Network Rail Limited is the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain. Network Rail is an "arm's length" public body of the Department for Transport with no shareholders,which reinvests its income in the railways.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) was a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture,Media and Sport,responsible for ensuring the delivery of venues,infrastructure and legacy for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. Together with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG),the ODA was one of the two main agencies that organised the London Olympic Games.
Sir George Iacobescu is the Chairman and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Canary Wharf Group,the London-based owners and developers of the Canary Wharf estate in London Docklands. His successor,Shobi Khan,now runs the group and Sir George Chairs the board. He is one of the most successful Romanian-born businessmen. He is the only Romanian-born person to date to receive a substantive have British knighthood.
The Grayrigg derailment was a fatal railway accident that occurred at approximately 20:15 GMT on 23 February 2007,just to the south of Grayrigg,Cumbria,in the North West England region of the United Kingdom. The accident investigation concluded that the derailment was caused by a faulty set of points on the Down Main running line,controlled from Lambrigg ground frame. The scheduled inspection on 18 February 2007 had not taken place and the faults had gone undetected.
Iain Michael Coucher was the serving Chief Executive of the Atomic Weapons Establishment. He has worked as a consultant in the railway industry and held a number of management posts,most notably serving as the Chief Executive of Network Rail from 2007 to 2010.
Sir David Hartmann Higgins is an Australian-British businessman,the Chairman of United Utilities Group,Chairman of Gatwick Airport,and the former Non-Executive Chairman of High Speed Two (HS2). He was Chief Executive of the London 2012 Summer Olympics Delivery Authority and Network Rail.
Robert James Mair,Baron Mair,is a geotechnical engineer and Emeritus Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering and director of research at the University of Cambridge. He is Head of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC). He was Master of Jesus College,Cambridge,from 2001 to 2011 and a fellow of St John's College,Cambridge,from 1998 to 2001. In 2014 he was elected a vice president of the Institution of Civil Engineers and on 1 November 2017 became the Institution's president for 2017–18,its 200th anniversary year. He was appointed an independent crossbencher in the House of Lords in 2015 and is currently a member of its Select Committee on Science and Technology.
Sir David Evan Naunton Davies is a British electrical engineer and educator,knighted for services to science and technology in the 1994 New Year Honours.
Sir Alan Walter Rudge CBE,FREng,FRS is a British electrical engineer. He was Chairman of the ERA Foundation from its formation until December 2012,after which he was appointed as the Foundation's President. In 2012 he also stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Management of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851,a position he had held for eleven years;he had succeeded Sir Denis Rooke and was himself succeeded by Bernard Taylor.
Peter George Hansford is an English civil engineer. He served as the 146th President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) (2010-2011) and succeeded Paul Morrell as the UK government's chief construction adviser in November 2012.
Sir Horace William Alexander Francis CBE FREng is a British civil engineer.
Adrian Shooter was a British transport executive. He is best known for leading the newly privatised Chiltern Railways between 1996 and 2011,and for founding the Vivarail engineering company in 2012. A lifelong railway enthusiast,he had many other involvements with railways,both commercial and preserved,including the Ffestiniog Railway,the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and his own Beeches Light Railway.
Sir Terence Keith Morgan is a British engineer.
Patrick Joseph A. Dowling,CBE FRS was an Irish engineer and educationalist.
The National Infrastructure Commission is the executive agency responsible for providing expert advice to the UK Government on infrastructure challenges facing the UK.
In 2016 the Women's Engineering Society (WES),in collaboration with the Daily Telegraph,produced an inaugural list of the United Kingdom's Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering,which was published on National Women in Engineering Day on 23 June 2016. The event was so successful it became an annual celebration. The list was instigated by Dawn Bonfield MBE,then Chief Executive of the Women's Engineering Society. In 2019,WES ended its collaboration with the Daily Telegraph and started a new collaboration with The Guardian newspaper.
Professor Tim Broyd is an English civil engineer who was elected the 152nd President of the Institution of Civil Engineers,taking office in November 2016.
Rachel Susan Skinner is a British civil engineer with Canadian-based consultant WSP Global. She was named as one of the Daily Telegraph Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering in 2016 and both the Best Woman Civil Engineer and the Most Distinguished Winner of 2017 at the European Women in Construction and Engineering Awards. Skinner became the youngest ever president of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2020. In 2019,she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng). She was appointed CBE for services to Infrastructure in the 2022 New Year Honours.
Sir Douglas Edwin Oakervee FHKIE is a British civil engineer who is a past chairman of both High Speed 2 and Crossrail,and was the 139th president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was awarded the CBE in 2010 for his contributions to civil engineering and appointed Knight bachelor in 2022 for services to transport and infrastructure delivery.
Sir Joseph Anthony Dwyer was a British civil engineer and businessman. He joined Wimpey in 1955 and spent 44 years with the firm,becoming chief executive officer and chairman.
