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Movers and Shakers in transport and infrastructure – the headlines from February 2018

The Beast from the East has been causing chaos across the country this week and with more snow on the way, it looks like we will be in for a chilly start to March.

But while many have faced a disruptive commute, that didn’t put a stop to the first new Elizabeth Line train test going ahead and being driven through Elizabeth Line tunnels earlier this week – a major milestone for the project.

So who else in transport and infrastructure is in for a major milestone this month? Let’s take a look at the movers and shakers from February.

Network Rail

Chief Executive Mark Carne will retire later this year. He joined Network Rail in January 2014 and will leave later this year, once a new Chief Executive has joined before Control Period 6 commences in April next year.

Canary Wharf Contractors

Cormac MacCrann has stepped down as Managing Director of Canary Wharf Contractors. MacCrann has been with the firm for nearly three decades, specialising in the construction of tall buildings in Canary Wharf.

Affinity Water

National Grid Director of Gas Transmission, Pauline Walsh, will be the new Chief Executive Officer of Affinity Water, taking over from Simon Cocks at the end of April.

Murphy Group

Have appointed Andy Raine as Construction Director on their York Potash project. Andy has extensive experience in major tunnelling projects and joins from Samsung C&T where he has been Project Director for the Samsung Hsin Chong JV in Hong Kong.

Keltbray

Have appointed Peter Burnside, a former Managing Partner at BDO, as its new Financial Director.

Renew Holdings

Tom de la Motte will be joining Renew as Engineering Services Director. He stood down from his role as Infrastructure Managing Director at Galliford Try last year.

TfL

Chris MacLeod has taken on the newly-created role of Customer Director as part of the body’s aim to improve its service for customers. Previously Marketing Director, in his new role MacLeod will also have two newly-created Chief Customer Officers reporting to him with responsibility for different modes of transport.

Agility Alliance

Lawrence Summers takes on the role of JV Director, leading the Agility Alliance formed of J Murphy & Morrison Utility Services to deliver the next phase of development on the Thames Water Infrastructure Alliance.

Southern Water

Richard Price, Southern Water’s Director of Engineering and Construction has concluded his 24-year career with the water company to lead his own business.

WYG

Steve Novis joins as Infrastructure & Built Environment Divisional Director of our Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) team, leaving Atkins where he has been since 1981, most recently as MD of Project and Programme Management.

Simon Marr has also been appointed as Divisional Director to lead its risk and security consultancy business. Marr joins WYG from the BBC where he was Director of Safety, Security and Resilience.

Horizon Nuclear Power

Gwen Parry-Jones has been appointed as Director of Nuclear Operations. She moves from Hinkley developer EDF where she has been Head of Generation.

Gatwick Airport

Have appointed Lesley Hall to the position of Environment, Health, and Safety Director, she joins from Centrica where she was Head of Environment, Health, and Safety for the Merchant Power business.

Bronwen Jones has also been promoted to Development Director. She was previously Head of Development.

RPS

Kevin Kay has joined the Edinburgh office as a Director, he leaves WSP where he was Technical Director. Jamie Connors also joins from WSP as a Director of its London office, he was previously Associate Director.

ScotRail

Angus Thom has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer, having been with the company since 2007 he has been the Engineering Director for the last three years.

UK Power Networks

Philip Heathcote has joined as Bid Director. He moves across from Siemens where he was Sales Director, Rail Systems.

ACE

The Association for Consultancy and Engineering have made four new additions to its advisory board. John Holland-Kaye, Chief Executive of Heathrow; Katrina Hakey, Managing Director, Head of Structured Bonds, Infrastructure and Real Estate at HSBC; Liz Peace formerly Chief Executive of the British Property Federation and Geoffrey Spence, Global Head of Infrastructure, Resources and Energy at Lloyds Bank.

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By Jim Newsom5th March 2018
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Jim Newsom leads our work in construction and infrastructure having worked in executive search since 1998, recruiting for both public and private sector companies in infrastructure, transport, engineering and construction. Prior to forming Newsom Consulting, Jim spent 11 years working for the one of the UK’s largest independently owned executive recruiters and then two years at a boutique search firm. Jim is a graduate in civil engineering from Liverpool University.

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