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
Katarzyna Zamara
Tensar
Vice Chair
Patrick Flood
Juta
Honorary Treasurer
Scott Harvey
Maccaferri
Honorary Secretary
Patricia Guerra-Escobar
Geosynthetic Ltd
Immediate Past Chair
Mike Horton
Maccaferri
Membership
Darren Bland
CQA International
Activities
Andy Cracknell
Naue Geosynthetics Ltd.
Chapter Sponsor Liaison
Ian Scotland
Coffey Geotechnics Ltd.
Committee Member
David Shercliff
ABG Geosynthetics Ltd.
IGS Representation Liaison
Eugene Gallagher
Coffey Geotechnics Ltd.
Committee Member
Alireza Imani
Berry Global
Committee Member
Shahid Raza
Wrekin
Committee Member
Stanley Clifford
ABG Geosynthetics Ltd.
Committee Member
Majid Sedighi
University of Manchester
Committee Member
Chaido Doulala-Rigby (Yuli)
Tensar
Committee Member
Andrew Belton
Wardell Armstrong LLP
Committee Member
Ian Fraser
TCS
External Consultant
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