BSI (British Standards Institution) is the UK’s national standards body (NSB) and the first national standards body to be created. As an independent organization established by Royal Charter in 1901, BSI plays a crucial role in representing UK economic and societal interests across European and international standards organizations. BSI’s commitment lies in enabling the development of standards needed by industry and society while also safeguarding the environment. BSI publishes around 2,500 standards annually and empowers close to 14,000 standards-makers to influence the standards that matter to them.

Thomas Goodyer, CEng MIMechE, MIAM, CRL, is Head of Strategic Asset Management and Global Lead, Asset Management for WSP. Tom leads WSP’s Strategic Asset Management practice in the UK, working across all industry sectors, and chairs WSP’s global asset management practice, bringing together over 500 professionals to collaborate on international asset management projects. Tom’s career has included projects in many countries, and he recently returned from four years in Chicago, USA.

Tom’s projects include those in the power, aviation, heavy rail, highways and public transit industries, such as the U.K.’s nuclear power station fleet, Heathrow Airport, California High Speed Rail, the iconic King’s Cross St. Pancras London Underground station, improving Chicago’s transit asset management and developing Her Majesty’s Treasury’s policy on making infrastructure spending more efficient. Mr. Goodyer’s background includes working for consultancies, contractors, central government and operational businesses; therefore, working at all phases in the lifecycles of assets.

Lois Appleyard is a Lead Standards Development Manager at BSI. Lois has wide-ranging experience working for a number of different institutions during her career and has worked in a wide range of industries in a number of differing roles including operations management, project management, governance, membership, accreditation, publishing and now standardisation. Lois is responsible for several ISO (International Standards Organisation) committees at BSI one of which is the ISO TC251 Asset Management Committee for which she is Committee Manager.