PJ Rudden

Chair: Innovation and Digital Adoption Sub Group

Construction Sector Group (CSG)

Biography

P J is the Chair of the Construction Sector Innovation and Digital Adoption Sub Group since 2020 at
the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. A former President of Engineers Ireland, He is
Founder of Aengus Consulting, a strategic management consultant in planning, design, and project
management. He is an External Member of the Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board together with 4
other External Members with the Secretary Generals to oversee delivery of the National Planning
Framework and the National Development Plan. He was Director of RPS from 1999 to 2019 who led
the planning and delivery of major public projects across transport, water, energy and the circular
economy. He led the design and adoption of most of Ireland’s waste management regional plans at
county, regional and national level. He served as Director of the EU Commission of the European
Green Capital awards on urban sustainability across the Member States from 2009 to 2019.