Introducing Our Interviewees

We conducted interviews with 27 senior leaders across a range of infrastructure sectors, exploring the key challenges that participants face and their priorities and outlook for the future.

Interviews were conducted between September 2022 and February 2023.

List of Biographies

JOHN BENTLEY

MANAGING DIRECTOR J Bentley Consulting Ltd

CLIVE BERRINGTON

GROUP COMMERCIAL AND PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR Network Rail

MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD CLEMENTS CBE

DIRECTOR BASING AND INFRASTRUCTURE British Army

KEITH HOWELLS

PRESIDENT Institution of Civil Engineers

HUW JAMES

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR Network Rail’s Rail Investment Centre of Excellence

SARAH JOHNSON

STRATEGIC ADVISER Major Programmes

TIM JONES

CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND PROJECT DIRECTOR Syrius Consulting

SUE KERSHAW

MANAGING DIRECTOR - TRANSPORTATION Costain

MALCOLM LEWIS

HEAD OF COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS New Hospital Programme

NIALL LINDSAY

HEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE & NORTHERN LINE EXTENSION Battersea Power Station Development Company

AMBROSE MCGUIRE

EUROPE MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT Aecom

PROFESSOR SADIE MORGAN, OBE

FOUNDING DIRECTOR DRMM AND COMMISSIONER FOR THE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION

DOM O’DONNELL

MANAGING DIRECTOR Infrastructure Matters

GRAHAM OLVER

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Luton Rising

MATT PALMER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lower Thames Crossing, National Highways

IAN PARKER

PROGRAMME DELIVERY DIRECTOR East West Rail

GRAEME POWER-HOSKING

PROGRAMME LEAD FUTURE PORT TALBOT Associated British Ports

JADON SILVA

PROCUREMENT & COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Transport for London

DAVID SOUTHALL CBE

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & BOARD CHAIR

PAUL STEIN CBE

CHAIRMAN Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor consortium

RICHARD STUART

ASSET DELIVERY DIRECTOR Yorkshire Water

MARK THURSTON

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER HS2

HANNAH VICKERS

CHIEF OF STAFF Mace

STEPHEN WALLS

HEAD OF PROJECT PERFORMANCE EDF Renewables UK

BEN WHEELDON

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR HS2 EUSTON STATION REDEVELOPMENT Mace

PHIL WILBRAHAM

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Keltbray

MARK WILD OBE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SGN AND FORMER CROSSRAIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Conclusion

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