TRUSTEES | blbf

Our Trustees

The Fund is governed and managed by a group of Trustees. Initially there were three Trustees, each representing a stage in Brian’s life:

Gordon Porter, a transport engineer and a Divisional Director with consultant Mott MacDonald who had met Brian when they were both studying Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol; they remained close friends until Brian’s death
David Bayliss, who as Chief Transport Planner at the Greater London Council had guided Brian’s development as a transport planner
Martin Richards, Managing Director of The MVA Group, a colleague of Brian’s since 1975.

There are now five Trustees:

Nick Dybeck, Brian’s nephew, who retired from H W Martin Safety Fencing Ltd in 2020.
Dougie McDonald, who worked for MVA for 25 years from 1989, the year that Brian died. Dougie is a past Chair of the Professional Standards Committee that oversees the Transport Planning Professional accreditation and he retired from Stantec UK Ltd in 2025.
Martin Richards OBE, who retired from MVA in 2000 and has since been deeply involved in the education, training and professional recognition of transport planners.
Mick Roberts, who, like Brian, was a Director of The MVA Group, having been responsible for MVA’s UK business for many years. Mick retired in 2011.
Tom Van Vuren MBE, who started his own modelling and analytics business in 2023 having previously worked for a number of consultancies. He is the current Chair of the Professional Standards Committee that oversees the Transport Planning Professional accreditation.

Martin is the Fund’s Administrator and Nick is the Treasurer.