David’s path has been firmly rooted in the transport sector. From 2021 to 2024, he served as the Director General for Rail Infrastructure Group at the Department for Transport. In this role, he provided leadership and oversight for DfT’s portfolio of major rail investment projects. Before DfT, he held the position of Strategy and Programme Director at Transport for the North.

But David’s passion for transport goes back even further. He spent 15 years at Transport for London, where he led the development and planning of major rail infrastructure projects, including iconic ones like Crossrail and the Northern Line Extension. Additionally, he played a key role in upgrades across the London Underground network.

Prior to joining EWR Co., David has been at Arup as the Major Programmes Director. There, he focused on supporting and accelerating the delivery of significant national infrastructure and strategic change programmes.

One of Nick’s role in BB is to lead and share all technical and engineering good practice, lessons learnt & innovations in civil engineering in Major Projects & Highways across BB Group and wider industry. Nick is passionate about integrating design and engineering and utilising digital technologies to achieve the best overall solution for all. A chartered engineer and Fellow of the ICE with nearly 40 years of experience in civil engineering infrastructure at all stages of a project.

BB are founder members of i3P, the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Forum which is leading the way in collaboration across the whole industry. Nick is the Balfour Beatty representative since the early days at Crossrail as part of the Innovate18 industry initiative.

Guy was appointed Chief Executive Officer at Energy Systems Catapult, the innovation business, in June 2022. Guy joined ESC in 2018 as Director of Strategy after working as an energy and political adviser to two UK Government Secretaries of State; Greg Clark and Amber Rudd. In Government, he was involved in many key decisions, including closing the UK’s coal-fired power stations, greater independence for the electricity system operator, and as an architect of the Clean Growth Strategy.

Before joining Government, he was Head of Policy at the challenger energy supplier, OVO Energy and Head of Environment and Energy at the influential think tank, Policy Exchange. He was previously a journalist, including three years as a foreign correspondent in Hong Kong for the international newswire, AFP. He is a non-executive director with UK100, a charity campaigning for greater environmental action by local authorities. He lives in Enfield, with his wife and two children.

Director and innovation professional with 25 years’ experience in the UK infrastructure industry with specialisms in systems thinking, digital, corporate venture capital, process and platforms. UK expert in the BSI, CEN and ISO innovation management standards committees contributing to ISO 56001:2024 and related suite of standards. Delivering innovation management advice for clients worldwide on Gigi projects, government departments and SME companies.