{"id":55571,"date":"2019-04-16T10:26:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T09:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=55571"},"modified":"2019-04-16T10:26:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T09:26:16","slug":"fidic-economic-strategic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/fidic-economic-strategic\/55571\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDIC appoints new head of economic and strategic policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>International engineering federation <a href=\"http:\/\/fidic.org\/about-fidic\">FIDIC<\/a>\u00a0has appointed Graham Pontin as its new head of economic and strategic policy<\/h2>\n<p>Pontin, an economist with more than ten years\u2019 experience, is skilled in market research and policy formulation, including working for five years at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenet.co.uk\/\">UK Association for Consultancy and Engineering<\/a>, where he developed the successful ACE European Benchmarking Report, European CEO Conference and related thought leadership programme.<\/p>\n<p>Pontin has key expertise in economic, project finance, procurement, market analysis, databases, e-business, stakeholder engagement and policy formulation.<\/p>\n<h3>The newly created post will oversee the following three core areas of FIDIC\u2019s work:<\/h3>\n<h4>Economic research<\/h4>\n<p>Conducting regular analysis of market drivers and producing research publications on the state of the market (membership, regional, national and sector analysis), benchmarking and best practice to support FIDIC\u00a0(International Federation of Consulting Engineers) campaigns and advocacy strategy.<\/p>\n<h4>Corporate policy<\/h4>\n<p>Planning and organising the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/fidic-secured-international-funding\/52623\/\">production of FIDIC<\/a> policy statements and publications working with standing committees.<\/p>\n<h4>Thought leadership programme<\/h4>\n<p>Leading and contributing to the development and delivery of conference, seminar and roundtable programmes, including the publication of high-level publications for the global consultancy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/engineering-payment-problems\/49174\/\">engineering sector<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on his new role, Pontin, said: \u201cAs someone who has worked in the infrastructure sector for many years, I know the consultancy and engineering industry well and am delighted to be taking up this exciting position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn previous roles I have specialised in innovative research, opening markets and data analysis, providing accurate business intelligence covering a wide range of sectors and I look forward to applying this experience at FIDIC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am particularly looking forward to working with the board, member associations, members and committee chairs as we develop FIDIC\u2019s economic and policy programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pontin\u2019s arrival as head of economic and strategic policy is the latest in a series of senior level appointments at FIDIC which will help to strengthen the organisation and the services it provides to its 102 member associations worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>FIDIC chief executive, <a href=\"http:\/\/fidic.org\/node\/15578\">Dr Nelson Ogunshakin<\/a>, commented: \u201cI am delighted to welcome Graham as FIDIC\u2019s new head of economic and strategic policy. 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