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Executive Team

Meet the multidisciplinary team providing strategic, scientific, administrative and community-engagement leadership for Construction Business and Project Management.

Leadership With Purpose

Connecting expertise to construction impact.

CBPM brings together experienced academics, researchers, professionals and community leaders committed to knowledge exchange, research excellence, professional collaboration and responsible advancement of the built environment.

The Executive Team provides direction across governance, scientific coordination, administration, professional engagement and strategic development.

CBPM Leadership

Meet the Executive Team

A network of complementary expertise supporting credible conferences, meaningful collaboration and lasting knowledge impact.

Professor Abimbola Olukemi Windapo
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Chairperson

Professor Abimbola Olukemi Windapo

Professor of Construction Management at the University of Cape Town. Her career spans industry and academia, with professional registration in construction project management and building practice. Her research and leadership focus on construction industry development, organisational and project performance, health and safety, sustainable and resilient delivery, and construction business and project management.

Associate Professor Nnedinma Umeokafor
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Head of Scientific Committee

Associate Professor Nnedinma Umeokafor

Associate Professor (Reader) in Project and Safety Innovations at the University of Greenwich, UK. Their expertise includes construction and project management, occupational health and safety, wellbeing and construction law. They are research-active, have secured major research funding, published 100+ outputs, contribute to journal editorial work and serve on professional and academic panels.

Professor Justus Ngala Agumba
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Co-Head of Scientific Committee

Professor Justus Ngala Agumba

Professor in Building Sciences at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, and leader of the CETA Research Chair in Digital Construction Skills. His research connects construction health and safety, labour productivity and digital transformation, with particular emphasis on digital skills, BIM, drones, digital project tracking, competency development and Fourth Industrial Revolution readiness.

Mr. Darmarajan (Norman) Chinasamy
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Secretary

Mr. Darmarajan (Norman) Chinasamy

MPhil candidate and Research Assistant at the University of Cape Town. His work focuses on sustainable construction, affordable housing, environmental performance, alternative building technologies and life-cycle assessment. His emerging research also explores Generative AI and BIM for early-stage infrastructure cost estimating, including comparative governance and practice perspectives.

Professor Modupe Cecilia Mewomo
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Executive Member

Professor Modupe Cecilia Mewomo

She is an Associate Professor of Construction Science and Management, Department of Engineering Technology, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, USA. Her research focuses on construction contracts, procurement, dispute resolution, construction management, and quantity surveying, while more recent work has expanded substantially into sustainable construction, digitalisation, smart buildings, BIM, construction technology, resilience, health and safety, and sustainable built environments.

Associate Professor Iruka Chijindu Anugwoo
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Executive Member

Associate Professor Iruka Chijindu Anugwoo

Construction management academic at Durban University of Technology whose work spans project management, emerging technologies, digitalisation, entrepreneurship, innovation, infrastructure development, environmental assessment, procurement feasibility and human-capital development. His recent scholarship includes Industry 4.0 approaches to construction health and safety and sustainable construction materials adoption.

Dr Chikezirim Okorafor
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Executive Member

Dr Chikezirim Okorafor

Built-environment academic at Durban University of Technology with more than 18 years of combined academic and industry experience. His research focuses strongly on sustainable built environments, low-carbon buildings, circular construction, energy efficiency and building retrofit, alongside construction project delivery, supply chains, waste management and health and safety.

Dr Kehinde Alade
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Executive Member

Dr Kehinde Alade

Lecturer in Project Management Technology at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, with academic training in architecture and construction management and a PhD from the University of Cape Town. His research focuses on construction business and project leadership, organisational capability and leadership for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, alongside project management and sustainable construction.

Dr Steve (Ngoy) Kabemba
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Executive Member

Dr Steve (Ngoy) Kabemba

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Construction Economics and Management at the University of Cape Town. His research focuses on sustainable and alternative building technologies, carbon reduction, construction costs and housing sustainability in Africa. His wider interests include BIM, blockchain, construction risk management, carbon and cost assessment and construction innovation.

Ms. Lee-Candy Moses
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External and Community Engagement Lead

Ms. Lee-Candy Moses

Experienced educational facilitator with nearly 20 years of experience in training and development across public and private sectors. She has contributed to local, national and international volunteer initiatives and leadership programmes, with particular passion for youth empowerment, education, community engagement and helping people develop their potential.

One Network. Shared Purpose.

Knowledge, leadership and collaboration for a better built environment.

CBPM seeks to connect research with practice and strengthen the people and ideas shaping resilient, sustainable and innovative construction and project management.