LOCATION
London, United KingdomGLOBAL NEUTRALS / PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL RECORD
Christopher Chilton
Arbitrator & Mediator · London, United Kingdom
A strategic, results-oriented engineer, business and project leader and lawyer with an extensive track record spanning more than thirty-five yearsin project management, contract law and general management in both the public and private sectors. As an executive reporting to the Board or as a leader in the project team has; delivered projects in excess of £500 million to budget and
THE GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTION FOR NEUTRALS.
Public professional record
Use the institutional verification route for current standing.
PRACTICES
2 published fieldsSECTORS
2 published fieldsREGION
EuropeCURRENT BENCH
constructionPRACTICE
Read the professional through the functions actually published on the record.
Practice fields are shown from the public professional record. No additional expertise is inferred.
PRACTICE
mediation
Published on the structured professional record. The live mandate should define the exact function, authority and scope.
PRACTICE
arbitration
Published on the structured professional record. The live mandate should define the exact function, authority and scope.
SECTOR + JURISDICTION EVIDENCE
Published context from the professional record.
These fields support discovery and comparison. They do not create a separate certification.
SECTOR
Construction
SECTOR
Engineering and Infrastructure Disputes
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
CITY
London
REGION
Europe
BACKGROUND + AFFILIATIONS
Verified professional foundation where it exists.
Only values present in the structured record are shown.
EDUCATION
- BSc Civil Engineering with First Class Honours*
- MPhil Civil Engineering Production Studies
- Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering Management*
- Graduate Diploma in Law
- Bar Vocational Course (Degree of Barrister)
- Diploma in Arbitration *With national prizes
PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT
What the public record currently says.
The profile uses the supplied public record as its source.
PUBLIC BIOGRAPHY
Christopher Chilton in professional context.
Legal experience
Construction & Contracts
Administration of a number of standard form contracts from bidding through negotiation and delivery for projects up to $800 million
Advice on the impact that contract strategy has on risk
The use of “forensic” programming to evaluate the financial and temporal effects of risk
Claims handling within construction and aerospace
Business & Procurement
Development of Strategic Services Delivery Partnerships (including TUPE)
Development of agreements for Service Level Agreements and PFIs
Development of frameworks for capital delivery programmes ($5bn/10 years)
Development of royalty-based contracts
Development of an extended enterprise risk framework
Dispute Resolution
Establishment of Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Boards under FIDIC
Case management for claims and disputes
Earlier Roles (2000 – 2006)
Sept 05 – Jul 06, CENAMPS (Centre of Excellence for Nanotechnology, micro and photonic systems) Interim Project Director
Jun 03 – Oct 05, National Health Estates (Arm’s length body responsible for the whole health estate) Strategic Advisor/Chief Operating Officer
Nov 04 – May 05, Plastic Logic limited, Advisor to the Board
Jun 03 – Oct 05, Ipswich NHS Mental Health Trust (providing services to both Suffolk and Norfolk) Project Leader
Nov 02 – May 03, Plastic Logic Limited Management Consultant
Jun 02 – Nov 02, Shanks Waste Management (waste and recycling including landfill) Regional Managing Director
Nov 00 – May 02, Cambridge Display Technology (VC funded Cambridge spin-off developing light emitting polymers) Project Director
Apr 00 – Oct 00, Lucent Technologies (global fixed/mobile telephony business) Project Manager
Jan 00 – Mar 00, PowerGen CHP (Power plant division of electrical supply regulated utility) Interim Project Advisor
Additional and Shorter Roles (1980 – 2008)
2000 – 2008, Short-term leadership roles for Salt Union Limited, University of Bristol, Devon County Council, Energy Saving Trust, Ecole Hotelier de Lausanne. Also contributing to strategic direction setting for OGC (Gateway Review Leader), Stamford Vision 2015 and Professor Sir Richard Friend (Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge).
1990 – 1999, Range of critical management roles for TXU Europe, Kraft Jacobs Suchard, United Utilities, Degremont UK Limited, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Rolls Royce Plc, Nuclear Electric plc and short-term roles for Pratt and Whitney, Cenco, GE Aerospace, Trestle Theatre Company (lottery funded), Portasilo Limited (materials handling) and Geofabrics Limited (engineering materials).
1980 – 1989, Various design, project and construction management roles including work for civil engineering contractors Costain Engineering,Peter Birse and Norwest Holst, Insituform (international pipe repair business), Merz and McLellan (design engineers) and ICI (pharmaceuticals).
Professional Affiliations
Chartered Engineer
Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Barrister, called to the Bar, England and Wales
Fellow of the Dispute Board Federation
FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators
Fellow of the Association of Project Managers (Certificated Project Manager)
Registered Project Professional (APM)
Chartered Project Professional (APM)
Certified Member of the Institute of Risk Management
TAGS + INDUSTRY
Additional published discovery fields.
No field is expanded beyond what is present in the public record.
TAGS
Arbitration · Mediation
INDUSTRY
Construction & Infrastructure
FROM PROFILE TO APPOINTMENT
Professional fit first. Conflict clearance before confirmation.
The public profile is evidence only; appointment remains matter-specific.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL DISCOVERY
Continue through adjacent public records.
Related profiles are selected from the same public record set and are not rankings.