Phil became BRE Trust’s Chairman in 2021. Prior to that he joined Heathrow in 2003 and became Expansion Programme Director in 2017 accountable for delivering Heathrow’s third runway along with the infrastructure to support it. Previously as Development Director, Phil was accountable for all the Capital works at Heathrow. As Eastern Campus Programme Director, Phil, was accountable for the delivery of the airport’s new Terminal 2. This £2.5bn programme has provided passengers with a new, ‘state of the art’, terminal.

Before Terminal 2, Phil led the completion of the £4.3bn construction of Terminal 5 and prior to that he led the £350 million Terminal 5 Landside Development Project which included the successful completion of the Twin Rivers Diversion and M25 Spur ahead of programme and under budget.

Phil was previously Director of Civil Engineering with TPS Consult, where he was involved in private and public sector schemes from feasibility stage through to design, construction and completion. This included working for BAA on Terminal 5 and many other projects at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, as well as with many other clients. Phil has also worked both overseas and in the UK as a civil engineer for DHV and Mott MacDonald.

Vince Lydon is one of the UK’s most experienced Construction Management
leaders, with a four-decade career delivering some of the country’s most
complex and high-profile schemes. His portfolio includes The Peninsula Hotel,
Battersea Power Station Phase 3 and the Olympic Village – projects that set
new standards in technical delivery and stakeholder coordination. Vince has
held senior roles at Lendlease, Balfour Beatty and Sir Robert McAlpine, where
he was Deputy Managing Director for London. He is now Managing Director of
McLaren’s Construction Management and Specialist Projects division, where
he champions collaborative delivery models that unlock value, reduce risk and
raise performance across the built environment.

Lucy has 25 years’ experience from construction to work winning to driving industry change.

Since 2013 Lucy’s focus is programme and project management consultancy with Turner & Townsend to maximise outcomes delivered from clients’ assets; including London Overground, Network Rail, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Airport. Progressing from Senior PM to Operations lead for the southern region, to Transport Sector Lead, to UK Head of Infrastructure Markets, to UK Major Bids Lead. She works with sector, service, and regional experts to arm our team with the best of industry innovation for clients across Infrastructure, Real Estate, Advisory, Energy & Natural Resources and Defence.

Lucy is active in industry with Project 13 since 2017 with the Infrastructure Client’s Group as Development Board member and co-chair of the Capable Owner workstream. She contributes to the Institution of Civil Engineers on Productivity and produced the Programmes with Purpose report with CBI. Lucy regularly contributes to debates on infrastructure; diverse thinking (particularly neurodiversity); and mental resilience.

Originally from the North-East of England, in her early career she studied Civil Engineering at Imperial with experiences in nuclear, residential and upgrading the Albert Hall. Graduating to the Kings Cross redevelopment and East London Line Viaduct reinstatement, she was NCE Graduate Civil Engineer of the year and quickly chartered. By 26 she was leading South Quay DLR station construction, chairing Constructing Excellence’s G4C, moving on to improving her division’s work winning rate for major projects.