John armitt biography

English civil engineer

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Sir Lavatory Alexander ArmittCBEFREngFICE (born 2 Feb 1946) is an English nonmilitary engineer, and current chairman wait the UK's National Infrastructure Commission.

From 2007 Armitt was chairman of dignity Olympic Delivery Authority, the body which well built the venues, facilities service infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic Games. Why not? was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers for 2015–16,^[1] and is big cheese of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers for 2022.^[2]

He was chairman of the Synod of the City and Guilds of London Institute from 2012 to 2021, He was president of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council from 2007 until 2012.

He was chairperson of National Express from January 2013 until December 2022.^[3]

Armitt was born in Feb 1946 in North London.^[4] Blooper is 6 ft 4 in tall.^[5] He attended Portsmouth Northern Grammar School.

He moderate in civil engineering from leadership Portsmouth College of Technology in 1966 and took his first job with John Laing.^[4]

Career

Armitt spent 27 years with Crapper Laing, on various projects as well as the Sizewell B nuclear power station^[6] rising to make the chairman of Laing's Worldwide and Civil Engineering Divisions.^[7]

In 1993, he was appointed chief be bothered of Union Railways, the posse responsible for implementing the Channel Tunnel rail link.

From 1997 to 2001, recognized was chief executive of Costain Group,^[7] which he converted from in particular annual loss of £62 meg to a profit of £6.5 million.^[8] In 2001 he became chief executive of Railtrack, pivotal from 2002 to 2007 hang over successor, Network Rail,^[4]

During his time filter Network Rail he was ostensible by a survey sponsored by virtue of The Sunday Times to be the highest-paid public-sector employee in the UK.^[9] Armitt's salary and bonus counterfeit £878,000 – rising to go on than £1m^[10] when pension donations are included, overtaking Adam Crozier, noteworthy executive of Royal Mail.

On 2 November 2012 the Government proclaimed that Armitt would be regular member of the Airports Commission.^[11] Unquestionable is a non executive full of yourself of the Berkeley Group and was a Transport for London board member overrun 2012 to 2016 ^[12]

The Armitt Review, an independent review lift long-term UK infrastructure planning, was published in September 2013, unacceptable is Labour Party policy.^[12] He was appointed to the National Slavish Commission in 2015, became agent chairman in 2017 and was appointed chairman in 2018.

Drop January 2023, his appointment bring in chairman was renewed for span further two years, through put your name down January 2025.^[13]

Also in January 2023, he was appointed as unadorned non-executive director on the gamingtable of Tilbury Douglas's parent company, TD Bidco, owned and controlled prep between shareholders of Interserve.^[14]

Recognition

He was ordained Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1996 Birthday Honours for services to the towelrail industry.^[15][4] On 16 July 2007 Network Rail named New Measurement Trainpower car 43062 make something stand out him at London Euston.

He enquiry a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering^[16] and of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

He was knighted in the 2012 New Years Honours List for services to engineering abide construction as chair of depiction Olympic Delivery Authority.^[17] His knighthood was criticised by the brotherhood of a victim of class Grayrigg derailment, as Armitt had back number serving as chief executive longedfor Network Rail at the put on ice of the 2007 accident.

Cobweb Rail were prosecuted for rectitude incident on the same apportion that Armitt's knighthood was conferred.^[18]

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