Management Team | Simpson TWS

Our Management Team.

Mike Ellis

SENIOR PARTNER

Senior Partner who has spent over 35 years in the construction industry.

He has experience in a wide range of sectors and particular expertise in the development of difficult sites including listed buildings. He has chartered status and is a registered Principal with ACE.

Ian Rollinson

PARTNER

Ian is a Partner and Chartered Structural Engineer, who heads up the Gloucester office. His experience extends across a variety of sectors including leisure, retail, residential and commercial for regional and national clients. Ian has particular expertise in achieving innovative solutions to release problem sites for commercial use.

Gareth Crowther

PARTNER

Gareth has over 20 years' consultancy experience in the civil engineering sector, is Chartered and has wide ranging design expertise covering highways, drainage, service infrastructure, flood risk, SuDS and earthworks. He oversees the civil engineering teams who provide comprehensive design service on a wide variety of projects from initial appraisal stages up to and including construction and delivery stages.

Chris Martin

PARTNER

A Partner and Chartered Structural Engineer with over 13 years experience. Chris has experience in a wide range of new build sites and complex agreements with third parties. He is the Technical Director for the practice and is based in our London office.

Richard Laughton

PARTNER

A Partner with more than 40 years in structural engineering. Richard has responsibility for technical co-ordination of major structural and civil projects for clients such as Merlin Entertainments, Bourne Leisure and several major hotel groups.

Richard is the Practice's Quality Manager having achieved ISO:9001 accreditation for the business. He is responsible for managing the IT systems, keeping engineering staff at the forefront of technology.

Mike Beckly

PARTNER

Mike was made Partner in December 2020 and is a Chartered Structural Engineer. He is responsible for the structural design team in the Henley office.

He has extensive expertise with refurbishments projects including listed buildings with constrained site conditions.

Jamie Munro

PARTNER

Jamie heads up the London office which focuses on structural engineering. He has broad experience across multiple sectors, both refurbishment and new build but specialises in projects on tight central London sites.

Mark Cradduck

PARTNER

Mark is a Partner and oversees the civil engineering team in our Henley office. He has extensive experience in design for highways, drainage and service infrastructure for both large and small scale commercial and residential projects.

Simon Lane

CONSULTANT

Fellow of the Institution of Civil and Structural Engineers, Simon continues to act as a consultant following the merger of the two practices. Director of TWS for over 25 years, he brings a wealth of experience and maintains a hands-on presence ensuring ongoing continuity of technical approach and client liason.