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Our vision is to be the Institute of Choice for Highway Engineers. Our mission is to provide professional development opportunities, support and leadership for individuals to achieve and maintain professional recognition.

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  • We’ve been registering engineers and technicians with the Engineering Council since 1972 and accrediting academic courses since 1989. We’re proud of our long history and provide our members with 50 plus years of highways experience.

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Join us and demonstrate your technical skills, qualifications and expertise to clients and employers. We offer membership types for highways professionals at every stage of their career.

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The IHE Highway Engineering Academy offers industry-led training in highway engineering. Through one of our specialist training courses leading to an industry-recognised Professional Certificate or Diploma, the HEA delivers the qualifications, skills and knowledge demanded by the highways industry which are in short supply today.

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Welcome to our newly elected IHE Board Members

  • Wednesday July 8, 2026

We are delighted to welcome the newly elected members of the Institution of Highways Engineers (IHE) Board, formally announced at our AGM on 3 July 2026.

Our Board plays a vital role in shaping the Institute’s future, helping to guide strategy, support our members and champion professionalism across the highways and transportation sector.

We would like to thank all those who put themselves forward for election and the members who participated in the nomination and voting process. Your engagement helps ensure the IHE continues to evolve and represent the interests of our profession.

Please join us in congratulating our new Board members:

  Andy Brown     Paula Claytonsmith
  Andy Cole     Gafoor Din
  Kat Draper     Mark Heaton
  James Hornsby         Stephen Webb

In addition to the new Board members, we would like to announce our Presidential Team for the next two year term.

We look forward to working with them as they help lead the Institute through the next chapter of growth and development. 

Darren Capes Image   Darren Capes
President
  Rebecca Bollen Image   Rebecca Bollen
Senior Vice President
Pryce Evans Image   Pryce Evans
Junior Vice President
  Kat Kelly Image   Katharine Kelly
Immediate Past President

 

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IHE membership formally recognises your qualifications and industry experience. Join us and demonstrate your technical skills, qualifications and expertise to clients and employers.