Mike Harper

Mike Harper is well known in the UK roads industry from his involvement in many roles within the Road Surface Treatment Association (RSTA) over the last 10 years or so, including chairman, director and chief executive at different times. He has also been actively involved in many industry committees and innovation initiatives with the BBA, BSI, National Highways, LCRIG and the DfT.

For 18 years, he was the global business development director and highways lead for the innovative materials business GCP / Stirling Lloyd. Now an independent consultant (Mike Harper Consulting Ltd), Mike works with businesses, large and small, in the UK and around the world in developing products and systems for road safety, asset management and carbon reduction applications.

For the last 18 months, Mike has been working with tier-one global automotive supplier Aisin, helping them develop the RoadTrace system and introduce it to the UK roads market, to utilise connected vehicle data for road safety and asset management applications.

Mike has a particular interest in helping organisations develop innovative ideas into practical new methods of working that can improve safety and drive down costs in the UK roads and civil engineering industries, and then get those systems into the roads market through developing strategic marketing plans with clients. Mike has also been a regular speaker at UK highways events and an occasional contributor to Highways magazine. Outside the office, Mike is a keen cyclist, sailor, hillwalker and writer.