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Jeremy is a chartered structural engineer and has been in the industry for 30 years working on a range of exciting projects in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and NZ. He has worked on a broad variety of structures ranging from sport stadii, hospitals, defence, education, commercial and residential high-rise, refurbishment of existing buildings , earthquake resistant structures, airports, bridges and numerous other structural forms. Jeremy has been involved with the Wales Regional Group for 12 years including a year as Chair.

Nikki graduated from Cardiff University in 2004 and has worked at Arup ever since. Nikki is a Chartered Structural and Civil Engineer working within the Structures Group in the Arup Cardiff Office. Nikki has extensive experience of working on remedial and diagnostics projects; investigating building performance issues including material deterioration, glass breakage and leakage. Her knowledge of building defects and their causes has resulted in Nikki undertaking a number of reviewing and survey roles. Nikki is a strong advocate for building retrofit over demolition. Nikki is a past chair of the Wales Branch of the Institution of Structural Engineers and became a Fellow in 2024 due to her technical skills and keen focus on mentoring and knowledge sharing.

Pierre Grigorian is a founder and director of Wellspring and also a Director of PHG Consulting Engineers. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers and past Chair of its Wales Region. Pierre founded PHG in 2013, now an employee-owned practice headquartered in Cardiff.