Project Collaboration to Deliver Net Zero Part 2

Episode 4,   Aug 30, 2023, 01:19 PM

In this podcast, the topic is Project Collaboration to deliver Net Zero Part 2, we are going to pick up on and continue that conversation with John Fotherby and Tony Maplesden. So if you missed that first podcast on this topic, you might be interested to listen to the first episode.

John Fotherby is Chair, European Construction Institute (ECI) - a multi-disciplinary community that facilitates the exchange and sharing of knowledge, ideas, expertise and practices amongst stakeholders in the Engineering Construction Sector that can drive continuous improvement in project performance, delivery and results. With a career spanning five decades, John’s background transcends project delivery and claims and dispute management – he has held the role of project director for EPC contractors. 

John is a partner in Kingsfield Academy whose primary business is designing and delivering effective training programmes for engineering construction stakeholders’ and their project delivery teams. Currently, he also provides coaching to project teams and acts in arbitration as an expert witness on project management.

Tony Maplesden is a chartered engineer with over 40 years of experience in the delivery of engineering construction projects. A fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM), the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Leadership & Management,  he has a qualification in management psychology and is a qualified management coach/mentor.  

Now semi-retired, during his career he has worked in many senior management roles and delivered projects in a number of industry sectors. In the final stage of his career, he worked in the UK Oil & Gas industry based in Aberdeen, during which time he held the positions of Offshore Regional Chair and Chairman of the Project Management Steering Group with the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB).

In 2016, Tony played a significant role in the design and development of the ECITB Project Collaboration Toolkit and drafted much of the Toolkit content. He has since been coordinating work associated with piloting of the Toolkit and is presently supporting its application to major projects across a number of UK industry sectors.

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