Meet the team

The Concrete Centre is staffed with a team of qualified professionals with backgrounds in concrete construction, engineering, architecture and sustainability. This team is strongly focused on the continued development of concrete and masonry through design inspiration and construction efficiency, research strategy, education and training, new product and process innovation and the achievement of best performance of concrete in practice.

 

Jenny Burridge, Head of Education and Training

Jenny is a chartered civil and structural engineer. Prior to joining The Concrete Centre Jenny worked for several consulting engineers including Aecom and Arup, where she designed several award winning buildings. 

Jenny chairs the BSI strategic committee on Engineering Design and Construction and sits on the Construction and Built Environment Sector Policy and Strategy Committee. She is on the council of Construct and chairs the Post-tensioning Association as well as being on the council of the Institution of Structural Engineers.

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Tony Jones, Technical Director

Tony is a Structural Engineer with over 30 years of experience in design, research and investigation of concrete structures. He provides guidance on all aspects of structural concrete design including performance in fire.

Tony has been involved with the production of numerous industry guides and has been involved with the development of concrete structural codes for over 20 years. He is currently the UK Head of Delegation on the European design committee which is responsible for Eurocode 2, Design of Concrete Structures, including the fire part.

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Emily Halliwell, Senior Structural Engineer

Emily's role includes sharing best practice for the design of concrete buildings, providing technical guidance to designers and specifiers and contributing to the development of codes and standards. Prior to joining The Concrete Centre, she worked on a wide range of challenging engineering schemes, including stations, stadia and commercial buildings. She is a chartered member of the IStructE and ICE. Emily is also a chartered environmentalist and with a focus on promoting material efficient and sustainable concrete designs. 

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Elaine Toogood, Director, Architecture and Sustainable Design

Elaine provides architectural advice and technical guidance primarily related to the specification, design and use of concrete for sustainable construction. She is joint chair for the UK concrete industry’s circular economy task group, and special advisor to UK Concrete. Elaine has over 25 years experience as a qualified architect, mostly within private practice.

Elaine regularly contributes to working groups and committees related to environmental sustainability including work with DEFRA; UKGBC; RIBA; LETI; European Standards; London Climate Change Partnership; BSI and ICEC MCM.

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Hannah Fothergill-Wilson, Architect

Hannah is an architect and special advisor to The Concrete Centre. Hannah provides architecture advice and technical guidance on visual concrete and the specification and use of concrete for sustainable buildings. She provides technical lectures and workshops to UK schools of Architecture and leads the running of The Concrete Centre’s annual design and sustainability competition for students of Architecture and the built environment. 

Prior to joining The Concrete Centre Hannah worked on a range of projects from large commercial and cultural buildings to one off-residential extensions and refurbishments.

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Dr Noushin Khosravi, Head of Sustainability

Noushin is a civil engineer and has an MSc and PhD in the concrete technology field. She is a Chartered Engineer with ICT and was previously at Mott MacDonald working on Metro and Civils projects. She is an expert in concrete durability design, concrete assessment and repair, concrete construction systems, and concrete sustainable use. She is experienced in delivery of multidisciplinary design packages and complex research programs. 

Noushin is active in various committees including the UK concrete industry’s low carbon concrete task group, Green Construction Board Low Carbon Concrete Group (LCCG), and GCBIWG Pas 2080. 

Jenny Sheerin, Director, Marketing Communications

Jenny has responsibility for delivering the marketing and communications strategy for The Concrete Centre.

With experience derived from a wide range of marketing positions held, Jenny is passionate about delivering quality guidance for the construction industry for a variety of marketing channels.

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Kim Hawksworth, Digital Marketing Manager 

Kim has over 18 years of experience working in marketing and digital communications. Within her role at The Concrete Centre, she owns the company's social media strategy, is responsible for the development and delivery of the digital marketing communications plan, and creates content for a variety of channels.

Kim has a BA in Communications Management and a Professional Postgraduate Diploma in marketing communications through the CIM.