CEW Awards 2025 Judges

How do we determine who wins each year in the CEW Awards? It’s not easy. The quality of the entries and presentations is excellent and improves year after year. The margins between each are often very small. Which is why we need such excellent judges. Find out who they are .......

Meet the 2025 Judges 

Building Project of the Year 
Steve Cranston – Project Lead, Homes and Places Division, Climate Change and Rural Affairs Group, Welsh Government
Vince Hanly – Chair of the CLAW Leadership Board
Andy Sutton – Co Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Sero

Client of the Year 
Karen Bellis – Collaborative Procurement & Framework Manager, North Wales Construction Partnership, Denbighshire County Council
Ian Rees - Regional Director- Wales, Kier Construction Western & Wales
Dave Powell – Director of Corporate Estates, Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC & Chair of the CLAW Design & Project Management sub-group

Climate Action Award 
Eoin Bailey - UK Innovation Manager, Celsa Steel UK
Iona Hughes - Senior Officer People and Places Team, Natural Resources Wales
Ben Silsby - Regional Sustainability Lead, Willmott Dixon Construction

Delivering Value Award
Andrew Collins – Director Strategic Operations, PCR Global
Libby Jones – Bid Support Director, Whiterock Services 
Tony Norris - Partner, Geldards LLP

ESG Award
Brendon Baker – Cities & Infrastructure Advisor, Mott MacDonald
Gemma Ellis – Interim Head of Commissioning & Procurement, SEWSCAP
Penny Haywood – Acting Senior Category Manager, SEWSCAP
Libby Jones – Bid Support Director, Whiterock Services 

G4C Future Leader Award 
Dylan Pritchard – Director, Vale CRW
Dave Rossington - Project Architect, Powell Dobson & CIC Wales National Chair
Harriet Wade - Social Value Manager, Andrew Scott & Co-Chair of G4C Wales

Infrastructure Project of the Year
Andrew Eilbeck – Divisional Director, Knights Brown
Ed Evans - Director, Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Wales
Andy Falleyn - Deputy Director Strategic Road Network, Welsh Government

Innovation Award 
Dr Joanna Morgan – Design Manager, SPECIFIC, Swansea University
Tony Ryan – Chief Technical Officer, Siderise Group
Pierre Wassenaar - Chair, Stride Treglown

Integration & Collaborative Working Award 
Jane O'Leary - Sector Director Devolved Government, Tilbury Douglas
Stella Saunders - Retired Architect, Past Managing Architect at Cardiff Council & Past President of the Association for Project Safety
Matthew Stevens – Partner, Hugh James

People & Culture Award 
Gavin Hoccom – Partner, Browne Jacobson
Angharad Lloyd Beynon - Policy, Stakeholder & Partnerships Manager (Nations & Ireland), City & Guilds
Antonia John – Head of Business Development & Social Value, Encon Construction

Regeneration & Retrofit Award 
Mark Bowen – Managing Director, Andrew Scott Ltd
Claire Deacon BSc (Hons) MA MRICS IHBC RICS - Accredited Conservation Surveyor, Marloes Conservation
Neal O'Leary - Programme Director – Sustainable Communities for Learning, Welsh Government

Retrofit Award
Matthew Ace – Regional Director, Wales, Hydrock
Professor John Edwards – Edwards Hart Consultants
Tracy Nichols – Economic Regeneration Manager, Swansea Council

SME of the Year 
Ed Evans - Director, Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Wales
Ann-Marie Smale – Managing Director, Powell Dobson Architects
Chris Wynne - Managing Director, Wynne Construction