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Prior to that he was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment where he worked as a member of the three-man Ministerial Team on the privatisation of the water industry.

He was Chairman of the UK Renewable Energy Advisory Group and was the first President of the British Wind Energy Association. A former Director of Rowan Companies Inc. for nineteen years, he was Executive Chairman of Consort Resources and then Executive Chairman of Clipper Windpower Europe.

Andy was appointed CEO of Amey in 2016 and successfully navigated the business through a period of transition that included growing the strategic infrastructure business, securing significant contracts and fully establishing the Complex Facilities business from the defence joint venture.

Andy also successfully navigated the business through a difficult dispute leading to the exit of the Birmingham PFI highways contract and an overall restructure to improve efficiency within the business.

In August 2020, Andy was appointed Chairman of Matrix Networks, an independent multi-utility infrastructure provider.

Before joining Amey in 1999, Andrew spent five years in corporate finance with Robert Fleming and a further five years with London Electricity post privatisation and through two changes of owner.

Andrew is a non-executive Director of Altro Group, a Trustee of Student Minds and Treasurer of the Kandahar Ski Club. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from Exeter University.

She is responsible for managing the Legal, Corporate Services and Risk Management functions.

As part of the executive team, he also led the Company’s global business units and numerous business functions. 

During his time at Weatherford he was on the boards of Proserv, Borets International and Axon Energy Products. 

Nick started his career with BP as a petroleum engineer and subsequently worked for Petroline Wellsystems and Global Marine Drilling. Earlier in his career he established and developed companies and technologies in the energy sector, during which time he was also Chairman of an AIM listed renewable fuels company.

Nick holds an MBA with distinction from Warwick Business School and a BSc in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham.

Mark has worked on a significant number of transactions in the energy sector with conglomerates, independents and many other private and public businesses.

Before joining OEP, Mark worked at Marble Bar Asset Management, Clipper Windpower Plc and Morgan Stanley. Mark qualified as a chartered accountant at Andersen in the Energy and Resources group.

Mark was a member of the British Olympic Association Audit Committee. He holds a BSc in Chemistry from Bath University.

Joe also led business development at Clipper Windpower until the business was sold to United Technologies. He was an equity analyst in Morgan Stanley’s industrial team and spent six years in Deloitte’s energy & resources group.

Joe is a chartered accountant, has a master’s degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and was an officer in the British Army’s Royal Engineers.

Ante is a member of the Board of Directors of Dragonfly Financial Technologies, Orion, W. W. Williams, and Infobip, a Board observer at Allegro, and has previously been a member of the Board of Directors of Rizing, Inertech, and Voltyre.

Prior to joining OEP, Ante worked in the Investment Banking division of NM Rothschild & Sons in London where he focused on the consumer goods and retail industries.

Prior to joining OEP, Mr. Lawrie worked in the Investment Banking division of Barclays in New York where he focused on capital markets transactions in the financial sector.

Mr. Lawrie received his B.S. in Finance from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. with a double major in Finance and Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Before becoming an advisor, he spent twenty years as a senior investment professional at OEP and Certares. He was active in these firms’ industrial, travel industry, technology and healthcare investments.

Peter was named Wealth Management CEO of the Year in 2019 by Private Wealth Management ( PWM) and Citi Private Bank was named Best PB in the world for 2 years running in 2018 and 2019.

Peter is currently a Senior Partner of the Nexus Luxury Collection, based in Albany Bahamas, Chairman of the Board of Sterling Bank and Trust, Bahamas, a member of the Board of Avaloq Group based in Zurich, and a Senior Advisor to both One Equity Partners and UST Global.

Peter is married to his wife Jennifer and they have 2 children and are based in the Bahamas.

Peter studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University and was educated at Tonbridge School, Kent.

Andy grew Consulting to be one of the leading engineering and technical consultancies in the UK, as well as taking Amey onto three further continents (with contracts in Australia, Qatar and the United States) and winning the Sheffield PFI contract.

He also increased the portfolio of the Consulting Business to include Highways and Rail from 2009.

Andy was appointed CEO of Amey in early 2016 and successfully navigated the business through a period of transition that included growing the strategic infrastructure business - winning Wales and Borders and the TransPennine contracts - and fully establishing the secure infrastructure business from the defence joint venture.

Andy also successfully navigated the business through a difficult dispute leading to the exit of the Birmingham PFI and an overall restructure to improve efficiency within the business.

Andrew is responsible for financial matters and strategy in a complex public sector contracting environment. He also oversees the company’s treasury, pensions, IT, insurance and property functions.

He plays a key role in Amey’s acquisitions and disposals. He also has experience in debt financing, restructuring and creating strategic value through public-private partnerships (PPPs) for the delivery of public services and infrastructure.

Prior to joining Amey, Andrew spent five years in corporate finance with the investment bank Robert Fleming and a further five years with London Electricity, post-privatisation and through two changes of ownership.

In addition to his board position at Amey, Andrew is a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of Altro Group and a trustee of Student Minds. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a degree in Engineering from Exeter University.

Jayne qualified as a solicitor in 2003, specialising in project finance. Jayne then worked at Eversheds and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where she worked on complex infrastructure projects and leveraged finance transactions.

During her early years at Amey, Jayne focussed on the origination of a number of Amey’s waste treatment and highways infrastructure projects. She advised on the leveraging of Amey’s investment portfolio in addition to a number of finance and M&A projects. In her role as General Counsel, Jayne leads the Legal and Corporate Services team, advising the business on all legal and corporate governance matters. Jayne has led the team on complex litigation and key M&A opportunities. She has also facilitated a closer relationship between the commercial, risk and legal functions.

Jayne is passionate about continuous improvement, learning from prior experiences and improving Amey’s risk and contract management. She is also a keen advocate of personal development, always looking for opportunities to enable others to reach their maximum potential.

Peter joined Amey in 2020 and is a member of the executive committee.

He is a highly experienced strategic business leader, determined to drive forward sustainable solutions in the infrastructure sector. He has a strong track record of delivering business transformation and improving productivity, capacity, efficiency and safety performance.

A chartered civil engineer, Peter has a wealth of experience running large infrastructure businesses within the rail, highways and utilities sectors, both within the UK and internationally. In all these roles he has demonstrated his skill and passion for building and developing high- performing teams, achieving long-lasting change and delivering world class services. He places great emphasis on enhancing customer and stakeholder relationships as a key enabler to improving performance.

As MD for our Transport Infrastructure business Peter is delivering critical infrastructure for clients, such as Network Rail, National Highways, Transport Scotland and Transport for Wales, and helping them achieve their ambitious energy transition and Net Zero targets.

Alex’s previous roles have seen him gain invaluable knowledge across the sector, with experience leading and developing teams of specialists; developing annual budgets; project management; and client relationship management.

He began life at Amey as an Associate Director for the South East, where he took responsibility for the operation of Amey Consulting, including client management, P&L and business expansion for professional services. Since then, Alex has delivered on a number of high-profile projects, including the Hammersmith Flyover Phase 1 Strengthening project, in advance of the Queen’s Jubilee and the 2012 Olympic, and the Kent County Council Professional Services Contract. Following this, Alex has fulfilled roles as Business Director responsible for the Highways & Airports Consultancy business across England, Wales and N Ireland, which has seen him gain in successfully growing business.

In his role as Managing Director of Amey Consulting, Alex is responsible for the overall strategy and business sustainability, focusing on key three areas; the growth of the business, the Amey Consulting brand; and, a particular focus on safety. His key motivations is ensuring the development of the Consulting business, to better support the wider Amey business and continue to deliver innovative, practical solutions.

He is a collaborative leader, who has a wealth of experience in financial and commercial management, mergers and acquisitions and change management within the facilities management and utilities sectors.

Craig is responsible for facilities management, asset management, engineering and project services, defence contracts, and the portfolio of justice and public estates. Under his strategic direction, Amey’s Complex Facilities services have already delivered some impressive transformation programmes, business performance and growth.

Prior to his appointment at Amey, Craig was a managing director at Balfour Beatty and Alfred McAlpine. Between 2004 and 2019, he also held two chief executive officer and finance director positions. These culminated in several successful, high-profile joint ventures, which brought about positive growth and reduced risk.

Craig holds a degree in French Studies from The University of Manchester; an accounting diploma from The University of Strathclyde; and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS).

As a chartered civil engineer, John’s impressive career spans nearly 30 years. He has a wealth of experience in infrastructure, transport and outsourcing markets, managing strategy, corporate development, operational improvement and business change.

John has highly effective leadership skills and is well-versed in senior executive management. He has a deep understanding of strategy, business planning and mergers and acquisitions, coupled with the innate ability to create consensus, resolve disputes, bring people together, and build collaboration between teams.

In his role as Chief Operating Officer and a member of the executive committee, John is focused on business growth and works with shareholders to drive more informed asset management and infrastructure planning to enhance our capabilities with new and existing customers.

Prior to joining Amey, John held Board Advisory roles and senior positions in the UK government, including the Department for Transport, Prime Minister’s Deliver Unit and National Highways.

John gained a degree in civil engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and was awarded the title of Chartered Engineer from the Institution of Civil Engineers.

He has responsibility for ensuring people policies and practices are aligned to Amey’s purpose, priorities and values; to bring out the best in people and to look after each other.

Under his leadership, Amey has been recognised for its progressive people policies such as an HR Excellence Award for the equality, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) Strategy. Also, Amey currently holds Investors in People double gold accreditation, placing it among a small minority of highly rated organisations.

Prior to joining Amey in 2013, Michael held several senior positions within the public and private sector organisations and was an HR Director for over 10 years. He has also been integral to numerous large-scale projects, acquisitions and integrations.

Michael is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and holds an MBA in Business Administration from Brunel University. He is also a trained executive coach (Ashridge Hult International Business School); a workplace mediator (ACAS); and a mentor (Soldiers’, Sailors’, and Airmen’s Families Association (SSAFA)).

Kelvin has over 20 years’ commercial experience across several government outsourcing sectors, such as defence, transport, local government, utilities, environmental and general infrastructure, including private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnerships (PPP) in global markets.

In his role as Chief Commercial Officer and a member of the executive committee, Kelvin is responsible for Amey’s central commercial team and oversees the commercial function across all service divisions to cement consistency in our approach to commercial matters. It includes providing support and guidance to our work-winning teams to deliver business growth.

Prior rejoining Amey, where he previously worked for 17 years, Kelvin was Group Commercial Director at Serco.

Kelvin holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Commercial Management and a Bachelor of Law degree. He has also completed the Legal Practice Course.

With over 20 years’ experience in journalism, media relations, public relations and corporate communications, Laura has a significant track record in leading change, articulating strategic direction and helping to transform business culture.

In her role as Group Director of Marketing and Communications at Amey, Laura directs and defines internal and external marketing communications across the UK. She supports business growth by effectively positioning Amey for new business possibilities and assisting with the marketing of the company’s goods and services. Internally, she is responsible for maximising employee engagement and driving behavioural change.

Prior to joining Amey, Laura worked in a variety of high-profile private and public environments, advising senior politicians and business executives on strategic communication, engagement and reputation management.

Laura holds a master’s degree in History and a postgraduate qualification in Journalism. She is also a fellow of The RSA (The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), which helps to shape ideas into world-changing actions.