Professor George Hazel OBE BSc MSc PhD CEng FICE FCIT FIHT Immediate Past President 2003-2004

Professor Hazel is Managing Director of McLean Hazel Ltd, a consultancy specialising in providing transport advice, concepts and solutions for the public and private sectors. He is a visiting Professor at the Robert Gordon University, Chair of the Urban Areas Committee(C10) of PIARC/ the World Roads Congress and transport advisor to the Beacon Council’s scheme within DTLR.

Previously he was Professor of Transport Policy at the Centre for Transport Policy where he looked after the consultancy business. From 1996 to 1999 he was Director of City Development for the City of Edinburgh Council, responsible for planning, economic development, transportation and property. The Department had a staff of 1200 which included a roads maintenance DLO. From 1993 to 1996 he was Director of Transportation for Lothian Regional Council, again with a staff of 1200, including a roads maintenance DLO. During these two periods Professor Hazel worked with Professor David Begg who was Chair of Transport for the Council.

Together they introduced many interesting new initiatives including Greenways bus priority, the first car-free development in the UK, the first community car club in the UK and the reallocation of space back to people in areas such as the Royal Mile in Edinburgh's Old Town.

From 1989 to 1993 he was a main board Director with TPA (now Oscar Faber) where he was responsible for Scotland. Under his direction the business grew from an almost zero base to one of the largest in Scotland with a fee income of around £1 million per annum.

From 1979 to 1989, he joined Napier University as a transport specialist. Under his guidance the Department of Civil Engineering became the largest centre of transport research expertise in Scotland and one of the most important in the UK. In 1986 he was made Head of Department and in 1987 became the first Professor of Transportation in Scotland.

His initial training, following graduation was in Local Government where he worked from 1971 to 1979.

Professor Hazel graduated in 1971 in Civil Engineering from Heriot Watt University; he remains a Chartered Civil Engineer. He also holds an MSc in Transportation and a PhD in the traffic impact of large retail developments.

He lists his hobbies as restoring vintage cars, golf, skiing and travel. He has a wife, who is a physiotherapist, and three children: Anna, Jennifer and Andrew.