Paul Westbury

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Paul Westbury
CBE FREng FICE FIStructE
Chief executive officer, Buro Happold
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 2011
Personal details
Occupation Structural engineer

Paul Westbury is the CEO of the engineering company Buro Happold. [1]

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Career

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 ]

Recognitions and awards

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Paul Westbury CBE". Buro Happo People. Buro Happold. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Buro Happold announces new Senior Partner and new CEO". Buro Happold. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Fellowship". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Silver Medal - 1995-2014 winners". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Times 100 Top Scientists".
  6. ↑ "Times 100 Top Scientists". 7 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Gold Medal glory for Olympian engineers". 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "QE Prize".
  9. ↑ "2012 Gold Medal winner, Paul Westbury awarded CBE in New Year honours list". The Institution of Structural Engineers. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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