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Paul Westbury CBE CEng FREng FICE FIStructE is the CEO of the engineering company Buro Happold. [1]
Westbury graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge University with a first-class degree in engineering science. He then joined BuroHappold Engineering in 1991. In 2000, he was made a partner of BuroHappold Engineering and now is a chartered structural engineer.[ citation needed ]
He developed a specialisation in sports and entertainment buildings and has led the teams responsible for engineering on several award-winning projects. Following several senior positions within the company, Westbury took on the role of CEO at Buro Happold Engineering in March 2011. [1] [2] He has written and presented several technical papers and lectured at Cambridge, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[ citation needed ]
Westbury is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Royal Academy of Engineering, [3] the Institution of Structural Engineers, and the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture & Commerce.
In 2008 he was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal. [4] He was named in The Times' "top 100 scientists" list for 2010, [5] [6] and 2 years later in 2012, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers, their most prestigious award. [7] Westbury is a judge for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, [8] 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. [9]
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