The group will provide a “view from within the industry” to feed into existing reform initiatives.
Members represent all sides of construction from designers to subcontractors and will report to the CBI’s Construction Council of 35 chief executives in November.
The CBI said: “While government has a role to play in helping to ensure the industry is ready to make the most of these opportunities, we know that most of the innovative thinking as to how we can meet these challenges will come from the expertise within construction firms.”
The Future Leaders’ Group consists of 18 “rising stars” under the age of 35.
The Future Leaders are:
| Matthew James Sharpe | Aggregate Industries |
| Michael Spurry | Balfour Beatty |
| Isla Hill | BAM Nuttall |
| Graham Kelly | BIM Academy |
| David Hollywood | Carillion |
| Andrew Cope | Henry Boot |
| Eleanor Kentish | Kier Group |
| Christopher Hughes | Morgan Sindall |
| Oliver Hawes | Mott MacDonald |
| Chris Bennett | Murphy & Sons |
| Lee Trabis | NG Bailey |
| Danielle Griffiths | Pinsent Masons |
| Craig Badger | Rider Levett Bucknall |
| Steve Ford | Ryder Architecture |
| Daniel Harris | Saint Gobain |
| Katie Fowler | SIG plc |
| Rhys Thomas | United Living |
| Chris Wright | Wates |
