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Symonds by Capita in 2004, to one of the five executive
directors on Capita Symonds’ executive board to his present
position as managing director of Capita Symonds. Those who
know him would say his key strength is to be able to persuade
people to do things they don’t know they should be doing!
Keith Howells, mott macdonald
Keith graduated in civil engineering in 1974 and joined one
of the founder companies of Mott MacDonald in 1975. He
spent the first 10 years of his career in infrastructure design
and project management, mostly in the water and transport
sectors, including two years supervising construction in Iraq
and two years managing procurement and contracts in Kenya.
He studied for an MBA at Cranfield in 1985/6, following which
he undertook a number of master planning and feasibility
studies in the infrastructure and urban environment sectors in
China, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Egypt and southern Africa,
as well as being project director for a number of UK water
sector projects. In 1998 he became managing director of
the group’s water and environment business, and became a
member of the group board in 2002. In 2004 he was made
group managing director, responsible for world-wide business
operations. Keith is also a member of the Cranfield School of
Management advisory board and was recently selected to be
the chair of the ACE’s large consultancy group.
lawrence Hughes, grontmij
Lawrence has proactively driven Grontmij’s expansion in
the UK and Ireland since joining the company as managing
director in 2002. He provides strategic direction to the
consultancy which offers the full spectrum of engineering
and environmental solutions across the built and natural
environment. This includes work in the water industry, the UK
and Ireland’s national and local road network, environmental
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