Engineer. Entrepreneur. Advocate.
Civil engineer. Founder of the FPS Group®. Forbes 30 Under 30.
I work across risk, resilience and engineering: helping people understand and manage risk, building and advising businesses, and contributing to higher standards in the built environment.
Assessing risk. Finding answers. Improving outcomes.
Sometimes that is a flood investigation.
Sometimes it is a business challenge.
Sometimes it is asking uncomfortable questions when nobody else will.
Built from experience, grounded in engineering. After experiencing flooding first-hand, I combined that experience with my Civil Engineering studies to establish what would become the FPS Group®. Today, the business works nationally across flood risk, resilience, drainage and engineering consultancy.
What began as a practical response to a personal problem became a career focused on risk, resilience and engineering. The thread running through all of it is simple: understand the problem before trying to solve it.
Read the storyEngineering
Flood risk, drainage, resilience and forensic investigation. Helping individuals and organisations understand risk, navigate regulation and solve complex challenges.
Explore ›Entrepreneurship
Founder and CEO of the FPS Group®, comprising Flood Protection Solutions and FPS Environmental. Building specialist engineering businesses from startup to national delivery.
Explore ›Advocacy
Supporting higher standards across the built environment and engineering through industry bodies, public engagement and policy discussions.
Explore ›"The question that interests me most is usually 'why?'. Why did it happen? Why did it behave that way? Why was it designed that way? Most good decisions start there."
Projects, publications and public work
Forensic flood investigation
Working out why complex sites flood, and what the evidence really shows.
University of Nottingham graduation address
The 2025 address to engineering graduates at the university where I studied Civil Engineering.
Advisor on BBC One, Rip Off Britain
On surface water flooding and how homeowners can check their risk.
Interested in working together?
I work across engineering, entrepreneurship, speaking and public advocacy. If you'd like to discuss a project, event or opportunity, I'd be pleased to hear from you.
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