Broyd was born in Carshalton in Surrey, grew up in Wallington and Addington and went to Trinity School, in Shirley.
[1] After leaving Trinity School, he went to the University of Birmingham to study science and civil engineering, completing a PhD in 1979.
[3] He is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the ICE, a Vice Chairman of the Construction Industry Council[4] and a director of BuildingSMART (UK) Ltd and CEEQUAL Limited.
[3][2] He was formally elected as the President of the ICE in December 2015, succeeding Sir John Armitt in November 2016.
[5] He married his wife Ros at St Mary's Church in Addington in 1979, and has lived in Warlingham since the 1990s.