)Infrastructure Associates People
Stephen Cherry - Managing Director
Qualified as a Civil Engineer from University College London, Stephen has more than 25 years experience in engineering project management, mainly involving the preparation and execution of major industrial and infrastructure projects. In particular he has specialist knowledge gained in the management of process, water and wastewater projects in the UK and overseas.
With Hatch Associates he was Head of Infrastructure for all major infrastructure schemes associated with the construction of alumina refineries and aluminium smelters in Russia and Africa, where capital expenditure exceeds $2 billion. Typical schemes involve the construction or upgrade of ports, railways, roads, bridges, dams, power generation and distribution, housing and utilities.
His career history covers all aspects of project management and risk analysis of feasibility studies and project audits to acquire funding, through to design, procurement and construction, commissioning, training and operation.
Les Sambrook - Director
Les has recently retired as Senior Expert/Advisor with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development with functions and responsibilities that included international procurement, selection of conditions of contract, contract risk assessment, overseeing investment programme development and implementation, appointment and supervision of technical consultants, lender’s supervisors and contractors. Les has particular expertise at all levels for projects concerning potable and wastewater, solid waste, roads, urban transportation systems and steelworks.
John Bignell - Chief Mechanical Engineer
John is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with 30 years experience in multi-discipline engineering and construction projects ranging in size from £2 million up to £1.5 billion. Particular expertise has been gained in the non-ferrous metals industries and power generation. With Hatch Associates John was Engineering Manager for alumina and aluminium projects in Bahrain, Russia and Guinea, with specific responsibility for power and steam generation facilities at these remote sites. He also performed engineering due diligence work on consulting projects in the UK.
Mike George - Chief Environmental Engineer
Mike possesses an in-depth understanding of the potential risks to the environment, human health and safety posed by mining, metal processing and associated infrastructure gained during 30 years in operations management and consulting. He has a profound knowledge of environmental legislation and standards and the management techniques, control systems and best practice used in the mitigation of environmental risk
John Dale - Chief Rail Engineer
John is a railway transportation professional with extensive experience in planning, developing and establishing profile-oriented marketing and investment programs for North American and international railways, many of which had bimodal or multi-modal components. He has planned and marketed unit and solid train operations, facilities for both solid and liquid products, and systems for handling automobiles, forest products, bulk materials and multi-modal traffic. He has also led teams that provided technical audits of private railways as part of the due diligence efforts required by the IFC for the long-term funding for infrastructure, rolling stock and the systems required to sustain the traffic increases forecast.
Ian Willson - Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Ian Willson has over thirty five years experience of feasibility studies, design, preparation of contract documents and supervision of construction of civil engineering projects throughout the world. Over the past seventeen years, his primary roles have been as Project Manager and as a Specialist on planning and feasibility studies for infrastructure projects for ports, railways, roads, water, wastewater and environmental. The projects have been undertaken in Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Kuwait, Maldives, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe as well as in the United Kingdom.
John Parry - Principal Electrical Engineer
John qualified as an Electrical Engineer from Coventry University, and is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. He has over twenty-seven years experience within the oil & gas refining and chemical industry, mainly with Foster Wheeler. As a practising electrical engineer he has worked on a variety of projects including oil refinery installations, oil field development and gas gathering, on and offshore, power stations and numerous chemical plants. Before joining Foster Wheeler John had experience as an electrical engineer in the steel and electrical manufacturing industry.
Denys Brunsden - Principal Environmentalist
Dr Denys Brunsden is Emeritus Professor at Kings College London and is a renowned environmental specialist and geomorphologist. Throughout his distinguished career he has published over 100 academic papers specialising in such diverse topics as the environment of the British Isles, landslides, high mountains, deserts, coasts and applications of geomorphology. He has worked for the UK Nature Conservancy Council as coordinator for scientific study of SE England motorways, the Dorset Coast Forum as chairman for the strategy for the sustainable management of the coast. This became a programme for the European Union for an Integrated Coastal Zone Management Scheme, which led to a successful bid for World Heritage status. As a respected consultant in his field he was engaged on such diverse projects as the Norske Hydro Storegga landslide in the North Sea, the BP AGT Baku – Ceyhan pipeline in Georgia and by the BP Nile Delta Geohazard Survey.
Dr Brunsden was awarded the OBE in 2004 for his services to the environment.
David Morton - Principal Mechanical Engineer
David is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with a first class honours degree from Newcastle University. His experience includes senior engineering and project director roles on aluminium smelters and other process plants with values in excess of £2 billion. In addition to this he has widespread knowledge of project management techniques gained from pipeline design and development in the oil, gas, water and food industries. He has particular in-depth experience of subsea design and equipment installation projects for underwater flowlines and umbilicals from surface and submarine vessels.
He has regularly been responsible for the quality output of multi-disciplinary teams of up to 80 people in the UK and Europe, Russia, the Middle East, North America and the Far East.
Graham Leason - Principal Mechanical Engineer
Graham is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with 35 years experience in a variety of engineering industries including 25 years in Bulk Materials Handling. Responsible for a broad range of high value engineering projects from inception through to installation and commissioning, including equipment design, specification and project management. Responsible for the design of 12 long, high powered conveyor systems around the world from 4km to 18km in length with up to 6700 kW drives.
He also has extensive knowledge of computer aided engineering and presentation software. He is currently on the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Bulk Materials Handling and the MHEA Technical Committees.