Graham Watts

Prior to joining CIC, Graham was Chief Executive of the British Institute of Architectural Technologists (a member of CIC) from 1983. He was appointed as Chief Executive and Secretary of CIC in 1991.

Graham is a member of the Construction Leadership Council and co-chairs the Building Safety Workstream; he is a director of CICAIR Ltd, the Considerate Constructors Scheme Ltd, Building A Safer Future Ltd and Constructionarium Ltd. He chairs the Competence Steering Group and is a member of the MHCLG’s Industry Response Group. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Association of Consultancy and Engineering.

Graham is an Honorary Fellow of RIBA, CIBSE, CABE, ICWCI, BIID, CICES and the Faculty of Building and an Honorary Member of the RICS and CIAT. He was awarded the President’s Medal of the CIOB in 2000 and the Peter Stone Award of the Association of Building Engineers in 1996. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria between 2000-2012.