About us

We champion infrastructure

ABOUT US

We’re the association for the UK’s professional consultancies and engineering companies operating in the social and economic infrastructure sectors.

The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) champions infrastructure and the built environment to government and other stakeholders, representing the views of over 300 members.

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JOIN US

Our members employ over 60,000 in UK and 250,000 worldwide, contributing more than £15 billion to the UK economy. However, the buildings they create actively contribute over £570 billion a year of GVA.

They have worked on some of our most high-profile infrastructure to date: the Olympic Park, Crossrail, Tideway, HS1 & 2, the Queensferry Crossing and Heathrow.

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WHAT IS CONSULTING ENGINEERING?

Consulting Engineering is a professional service which works across a range of sectors key to the national economy: construction, energy, infrastructure, transport a…

OUR MEMBERS

We represent the views of around 400 businesses working in consultancy and engineering, from the very large to the specialist. Our members are global leaders, renown…

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OUR VISION

For a safe, innovative, resilient and globally competitive UK built environment sector driving economic growth by delivering well-connected, socially valuable and environmentally sustainable places.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to advocate, anticipate, and educate on behalf of our members. That means proactively engaging with government and stakeholders about challenges and opportunities, ensuring members of all sizes have a voice.

OUR DRIVERS

We are driven to respond to society’s priorities around delivering our Net Zero future and regional development, while ensuring our industry’s procurement and skills challenges are addressed.

HOW WE WORK

Our Board is responsible for the strategic direction and corporate development of the organisation and meets four times in a year. Members are representative of our membership body and a different chair is elected each year.

ACE’s groups and advisory councils provide our members with local networking opportunities, help establish our opinion and policy and explore interests of critical importance to our members’ business interests, no matter their size.

We also encourage the next generation of engineers through our Emerging Professionals group

The editorially independent magazine and website Infrastructure Intelligence, is produced by ACE for the industry.

Through our sister organisation, the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC), we are the voice of the green economy.

ACE is also a member of the Trade Association Forum (TAF), the UK’s leading association for trade associations.

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OUR PEOPLE

Our enthusiastic team is dedicated to supporting our members and championing the built environment on their behalf.

Milda Manomaityte

ACE Group Chief Executive Officer

Natasha Boyle

Communications and Marketing Director

Ben Brittain

Director of Public Affairs

Marie-Claude Hemming

Policy Director

Michelle Whitfield Jones

Membership and Events Director

Andria Balboa

Executive Assistant

Jessica Harris

Events Manager

Karen McLauchlan

News Editor

Joshua Robins

Membership Engagement Advisor

Catherine Kay

Membership Engagement Coordinator

Rosemary Beales

Agreements Consultant

Connor Bartlett

Public Affairs Executive

Laura Doanova

Policy Executive

Adrian Tam

Policy and Membership Executive

Emily Budgen

Marketing Executive

ACE GROUP BOARD

The Board oversees our work and the strategic direction of ACE Group and is made up of member representatives.

Professor Denise Bower OBE

ACE Chair - Group Director for External Engagement, Mott MacDonald

Piers Burroughs

Chair, SME forum

Managing Director

Burroughs

Rukhsana Faiz

EIC Chair - Managing Director of Environment, Sustainability and Planning (ESP), Tetra Tech Ltd

Sean Keyes

Treasurer

Managing Director

Sutcliffe

Milda Manomaityte

ACE Group Chief Executive Officer

Darren Reed

Chair of ACE's Large Consultancy Advisory Council - Managing Director, Transport & Infrastructure, WSP

Piers Burroughs

Managing Director

Burroughs

Sean Keyes

Managing Director

Sutcliffe

Sarah Peterson

Director, energy & sustainability

Harley Haddow

Gary Davies

Associate Director

Arup

Conor McCarthy

Associate Director

WSP

Emma Scholes

Senior Geo-Environmental Engineer

Curtins

Ashley Bateson

Director & Head of Sustainability

Hoare Lea

Kim Yates

Director - Climate Change and Sustainabilty

Mott MacDonald

Jason Fisher

Chair of ACE Northern Ireland Group

Managing Director at Beattie Flanigan Consulting Engineers

Sarah Draper

People and Culture Director

Rider Levett Bucknall

Tim Loveridge

Executive Director

BWB Consulting

Stuart Pollard

Director of Health & Safety

Arcadis

Milda Manomaityte

ACE Group Chief Executive Officer

Professor Denise Bower OBE

ACE Chair - Group Director for External Engagement, Mott MacDonald

Darren Reed

Executive Managing Director, Transport and Infrastructure business in the UK and Ireland - WSP

Brian Yates

Managing Director UK and Ireland - Stantec

Fiona Williams

Human Resources Director - Buro Happold

Alex Jones

Head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) - BWB Consulting

Neil Henderson

Client Director - Mott MacDonald

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WORKING FOR US

ACE's team is made up of talented people united in their aim to support their members and champion consultancy and engineering to government and other stakeholders. Interested in joining us? Explore current opportunities here.

Current vacancies