Our People
SHARP MINDS AND SAFE HANDS

Professor David Strong - Chief Executive

David Strong launched Inbuilt in December 2007. Previously, he was Managing Director of BRE Environment, and before that he had also held roles as an Executive Director of EA Technology, Emstar and WS Atkins & Partners. Originally a graduate of Bath University in Building Engineering, he was awarded a doctorate by Oxford University in 1980. David is currently Chairman of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Implementation Advisory Group (DIAG) and acts as a special advisor to the European Commission on energy demand issues. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Nottingham. He chaired the Quality of Life Challenge, Built Environment Group for the Conservative Party and in 2007 was responsible for establishing the UK Green Building Council, for which he presented with the 2007 Building Sustainability Leadership award. In 2010 he was appointed Chair of the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes.

Matthew Brundle - Executive Director

Matthew Brundle joined Inbuilt in October 2007 as a founding director, where he leads the Sustainability and Renewables teams. He also has expertise in waste management, pollution control and sustainability masterplanning. Prior to joining Inbuilt, Matthew was a Founding Director of WSP Environmental, and co-established the sustainability and energy businesses. He studied Environmental Analysis to HND and PGDip at FCT and graduated with an MSc in Pollution Chemistry from Brunel University in 1990. Matthew is a member of the Institute of Environmental Sciences; Waste Management and Energy Institute. He is a regular lecturer at Reading University on the Sustainable Design and Construction MSc, and Matthew has been privileged to work on the UK's largest construction projects including the Channel Tunnel, M25, the Jubilee Line Extension and Heathrow Terminal 5. As an environmental and sustainability advisor, internationally Matthew has worked in China, the Middle East and the USA.

Dr Neil Cutland - Executive Director

Neil Cutland is a founding director of Inbuilt, where he leads Inbuilt's work on low and zero-carbon buildings. Neil was previously Director of BRE's Low Carbon Futures Housing Centre, and before that was Technical Director of National Energy Services Ltd (NHER). His first job in energy efficiency was as Project Manager for Milton Keynes Energy Park. Neil has a BSc (Hons) in Physics and Computer Science and a PhD in Thermal Regenerators, both from the University of York. Neil sat on the UK Green Building Council's Zero Carbon Task Group; he is one of the authors of the BREDEM-12 and BREDEM-8 energy models and contributed to the development of the SAP. He is a Chartered IT Practitioner and a member of the Institute of Directors.

Jont Cole - Associate

Jont is responsible for business planning, and is the project director for a number of projects providing strategic sustainability advice to clients. Previously Jont co-founded a microgeneration installation company, A Greener Place, and before that was Facilities Director at the University of Bristol. A graduate of the University of Bristol in Biochemistry, he also has an Executive MBA from the London Business School. As well as the day job, Jont is Treasurer of Net Impact Professional London Chapter and also a member of the British Institute of Facilities Management.

Casimir Iwaszkiewicz - Associate Director

Casimir is responsible for Inbuilt's research activities and specialises in integrating new energy and construction technologies into buildings, sites and towns. His previous roles were as an Associate Director at Beyond Green, a Senior Manager at Construction Resources and an advisor at the Energy Design Advice Scheme. Graduating in Mechanical Engineering at the Polytechnic of Central London with a post-graduate in Environmental Design and Engineering at the Bartlett-UCL he brings together experience from of wide range of industries including the built environment, electronics and commerce. His advisory experience includes membership of the IMechE Expert Group on Distributed Energy, Building Regulations working groups and as an invited evaluator of programmes including TSB and Urban Buzz Sustainable Communities. He was also heavily involved in introducing renewable energy and sustainable construction systems into the UK.

Nick Jones - Associate Director

Nick joined Inbuilt in 2007. He has a passion for housing and a real interest in making sure sustainability works on site as well as in the boardroom. He has worked directly with major developers and contractors on the detail and delivery of buildings but is equally at home working on Government panels about zero carbon homes.

After starting his professional life with Wimpey Homes in the late 80s he worked for a major timber frame system supplier. Prior to joining Inbuilt he worked for BRE covering most aspects of energy efficiency. Nick holds a BSc Hons in Construction which underpins his connection with buildings and design teams. In recent years Nick has produced a whole range of publications on energy efficient buildings and written extensively for magazines. He is also responsible for the maintenance of his local church.

Sarah Royse - Principal Consultant

Sarah joined Inbuilt in August 2007 and leads the Strategic Sustainability service area. Much of Sarah's recent work has focused on advising clients on a strategic and long-term approach to sustainability and carbon management. Prior to joining Inbuilt, Sarah was a partner with Max Fordham LLP, where she was involved in the mechanical, electrical and environmental design of a variety of award-winning developments, including the City of London Academy and the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall. Sarah graduated from Durham University with a BSc(Hons) in Physics and Mathematics. In 2006 she was awarded professional membership of CIBSE (MCIBSE) and in 2008 won the Association of Consultancy and Engineering's Young Consultant of the Year award. In recognition of her expertise in the field of sustainable building and her work to promote environmental development, Sarah was awarded fellowship of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA) in 2010. Sarah sits on the Steering Committee for CIBSE's Energy Performance Group and tutors at Oxford Brookes University Department of Architecture. She is also a contributor to the second edition of Sustainable Urban Design (Taylor & Francis Books Ltd).

Mel Starrs - Principal Consultant

Mel joined Inbuilt in July 2008 and leads the concept M&E Team, delivering advice on complying and exceeding BREEAM and planning energy and carbon targets. She is both LEED-AP and BREEAM-AP. In addition to in-depth knowledge of UK Part L and CIBSE standards, she has experience of meeting ASHRAE requirements for LEED.

Previously she worked at Faber Maunsell, Halcrow, Babtie, Whitby Bird and Max Fordham. A graduate of Leeds University's widely respected Civil Engineering with Architecture course, she returned to Leeds University Business School to complete an Executive MBA in 2007. Mel comments on recent news, legislation and developments in sustainable construction in her blog, Elemental. She is also an active participant in Sponge and can often be found at networking events such as Movers and Shakers.

Dr Rick Holland - Senior Consultant

Rick develops technical and strategic solutions for sustainability, particularly for schools. He completed a PhD in novel Post-Occupancy Evaluation Techniques at Nottingham University in 2006, and his PhD research featured in Building magazine, Building Services Journal and Property Week magazines. The project was placed in the Breakthrough Award category at the RFID Industry Awards 2006 for demonstrating technological transfer of RFID innovation into other industries. Rick also has an MEng in mechanical engineering. Before joining Inbuilt in 2008, he worked at Buro Happold Engineering on sustainable design.

James Bonell - Consultant Engineer

James specialises in low energy building design and modelling, particularly using the Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP) and thermal detailing software. Prior to joining Inbuilt in November 2007, he worked as a researcher and consultant at Beyond Green in the Sustainable Construction and Technologies team. With a Masters in Engineering Design and Appropriate Technology from the University of Warwick, he is now a qualified On Construction Domestic Energy Assessor. James enjoys a range of outdoor pursuits and can usually be found (though he'd never, ever admit to being lost...) striding up a mountain or floating down a river. Occasionally he ventures into hands-on natural building projects as a volunteer, which ties in well with the modelling side of the day job.

Victoria Kate Burrows - Senior Sustainable Design Consultant

Victoria is Inbuilt's service coordinator for BREEAM related work. She is qualified in most BREEAM schemes and achieved the sought-after BREEAM-AP qualification in August 2009. Before joining Inbuilt, Victoria worked as a BREEAM, Code for Sustainable Homes and NHER SAP assessor for Totalbuild Services Ltd during final year of her university studies. On a placement year during university she worked at BRE developing BREEAM schemes and the Code, and training assessors. Victoria has a BSc (Hons) in Architecture and Environmental Design from the University of Nottingham in July 2008, and is currently working towards her CIBSE chartership. She is a keen supporter of Wasps Rugby.

Roya Khaleeli - Senior Sustainability Consultant

Roya joined Inbuilt in November 2007 and is part of the Strategic Sustainability Team. She took the lead role in developing Inbuilt's Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD) which is based on The Natural Step principles for sustainability and the wide range of knowledge and experience of Inbuilt's staff. Roya has been involved in delivering training to large organizations and in developing and facilitating Inbuilt's Visioning Forums. Most recently she's been working with a design team to embed sustainability into a large urban extension in Hampshire.

Previously Roya was a Consultant at Beyond Green integrating sustainability into a range of developments including a zero-carbon challenge and an urban regeneration scheme. She also spent three years as a Project Engineer in the automotive supply chain and 18 months as a Teaching Assistant and Researcher. She has a Masters in Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability (MSLS) from the Blekinge Institute of Technology (Sweden), and a Bachelors of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo (Canada). Roya contributed to the book How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint: 365 practical ways to make a real difference (Yarrow 2008) and outside of work is learning the art of flamenco dancing.

Daniel Leahy - Consultant

Tamsin McCabe - Consultant

Susan Schnadhorst - Consultant

Part of the Passivhaus team, Susan liaises with German-speaking contacts. She also conducts Energy Saving Trust research on new technologies and new-build projects, sustainability in the care home sector and BREEAM strategic advice and assessment. Susan worked at Taylor Woodrow as a Code for Sustainable Homes consultant specialising in helping the supply chain comply with the material credits; she also previously worked with the London Energy Partnership and the RSPB. Susan studied Politics as an undergraduate at the University of New South Wales and Environmental Science at the University of Stirling; she also has an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, London. She is a member of CE's Sustainability Working Group and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change, and an LEA School Governor at a local primary school.

Paul Smyth - Senior Consultant

Will Wright - Consultant