Paul Westbury Explained

Paul Westbury CBE CEng FREng FICE FIStructE is the CEO of the engineering company Buro Happold.^[1]

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.

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.^[2] He has written and presented several technical papers and lectured at Cambridge, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paul Westbury CBE . Buro Happo People . Buro Happold . 11 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215043721/http://www.burohappold.com/people/person/paul-westbury-cbe/ . 15 December 2013 .
2. Web site: Buro Happold. Buro Happold announces new Senior Partner and new CEO. 6 May 2011. 11 December 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131215041743/http://www.burohappold.com/knowledge-and-news/article/buro-happold-announces-new-senior-partner-and-new-ceo-36/. 15 December 2013.
3. Web site: The Fellowship . 27 March 2022 . Royal Academy of Engineering.
4. Web site: Silver Medal - 1995-2014 winners . 27 March 2022 . Royal Academy of Engineering.
5. News: Times 100 Top Scientists.
6. Web site: Times 100 Top Scientists.
7. Web site: Gold Medal glory for Olympian engineers. 22 May 2012. 10 December 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131212062113/http://www.istructe.org/news-articles/2012/industry-news/gold-medal-glory-for-olympian-engineers. 12 December 2013.
8. Web site: QE Prize.
9. Web site: 2012 Gold Medal winner, Paul Westbury awarded CBE in New Year honours list. 23 January 2013. The Institution of Structural Engineers. 10 December 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131212061750/http://www.istructe.org/news-articles/2013/industry-news/fitting-end-to-a-golden-year. 12 December 2013.