We have a team of Trustees with years of experience within the construction industry who help guide and advise the senior management team. Find out more about who they are.

Edward McAlpine, Chairman

Edward is the Chairman of Sir Robert McAlpine and an Executive Partner in the Family business. He joined in 2000 having graduated from the University of Reading with a BSc Hons in Construction Management and Engineering. He is incredibly proud to be a Trustee of the Construction Youth Trust, a role which he took on in 2017. 

Mathew Baxter

Mathew has worked in the construction industry for over 28 years, the last 25 of which have been predominantly in the affordable housing sector as a client, a contractor and as a consultant.

Mathew is the group CEO and owner of Echelon Consultancy Group, a leading asset management and procurement consultancy working primarily in the public and private housing sectors. He is also the owner of a framework management company (Pretium Frameworks Limited) that is supporting numerous procurement hubs across the UK and is also a published author.

As well as being a Trustee for CYT. Mathew is also a Trustee for Herts Young Homeless, a charity in Hertfordshire focusing on preventing homelessness through positive intervention. Outside of work, Mathew’s main passion is motorcycle racing and currently sponsors a British Ducati Challenger rider in the British Superbikes Series.

Victoria Brambini BA (Hons) MRICS

Victoria is a Chartered Surveyor and Managing Director at Perfect Circle, a property, construction and infrastructure consultancy.  Her passion for the industry started with a grounding as an Architectural Technician, moving onto working in local government and public procurement for 24 years. She has a deep understanding of the fiscal challenges in the public sector and the opportunities that can be created to secure real value for money and strong social impact.

Through focused leadership and management at Perfect Circle, Victoria encourages collaborative behaviours to drive better project outcomes.  She is a strong advocate of blending delivery of services from the expertise of national and global business integrated with the specialisms and passions of local SMEs, as the lifeblood of local economies.  

Victoria is committed to being a visible role model to inspire the next generation, particularly when it comes to tackling the gender imbalance in the male-dominated construction and infrastructure industry.  She is a champion in inspiring young people and women into the industry, through coaching individuals and presenting and debating on national and regional platforms, winning the Women in Construction category at the Nottingham Women in Business Awards in 2017 and a finalist in the Leicester Women in Business Awards 2019. Participating in awards category judging in a number of industry events including Rising Star, Contractor of the Year and Specialist Contractor allows the work of CYT to be profiled across the industry and the social value created to become more visible.

Assad Maqbool

Assad is a solicitor specialising in Projects and Construction and a partner at the specialist real estate law firm, Trowers and Hamlins. He negotiates and drafts building and engineering contracts and development agreements for commercial clients and public sector bodies.

Assad has particular experience of advising on education sector projects and integrating employment, skills, and social value requirements into construction project and asset management procurements.

Bill Meredith BA, FCA

Bill Meredith is an audit partner with KPMG and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has worked for KPMG for more than 30 years and been a partner for over 20 years.

Bill specialises in infrastructure and construction businesses and has been the lead audit partner for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 Businesses.

Manon Bradley

She is passionate about working to see greater diversity at every level within construction, infrastructure and major projects delivery.

As a competitive drug-free power-lifter Manon is used to being in male-dominated environments such as infrastructure. In the 19 years that she has been competing she has won 13 World Championships,  9 European Championships and held 8 World Records and a host of British titles and records.

Russell Taylor 

Since 2017, Russell Taylor has been the Head Teacher at Robert Clack School in Dagenham, which he attended as a pupil between 1989 and 1996. He gained a first-class degree in economics at Queen Mary and trained as a teacher at the Institute of Education. He joined the Robert Clack staff in 2002 with the intention of making a difference to the lives of the young people in the borough where he grew up.

Russell lives locally to the school with his family and enjoys spending as much time with them as his job allows! He likes to keep fit, and daily walks with Oscar, his Hungarian Vizsla, contributes to this.

Katy Dowding

Having started her career as a Quantity Surveyor, Katy is now President and CEO at leading development and construction business Skanska UK. She was the 2013 Women in the City  Woman of Achievement and 2015 BIFM Leader of the Year.

Katy is passionate about equality, diversity, inclusion and building for a better society.

Holly Price

Holly Price was the Training and Development Director at Keltbray Group for 15 years, playing a crucial role in engineering sustainable and considerable growth through getting the right people in the right place at the right time. Holly started her career in the demolition industry aged just 17, training to be an engineer, and went on to become Europe’s only female explosives engineer in the sector.

Throughout her time at Keltbray, Holly also took the lead on Social Value delivery and played an active role in industry partnerships with trade associations and other educational establishments promoting skills in the construction sector.

In early 2022 Holly was appointed as Group Sustainability Director and her collaborative leadership approach has best placed her to take responsibility for the implementation of Keltbray’s published targets for environmental, social and economic sustainability.

Holly actively promotes the need to widen the talent pool by embracing diversity and attracting newcomers from all backgrounds to the industry, and she tirelessly campaigns for continuous improvement of industry standards.

Paul Lewis 

Paul has been with Stanhope since its inception and was appointed to the Main Board in 2002, responsible for business operations, including the coordination and management of the company's projects. He is still actively involved, as a Senior Advisor to the business.

As a Chartered Civil Engineer, eight years of his early career was with the John Laing Group, both in the UK and overseas.

After joining Stanhope, he managed the design and construction team on the Broadgate development and since then his role has encompassed leadership positions on major headquarter buildings for companies including Unilever, ITN, Rothschild, BSkyB, Legal&General and Bloomberg, together with the position of MD on PFI developments for HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs and repeat business projects for partners such as The Crown Estate, Mitsui Fudosan and Mitsubishi Estate. In parallel he also undertaken advisory roles providing guidance on projects including Glyndbourne Opera House, Natural History Museum, Serpentine Pavilion, National Audit Office and Batta.

Additionally, he has been appointed Non-Executive Director to the Royal Household;  plus previously Estate Advisor to Guy's and St Thomas's Foundation Trust and Sponsor Board for the Restoration & Renewal Programme for the Palace of Westminster (both roles completed in December '22). 

Manjinder Singh

As Director for AECOM Manjinder (Jin) leads the Civil Infrastructure Roads business, responsbile for People, Clients and Delivery, working across all National Highway Authorities, as well as a significant number of Local Highway Auhtorities acrosss the UK&I region. Jin has held other senior roles with AECOM inlcuding Operations Director for the Transportation business.

Jin is a Charter Civil Engineer by background and is passionate about supporting and mentoring our future generations. As Business Sponsor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at AECOM, Jin is committed to making a real difference by helping the future talent for our industry to feel empowered and inspired to grow. 

Patricia Moore

Patricia sits on the Turner & Townsend Executive Board and as UK Managing Director leads a team of 4000+ people servicing clients across Real Estate , Infrastructure and Natural Resources markets.

Patricia's experience encompasses the whole programme lifecycle, she is skilled in business case appraisal , major programme set up, delivery through to commercial close and claims resolution.

A Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors , Patricia has an MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration and has a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors.

Patricia is passionate about driving social mobility and drives Turner & Townsend's corporate responsibility agenda .  The work with CYT relates particularly well to that field of her responsibility.

Anthony Oloyede, BSc (Hons) FRICS, C. Build E FCABE, MFPWS

Anthony is the Head of Building Control at the London Borough of Hillingdon with over 20 years Local Authority Building Control experience, and has worked for a     number of Local Authorities in London and the surrounding regions.

Anthony is a former Local Authority Building Control Non Executive Director, overseeing the development of LABC, providing leadership and strategic direction.

As a Fellow member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Chartered Association of Building Engineers, with a BSc Hons degree in Building Control Surveying, mentoring and acting as a role model to the younger generation from a diverse range of backgrounds into the Built Environment is a cause close to his heart. 

Anthony has held posts as Local Authority Building Control (LABC) President supporting Construction Youth Trust raising over £7000.00 and President of the London District Surveyors Association (LDSA).

Anthony enjoys spending quality time with his family and close friends. He is a keen runner and cyclist with a disciplined approach to keeping fit.