
Eugene.Gallagher@coffey.com
0161 6011 630
Peter Stevens
Berry Global
Committee Member
peterstevens@berryglobal.com
Shahid Raza
Wrekin
Committee Member
Shahid.Raza@wrekinproducts.com
Stanley Clifford
ABG Geosynthetics Ltd.
Committee Member
stanley.clifford@abgltd.com
Majid Sedighi
University of Manchester
Committee Member
majid.sedighi@manchester.ac.uk
Chaido Doulala-Rigby (Yuli)
Tensar
Committee Member
Yuli.Doulala-Rigby@cmc.com
Andrew Belton
Wardell Armstrong LLP
Committee Member
abelton@wardell-armstrong.com
01782 276700
Ian Fraser
TCS
External Consultant
ianfraser@tcs-geotechnics.co.uk
01942 218597
Past Chairs of the Committee
Alan McGown | 1987 – 1989 |
Bernard Myles | 1989 – 1991 |
Terry Ingold | 1991 – 1993 |
Jim Paul | 1993 – 1995 |
Steve Corbet | 1995 – 1997 |
Guy Watts | 1997 – 1999 |
Chris Jenner | 1999 – 2001 |
John Greenwood | 2001 – 2003 |
Derek Smith | 2003 – 2005 |
Russell Jones | 2005 – 2008 |
Neil Dixon | 2008 – 2010 |
Ian Fraser | 2010 – 2012 |
Peter Assinder | 2012 – 2014 |
Gary Fowmes | 2014 – 2016 |
Yuli Doulala-Rigby | 2016 – 2018 |
Andrew Belton | 2018 – 2020 |
Patricia Guerra-Escobar | 2020 – 2022 |
Dave Woods | 2022 – Present |
Honorary Members
D J Ayres
Chris Jenner
Colin J F P Jones
Alan McGown
Bob Warwick