Richard Davies

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ABOUT RICHARD DAVIES

Senior infrastructure leader with 19+ years of experience driving client relationship excellence, business growth, and strategic expansion across major infrastructure programmes exceeding £1bn in value. Proven track record of C-suite stakeholder engagement, client portfolio development strategies, and multi-disciplinary project delivery across aviation, rail, and highways sectors. Demonstrated success in building deep client partnerships, expanding service portfolios, and leading complex programmes from strategy through delivery. Expert in fostering inclusive, high performing project cultures whilst championing innovation and continuous improvement in infrastructure delivery.Employment HistoryCurrently the Services and Operations Director within the Arcadis UK & I Mobility (Infrastructure) business delivering project and commercial management services across the highways / rail / aviation sectors in the UK & I. 20••••25Senior Programme Director & Mobility (Infrastructure) PPM Service Lead for UK & I. Led Project and Programme Management services across highways, aviation, and rail sectors. Developed client service strategies for major infrastructure clients whilst providing C-suite strategic advisory on organisational development and operational delivery. Key achievements include developing tailored assessment frameworks with clear capability metrics, serving as strategic opportunity lead for the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), and supporting our aviation delivery partners. As the Global PPM service \'growth\' lead, I drove international business expansion and market development, establishing programme governance methodologies and operational excellence standards that leverage global expertise to strengthen our market position across multiple infrastructure sectors.20••••23 Arcadis Project Director for the £600m HS2 Curzon Street Station.Overarching Stage 1 tender to delivery lead of the Arcadis and WSP team, the core output being a \'route to affordability\'. Served as client relationship owner with Mace Dragados JV, managing strategic partnership alignment whilst leading a multidisciplinary team of 100+ professionals reporting to the JV board. 20••••20Program Director, leading the Terminal 2 redevelop on the £1.2bn Manchester Airport Transformation Programme (MANTP). 20••••17I worked in the UK rail industry from 2006 to 2017. The majority of his experience was as part of the Infrastructure Projects organisation within Network Rail on various high profile building and infrastructure programmes from inception to handover.