Professor Paul Olomolaiye

Professor Paul Olomolaiye is a Professor of Construction Engineering and Management and currently Executive Dean for the Faculty of Environment and Technology at UWE Bristol. He holds a PhD degree in Civil Engineering from Loughborough University and gained his Chair in 1999. He worked briefly on a World Bank Project on completion of his PhD and progressed through academia at the University of Wolverhampton. As the Dean of the School of Engineering and the Built Environment (SEBE) at the University of Wolverhampton from 2001-2009, Professor Olomolaiye achieved significant year on year business growth through a motivating and vision-driven leadership.

Professor Olomolaiye faculty leads the regeneration drive aimed at advancing products and business practices of more than 3000 engineering companies in northern Birmingham. Through three major clusters, funds in excess of £10 million from private sector, government and the European Union have been attracted to execute applied research projects, which have helped to define Wolverhampton University as the regional leader in business interaction with SMES. Professor Olomolaiye has built on this reputation and secured more than £5 million to set up the West Midlands Centre for Construction Excellence (WMCCE) to enable 400 construction and building technology-related firms to engage with regeneration activities across the region. With well published and ongoing research and active knowledge transfer initiatives, he has developed specific expertise in productivity and performance enhancement strategies to the benefit of a number of governments, agencies, charities, companies and institutions worldwide. He is community-active in various charitable organisations.