Tim Fawcett

Tim is Mott MacDonald’s Birmingham Cities Lead, and Coventry City Council’s Head of Infrastructure Delivery for Sustainability Projects. He is passionate about the West Midlands, and especially infrastructure’s role in its unlocking social, environmental and economic potential.

He is a chartered engineer, and has over 20 years’ experience of delivering infrastructure and development projects in the UK, USA, and elsewhere. His breadth of experience gives him a perspective on how an outcomes-focussed approach can allow stakeholders and project teams both maximise and communicate benefits. Key projects have included Coventry Strategic Energy Partnership, Arden Cross, West Midlands Metro, California High Speed Rail, and Tbilisi Rapid Transit.

Tim is chair of Coventry University’s Civil Engineering Industry Advisory Board, and guest lectures on Sustainable Urban Transport, Future Mobility, and Master planning. He is also the chair of the Infrastructure Leadership Board at Centre for the New Midlands. In July 2023, Tim chaired the ‘Connections for Prosperity’ Conference in July at the University of Warwick; the Centre’s first conference.