Val Lowman OBE, Managing Director, BeOnSite: Bovis Lend Lease

Val has over 20 years experience of the Construction Industry.

For the past twelve years she has created partnerships with the public sector to enable over 10,000 local people with barriers to employment access sustainable construction jobs through employer-led training.

In January 2008, Val launched BeOnsite, a Bovis Lend Lease founded not-for-profit company that directly employs and trains previously unemployed local people including ex-offenders. BeOnsite consolidates and sustains BLL’s collaborative approach to ensure industry gets the skills it needs, individuals get the best chance to sustain their construction careers, meeting the aspirations of Government and the communities in which we work.