Barbara Welch is a director at Mace. Joining the Mace graduate scheme in 1997, she spent her first seven years delivering a variety of consultancy and construction management projects across the UK. This breadth of experience was fully utilised when she moved overseas in late 2004, initially based in Asia and then Russia. Until 2017 she was responsible for Mace’s Western Europe and Global Clients businesses.
Originally training as a civil engineer, Barbara has worked in many areas of the construction industry, delivering projects for clients in retail, residential, commercial offices, education, rail, regeneration and leisure sectors. An executive programme at INSEAD Business School in France helped to hone her business skills which she developed further when establishing new businesses for Mace’s operations in Asia.
In 2013 Barbara was awarded “Outstanding Woman in Construction Award” at the UK’s Women in Construction Awards. Judges cited her outstanding career as an inspiration for all women in engineering, property and construction professions. Barbara is a trustee of the Mace Foundation, an alumnus of the Advanced Leadership Award from Royal Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers.
Barbara is passionate about making the property and construction industry more diverse and inclusive. More attractive to join and achieve your full potential; redefining the boundaries of your own ambition. Barbara juggles her career with a busy family life; she has a 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter.
