Dr David Giles is currently a Technical Director of Card Geotechnics (CGL) Ltd. He is a graduate of the Portsmouth Polytechnic Engineering Geology and Geotechnics degree with over 40 years’ experience in academia and industry. His experience includes 28 years lecturing and researching in Engineering Geology at the University of Portsmouth. He has also worked at the British Geological Survey and with Mott MacDonald. Dr Giles is an active member of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society of London and a member of Council, a past Chair and an active member of Geological Society Working Parties including UK Geological Hazards, which he chairs and the Engineering Geology and Geomorphology of Glaciated and Periglaciated Terrains.