Dr Jason Challender, MSc FRICS FAPM FHEA

Jason Challender has acquired 32-years ‘client side’ experience in the UK construction industry and procured numerous successful major construction programmes during this time. He is Director of Estates and Facilities at the University of Salford, member of its Senior Leadership Team and responsible for overseeing a large department of approximately 350 estates- and construction-related staff. Jason is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Bolton and an established author with 11 academic journals and 5 books published in recent years, all of which have been dedicated to his studies around the construction industry. Furthermore, he has previously participated as a book reviewer for Wiley. He has also attended many national construction and institutional conferences as a guest speaker over the years and is a Fellow and Regional Board Director of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Board Director of the North West construction Hub.