Swansea Development Plans 2016

FOUR of Wales’ leading development figures will be presenting their investment/development plans for the next few years!

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Event Format

• 1530 – 1600; Registration
• 1600 – 1645; Networking with Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
• 1645 – 1815; Speaker Presentations
• 1815 – 1900; Networking with Hot Food, Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks

Speakers

Andrew McNaughton, Director of Construction; Tidal Lagoon Power

Andrew McNaughton, FREng, CEng, FICE, is Director of Construction for Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc. He has responsibility for delivering this major infrastructure asset into operational service. Andrew has some 30 years’ experience of delivering major infrastructure in the UK and overseas.  As both a project manager and an executive officer he has been responsible for many of the country’s major infrastructure projects in recent years, including Terminals 2 and 5 at Heathrow, the widening of the M25 and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. He held a range of executive positions in his 17 years at Balfour Beatty, including Chief Operating Officer and latterly Chief Executive Officer of Balfour Beatty Plc. He has served as a Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, is a UK Business Ambassador for the current Government and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Dr Jane Davidson, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for External Stakeholder Engagement & Development; University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Jane Davidson is Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor and Director of INSPIRE, (Institute for Sustainability Practice, Innovation and Resource Effectiveness) at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. In 2013, INSPIRE won the Guardian HE Sustainability Award; in 2014, the Soil Association Gold Catering Mark; in 2015 the University rose from 113th to 8th in the UK and 1st in Wales in the People and Planet University League and Jane won 2 Green Gown Awards from the Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges – UK Leader and Best Newcomer.

From 2007- 2011, Jane was Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing in Wales where she proposed legislation to make sustainable development its central organising principle – the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act came into law in April 2015. She introduced low carbon planning requirements; created a Welsh Climate Change Commission and Future Generations Commissioner, the 800 mile Wales coastpath, legislated on waste which has seen Wales become the lead recycling country in Britain and introduced the Welsh charge on carrier bags. She led on energy for the Silk Commission advocating the transfer of increased energy powers to Wales.

She holds honorary fellowships from CIW (Chartered Institute of Waste), CIWEM (Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management) and is a member of WWF’s UK Council of Ambassadors. She is patron of the Chartered Institute for Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) and Tools for Self Reliance Cymru (TFSR) and has recently become a RSA Fellow.

Robert Francis-Davies, Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Development & Regeneration; City and County of Swansea Council

First elected to Swansea City Council in 1983 to represent Morriston Ward.  I have continually been re-elected for Morriston since 1983 to the present, a period of thirty two years.  At present I hold the position of Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Development and Regeneration.

I have been privileged to have held the position of Lord Mayor in 2000 to 2001. And to have held the position as Deputy Leader, Cabinet Member for Leisure. During this time as Cabinet Member for Leisure I delivered some major projects for Swansea including the Liberty Stadium, National Waterfront Museum and the Wales National Pool. Also been Chairman of Council of Museums of Wales. Past Director of Les Rencontres European Cities and Regions of Culture.

I currently hold the position as Director of Swansea B.I.D. Ltd., (Business Improvement District), Wales National Pool Swansea Ltd, National Waterfront Museum Ltd and Swansea Stadium Management Company Ltd.

My personal interests include Founder of The Sir Harry Secombe Trust, an organisation for Youth Musical Theatre. And I’m a life long supporter of Swansea City Football Club. And I personally enjoy skiing.

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