Profile

The South Wales and West of England Branch is led by a dynamic and vibrant Committee of volunteers who are passionate about project management and helping members achieve their professional development needs.
 

Our membership is widely dispersed, stretching from beyond Penzance in the far South West, to Gloucester in the North, West beyond Milford Haven in South Wales, and East as far as Cirencester and Trowbridge, with the principal concentration in the Bristol area. Members are from a wide range of backgrounds, including banking, civil engineering, transport, and defence.
 

The challenge is to meet the professional project management needs of this diverse and geographically distributed population.

We have been growing and now have over 2200 members and 36 Corporate Members registered in the region.

To cover the geographic challenges, we have two active chapters: Cornwall, Devon & Somerset, and South Wales.

The branch offers a wide range of events including an annual dinner, a 1 day conference, evening events, and site visits. We encourage networking between members at all events.

We recognise the different needs of INSPIRE members who are new to the profession and offer introductory level events as well as advanced level events.

Our events are varied and we try to cover a good range of APM Body of Knowledge topics. We also look for opportunities for events on key projects of local interest, such as the new Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier.

For members unable to attend events we provide event summaries in our Branch Newsletter, and where possible make copies of presentations available on the Branch Web Site.

We work closely with our Corporate and Higher Education Institutions to ensure we understand their needs and how we can work together for the benefit of all of our members.

We also work closely with other professional bodies, and have run joint events with RICS, ICE, IoD, IVM, IET, INCOSE and CMI.
 

Events are free to members, unless otherwise stated.

Committee

• Martin Gosden; Chair
• Peter Wakeling; Treasurer
• Tim Elliott; Secretary/Corporate Rep
• Mike Kimmins; Professional Development
• Julian Harris; Cornwall, Devon and Somerset Chapter
• Colin Ware; Cornwall, Devon and Somerset Chapter
• Allan Reid; South Wales Chapter
• Imants Grindulis; South Wales Chapter
• Bruce Phillips; Education Network Liaison
• David Cross; INSPIRE Rep
• Bob Eldridge; Corporate Rep
• Paul Johnson; INSPIRE Rep
• Lucy Clay; Branch Administrator

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