Mark Wild

Non-Executive Director

Mark Wild OBE FREng has more than 35 years of experience leading complex and critical infrastructure programmes. An engineer by trade, he has led projects in the public and private sector with a proven track record in numerous international jurisdictions. Mark is the former Managing Director of Westinghouse Signals and CEO of Public Transport Victoria in Australia. After a period as Managing Director for the London Underground, Mark assumed the CEO role at Crossrail Ltd, successfully delivering the Elizabeth Line in May 2022. In May 2024, Mark was appointed CEO of HS2 Ltd to lead the completion of Britain’s biggest infrastructure programme.

Mark graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic in 1987 with a BSc Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He later received an MBA with distinction from the University of Leeds in 1997.

Mark is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). In 2023, Mark received an OBE in New Year Honours for services to public transport and was made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Latest news

Press Releases

12 Dec 2024

AWE launches Prior Information Notice to begin market engagement for its Future Materials Campus programme

AWE has announced the launch of a Prior Information Notice (PIN) for construction supply chain support required to deliver its Future Material Campus (FMC) programme.

Homepage

9 Dec 2024

AWE presented with Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award

AWE joins an exclusive club of fewer than 200 organisations that have been recognised by the UK Government with the highest badge of honour for supporting the Armed Forces community.

Unlocking construction’s transformative potential

Delivering the facilities that will make up the Future Materials Campus (FMC) is an incredibly complex project with a huge range of interdependencies and competing demands, spanning outcomes, timing, development and budget pressures.