Routes to Fellowship with Hudson Taivo

Keith Jones FICE

Keith is a Chartered Civil Engineer, Chartered Environmentalist and Fellow of ICE. He has been in post since May 2008, prior to this he was Operational Manager Highways at the Vale of Glamorgan Council, responsible for all highway maintenance operations including management of the DSO contracting unit as well as Environmental Manager for the Council.

Keith was in Local Government from 1967 to 2008 holding a range of posts involving engineering, highways, infrastructure and drainage. Former Chairman of the County Surveyors Society Wales Engineering Committee and member of the UK Roads Board, advising Government on Highways issues.

He is a member of the Cross Party Groups on STEMM and Construction and Industrial Liaison Boards at Cardiff University and Swansea University.

Emma Antrobus

Emma has been the North West Director of ICE since July 2018, overseeing the activity and budgeting for more than 6,500 members in the region. ICE has more than 95,000 members across the world in all sectors of engineering including transport, housing, development, energy and water.

Having done a business with manufacturing degree, Emma has spent most of her career working with and supporting businesses in all sectors towards improvement and change, with a focus on the engagement with and understanding of policy focusing on infrastructure projects including rebuilding Manchester city centre following the 1996 bomb, Northern Hub and HS2.

Hudson Taivo

Hudson Taivo is Chartered Civil Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was the ICE West Midlands Regional Chair from 2023-24. He is a committee member of the Birmingham Solihull and Black Country (BSBC) ICE branch.

Hudson has worked on the HS2 project for nearly ten years, starting on the client-side with responsibilities for developing the technical standards and construction specifications used on the new high speed rail project.

For the past two years Hudson has been working as an engineering manager for the Mott MacDonald/SYSTRA Design Joint Venture. He is responsible for leading a global team of engineers, scientists, technologists and environmental specialists in developing designs for several assets, including the A452 Kenilworth Road Overbridge, for client Balfour Beatty VINCI.