Richard Robinson joined SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business as the Chief Executive Officer of UK and Europe in November 2019 and is responsible for leading a team of 10,000 people across multiple sectors including transportation, water, property, aerospace, defence and security. Previously Chief Operating Officer of HS2 and a Director of the HS2 Ltd board, Richard has also held senior leadership roles at AECOM, where he was Chief Executive, Civil Infrastructure, EMEA; as well as BAA Heathrow; Anglo American plc; and ICI. Richard holds a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham, and an MBA from HEC Paris & NYU Stern School of Business, graduating Dean’s List. Richard qualified as a chartered chemical engineer, holds CEng and Eur Eng, is a Sainsbury Management Fellow and a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineering. More recently, Richard is Deputy Co-Chair of the UK Construction Leadership Council, an industry partnership with the UK government to provide sector leadership to the construction industry.