Tom Newby

Tom Newby is a structural engineer with significant experience of humanitarian response and post-disaster shelter.

He has been active in the field of emergency and post-disaster shelter for many years, including leading CARE International’s global shelter team for six years, and sitting on the Strategic Advisory Group of the Global Shelter Cluster. He has worked on humanitarian responses in Nepal, Philippines, Jordan, Lebanon, Haiti and many other countries.

Tom is currently a director at engineering consultancy Buro Happold and leads their London Structures team and is a trustee of the Happold Foundation, and was a trustee of Engineers Without Borders UK for over ten years.