Paul Westbury

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Paul Westbury is the CEO of the engineering company Buro Happold.^[1]

Westbury graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge University with a first-class degree in engineering science. He then joined BuroHappold Engineering in 1991. In 2000, he was made a partner of BuroHappold Engineering and now is a chartered structural engineer.^{[citation needed]}

He developed a specialisation in sports and entertainment buildings and has led the teams responsible for engineering on several award-winning projects. Following several senior positions within the company, Westbury took on the role of CEO at Buro Happold Engineering in March 2011.^[1][2] He has written and presented several technical papers and lectured at Cambridge, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).^{[citation needed]}

Westbury is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Royal Academy of Engineering,^[3] the Institution of Structural Engineers, and the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture & Commerce.

In 2008 he was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal.^[4] He was named in The Times' "top 100 scientists" list for 2010,^[5][6] and 2 years later in 2012, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers, their most prestigious award.^[7] Westbury is a judge for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering,^[8] a £1,000,000 biennial prize aimed at promoting the essential contribution of the profession around the globe.

Westbury was made a CBE in the 2013 New Year Honours.^[9]