Neal Butterworth

Director

Neal joined DFC in 2015 and brings over 20 years’ of experience in fire engineering to the team. Neal’s key strengths are his ingenuity, quality of thinking and the ability to form strong team working relationships. He prides himself on his continuous acquisition of technical knowledge, which enables him to deliver practical, high value solutions for his clients. In this regard, he has a proven track record across sectors, project stages and fire engineering specialisms both nationally and internationally.

Neal is internationally recognised within the fire engineering community. His active engagement with the Institution of Fire Engineers, industry and academia ensures that he leads industry standards and he is able to deliver state of the art technologies and methodologies.

Selected innovative project solutions include: Sky Building 2 which uses entirely open escape stairs; Sky Health and Fitness Centre which adopts exposed mass timber construction; and both ‘The Scalpel’ (52 Lime Street) and the London 2012 Olympic Stadium which required innovative structural fire engineering assessment methodologies.

Qualifications: MPhil, CEng, MIFireE, Bond Solon (CUBS) certified

Experience: 26 years

Specialist Expertise: Fire Engineering Design, Structural Fire Engineering, Fire Regulation

Our Team

Francesca Ravenhill

Francesca Ravenhill

Associate

Agboola Ogunleye

Agboola Ogunleye

Engineer

Sarah Forbes

Sarah Forbes

Business Support

Roy Little

Roy Little

Associate Director

Matt Whitehead

Matt Whitehead

Associate

Stuart Crick

Stuart Crick

Associate

Nick Swailes

Nick Swailes

Senior Associate

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Rachel Ho

Graduate Engineer

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Malachi Fearnhead

Apprentice

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Muneeb Kazmi

Graduate Engineer

Lindsey Waterworth

Lindsey Waterworth

Personal Assistant to Directors

Stephen Murphy

Stephen Murphy

Associate

George Wood

George Wood

Associate

Gareth Ainley

Gareth Ainley

Senior Associate

Weimiao Lu

Weimiao Lu

Senior Engineer

James Mawdsley

James Mawdsley

Associate

Ross Barritt-Mehta

Ross Barritt-Mehta

Senior Engineer

Florian Block

Florian Block

Associate Director

Iain Macfarlane

Iain Macfarlane

Director

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Shrey Shekhar

Engineer

Waqas Haider

Waqas Haider

Engineer

Adeyanju Oluwa

Adeyanju Oluwa

Engineer

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Akshay Rathee

Graduate Engineer

Mussain Musafar

Mussain Musafar

Graduate Engineer

Jonny Joinson

Jonny Joinson

Director

Iolanda Del Prete

Iolanda Del Prete

Associate

Neal Butterworth

Neal Butterworth

Director

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Charlotte Lunla-Pickup

Business Support

Thomas Clarke

Thomas Clarke

Engineer

Parina Patel

Parina Patel

Associate

Merl Forrer

Merl Forrer

Senior Associate

Gretchen Xie

Gretchen Xie

Graduate Engineer

Fergus Hamilton-Blackett

Fergus Hamilton-Blackett

Engineer

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Ekaterina Krasnova

Graduate Engineer

James O’Hanlon

James O’Hanlon

Associate

Aman Vora

Aman Vora

Graduate Engineer

Max Cox

Max Cox

Graduate Engineer

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Shiban Fayaz Ahmed

Graduate Engineer

Gemma Grant

Gemma Grant

Associate

Eoghan Given

Eoghan Given

Associate

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Nikki Monaghan

Human Resources

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Nandakishore Murali

Graduate Engineer

Tina Iacono

Tina Iacono

Business Support

Aswathi Prakesh

Aswathi Prakesh

Graduate Engineer

Andy Caba

Andy Caba

Graduate Engineer

Iris Chang

Iris Chang

Associate

Lisa Hetherington

Lisa Hetherington

Business Support

Adam Monaghan

Adam Monaghan

Director

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Nabila Rahman

Graduate Engineer

Faith Ojomo

Faith Ojomo

Apprentice

Anna Powell

Anna Powell

Business Support

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