On this week’s Careers In Construction, Meet Sir Charles Egbu, President of CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building).
He is the Dean of The School of Built Environment and Architecture at London South Bank University, England, UK, where he holds the Chair in Project Management and Strategic Management in Construction.
His First Degree was in Quantity Surveying and he worked briefly as a Site Quantity Surveyor for a large UK construction company. Following this stint, he went on to obtain his Doctorate from the University of Salford, UK, in the area of Construction Management.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB), Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), Fellow of the Association for Project Management (FAPM), Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (FRSA), and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) – a highly decorated man!
He has contributed over 350 publications in various international journals and conferences and has hosted, chaired and spoken at many conferences in his areas of expertise.