Better planning makes better projects
Biography
Simon is the Head of Planning for the High Speed Two [HS2] programme. He is responsible for the effective planning capability and maturity across all areas of the business as well as a planning community that spans across multiple organisations all working together to deliver Europe’s largest infrastructure programme.
Prior to joining HS2 Simon was Head of Planning at Transport for London [TfL] where he was responsible for planning within capital projects across all transport modes, London Underground, Overground, Streets etc. across a varied portfolio of projects including; Rail, Heavy Engineering, Vehicles, Power & Communications, Signalling, Software, IT, People and Business Change. He was also heavily involved in planning and controls career development, including direct responsibility for the TfL planning apprenticeship.
Initially working in the steel industry doing mechanical design and visualisation, Simon moved his focus to project management and planning in the rail and infrastructure sector and has worked on projects including the Victoria Line Upgrade.
Simon is an active member of the APM and is Vice Chairman of the APM Specific Interest Group for Planning, Monitoring and Control SIG and co-author of the upcoming APM handbook on Planning Monitoring & Controls.