Professor Saul Humphrey

Saul is a Chartered Construction Manager, practicing as a Project Manager dedicated to more sustainable construction. His professorial role at Anglia Ruskin University is part-time and focused primarily on stakeholder engagement, master-classes and research. Saul is also Vice President of Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Saul has various complementary positions that support his quest to shift the paradigm of construction towards more sustainable development.

Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/saul-humphrey-🌍-b03093b

Background

Saul is the Managing Partner of his own consultancy practice eponymously named as Saul D Humphrey LLP. The practice is B Corp (certified).

He is an experienced Managing Director, Consultant, Property Investor/Developer and Construction/Project Manager in the Construction sector, specialising in Sustainable Construction. Saul’s formative years included 33 years at R G Carter where he ultimately led the business in the East of England. He was also Managing Director of Morgan Sindall PLC in the East.

He is also the Chair of the Institute of Directors (Norfolk).

Saul is the Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Builders (CIOB). He will become President in 2026. The Chartered Institute of Building is the world’s largest professional body for construction management and leadership, with 50,000 members in more than 100 countries.

He is also Chair of Building Growth (the construction, housing and property development sector group covering Norfolk and Suffolk).

Saul is also a Non Executive Director of Great Yarmouth Borough Council's housing development/property companies, Equinox Property Holdings Limited and Equinox Enterprises Limited; Non-Executive Director/Independent Member of Norwich City Council’s East Norwich Strategic Regeneration Area (ENSRA) Delivery Board; and he is the Managing Director (Designate) of Human Nature (Hethel).

Saul’s core purpose is to shift the paradigm towards more sustainable development. Saul was born at 322.31 ppm. In 2024, Saul was awarded the Chartered Institute of Building’s National “Sustainability Award."

Research interests

Sustainable Construction
Procurement

Areas of Expertise

• construction
• project management
• sustainable construction
• procurement

Teaching

Master Classes in Sustainable Construction

Qualifications

PhD – University of Loughborough
MSc – Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh (Distinction)

Memberships, editorial boards

Saul is a member of the Sustainability Advisory Board for The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB); an Ambassador of Norfolk Constructing Excellence Club (NCEC); Norfolk Community Foundation's “Good for Good”; Changing Streams CIC; UK Ambassador Rad-Universe and the 'Kids Care About Climate' Appeal; and he is the East of England past President, and past National Director, of the National Federation of Builders (NFB).

Saul is a Member of the United Kingdom Green Building Council; Suffolk Sustainability Institute (University of Suffolk); Norfolk Net Zero Advisory Board; a Construction Leadership Council CO2nstructZero Business Partner; and Trustee of Construction East. Saul also volunteers for Sounding Board and Norfolk ProHelp.

Vice President – Chartered Institute of Building (becoming President in 2026)

CEnv
FRICS
FICE
MCIArb
FRSA

Selected recent publications

Construction Management CIOB Awards 2024: Sustainability https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/ciob-awards-2024-sustainability/

LinkedIn post https://lnkd.in/d4EAuYHk

UK Director Magazines, Lead Interview: Saul Humphrey https://ukdirectormagazines.co.uk/lead-interview-saul-humphrey/

Recent presentations and conferences

Various

Media experience

BBC and ITV interviews, plus many podcasts etc.