Paul Westbury

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

CEng FREng FICE FIStructE is the CEO of the engineering company

Buro Happold Buro Happold (previously ''BuroHappold Engineering'') is a British professional services firm that provides engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management, and consulting services for buildings, infrastructure, and the environment ...

. Westbury graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge university with a first-class degree in engineering science. He then joined BuroHappold Engineering in 1991, and now is a chartered structural engineer. He developed a specialisation in sports and entertainment buildings and has led the teams responsible for engineering on a number of award-winning projects. Following a number of senior positions within the company, Westbury took on the role of CEO at BuroHappold Engineering in March 2011. Westbury is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the

Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...

, the Institution of Structural Engineers, and the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture & Commerce. He has written and presented a number of technical papers and has lectured at Cambridge, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2008 he was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal. He was named in ''The Times'' "top 100 scientists" list for 2010, and 2 years later in 2012, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers, their most prestigious award. Westbury is a judge for the

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, also known as the QEPrize, is a global prize for engineering and innovation. The prize was launched in 2012 by a cross-party group consisting of David Cameron, Nick Clegg, and Ed Miliband, then Prime Mi ...

, a £1,000,000 biennial prize aimed at promoting the essential contribution of the profession around the globe. Westbury was made a CBE in the 2013 New Year Honours.

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