Our leadership

As President and CEO, he is responsible for reviewing the strategic direction of the Company on an expedited basis and in developing a plan for sustainable success that de-risks and simplifies the company’s business model and generates consistent earnings and cash flow.

Before being appointed to his current role, Mr. Edwards was named Chief Operating Officer (COO) in January 2019 where he has taken the lead in executing the initiative to simplify, focus, and grow the business and implemented numerous measures to improve the operational performance of the company, ensuring that the efficiency and project oversight measures are being successfully executed.

Mr. Edwards joined AtkinsRéalis in 2014 and was later appointed President, Infrastructure in 2015. As President, Infrastructure, he led employees within AtkinsRéalis’ global Infrastructure business and oversaw the successful turnaround and transformation of the sector.

Prior to joining AtkinsRéalis, he spent six years in senior roles with the Leighton Group, where as Managing Director, Leighton Asia, India and Offshore, he led a diverse business of 20,000 employees spanning the construction, infrastructure, oil and gas and mining sectors in 14 countries.

Mr. Edwards holds Higher and Ordinary Certificates in Civil Engineering from Lancashire University in the United Kingdom. He is an incorporated Member of the Chartered Institute of Building, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.

Mr. Young has significant private company board and board leadership experience during the past 20 years, including a number of European and US based companies.

Mr. Young began his career as a chemical engineer at Imperial Oil before transitioning into management consulting as a partner in Bain & Company’s European practice from 1981 to 1988. He was a founding partner of the Westbourne Management Group in 1988, a business focused on turnaround management opportunities. He would later become co-founder and partner of Boston-based private equity firm Monitor Clipper Partners, a mid-market private equity firm with over $2 billion invested in 45 portfolio companies in North America and Western Europe, from 1996 to 2018.

Mr. Young holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University and a MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School. He was the former Chair of Queen’s University’s Board of Trustees and has been Chairman Emeritus since 2012.

Mr. Baughman is President of Back Tee Sports, LLC a global event management company. He is a corporate director of American Equipment Company, Inc. (AMECO), a provider of heavy equipment, tools, vehicles and construction support services and AGS Construction, a construction services company. He is also an operating partner for Crescendo Capital Partners, a private equity firm, and a consultant in an organizational development consultancy practice that delivers a platform called The Collaborative Way.

Mr. Baughman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Clemson University. He obtained his National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) directorship certification in December 2020.

Ms. Bell is a director of Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications inc. She is a former director of mdf commerce inc., NAV Canada, Énergir Inc./Valener Inc. and Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust. In addition to these public company memberships, Ms. Bell is a director of the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations (IGOPP) and chairs its audit committee. She served as director of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) from 2002 to 2017 and chaired its board from 2012 to 2017. Ms. Bell has been also actively involved in the community. She is a former director of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, the International Women’s Forum of Canada, the Quebec Council on Science and Technology, Centraide du Grand Montréal and Women’s Y of Montreal.

Ms. Bell holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal and a Master of Science degree from the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), for which she also served as chair of the board from 2012 to 2017. She also completed the corporate governance certification from the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés.

Mr. Clark is a director of the boards of directors of Air Canada and Loblaw Companies Limited. In addition to these public company memberships, Mr. Clark is a director of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Olympic Foundation, Own The Podium and the Sunnybrook Hospital Foundation. He was also a trustee of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust from 2013 to April 2023. He is an Emeritus member of the Advisory Board of the Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and a former board member of Brookfield Office Properties Inc., IGM Financial Inc., Hydro One Limited and Hydro One Inc.

Mr. Clark graduated from Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and from the University of Toronto with a MBA. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and the former National Academic Director for the Institute of Corporate Director’s course entitled “Audit Committee Effectiveness”.

She joined Schneider Electric SE through the acquisition of Invensys (multinational engineering and information technology company) in 2013 serving as Senior Vice President, Industry Services until 2017, and Senior Vice President, Industry and Cybersecurity until 2020. Prior to that, Ms. Marcotte held a number of executive-level positions at Invensys from 1996 to 2013, including Vice President, Engineering and Services. She began her career in 1985 in the Pulp and Paper industry and joined ABB Inc. in 1990 assuming different roles such as Manager, Marketing and Engineering and Control Engineer, Process Industry. 

Ms. Marcotte holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree and a Master’s degree in Applied Sciences (Engineering), both from Université du Québec.

Ms. McGregor-Smith is the Chair of the board of directors at Mind Gym plc and a director of Everyman Media Group plc. She is also the Chair of the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education, and the Air Operators Association, a non-executive director for the Tideway Tunnel and the president of the Board of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Ms. McGregor-Smith was President of the British Chambers of Commerce and was appointed a member of the House of Lords in 2015.

Ms. McGregor-Smith holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Kingston University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Business from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. In 2012, Ms. McGregor-Smith was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to business and diversity in business.

Mr. Paré is Chairman of the board of National Bank of Canada and sits on the board of directors of the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) as well as of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), having chaired the Québec Chapter from 2015 to 2017. He is also a former director of Québecor inc. from 2014 to 2022 and Groupe ADF Inc. from 2008 to 2019.

Mr. Paré has a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Université Laval and is a member of the Quebec Bar.

Mr. Pedersen is the Chairperson of the board of the Business Development Bank of Canada, a member of the board of directors of CGI Inc. and the Chair of the board of Nature Conservancy of Canada. He is also the Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation of the University of Waterloo and a member of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee of the Global Risk Institute.

Mr. Pedersen holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Industrial Relations degree from the University of Toronto.

From 2021 to 2023, Mr. Shakir was President, Americas Operating Plant Services and President, Environmental Services of Westinghouse Electric Company, a nuclear technology and services company. Prior to that, he led Orano USA, a global supplier of materials and services to the nuclear energy industry, where he served as President and CEO from 2016 until 2021, and as executive director of Orano Med LLC. Mr. Shakir also spent 10 years in senior management roles at Areva Inc. and Areva SA, one of the largest integrated global suppliers of nuclear materials, reactors and services. He began his career at ABB Group in several functions including, engineering and technical sales.

Mr. Shakir holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Concordia University, Montreal, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.

Ms. Warmbold is a member of the board of directors of The Bank of Nova Scotia and Methanex Corporation and the past chair of the Canadian Public Accountability Board.

She holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a Fellow of CPA-Ontario. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors and has been granted the ICD.D designation. Ms. Warmbold was inducted into the Women’s Executive Network’s Hall of Fame in 2016 and in 2017, she received a CFO Special Recognition Award for social responsibility and mentoring as part of the Canada’s CFO of the Year award.

As President and CEO, he is responsible for reviewing the strategic direction of the Company on an expedited basis and in developing a plan for sustainable success that de-risks and simplifies the company’s business model and generates consistent earnings and cash flow.

Before being appointed to his current role, Mr. Edwards was named Chief Operating Officer (COO) in January 2019 where he has taken the lead in executing the initiative to simplify, focus, and grow the business and implemented numerous measures to improve the operational performance of the company, ensuring that the efficiency and project oversight measures are being successfully executed.

Mr. Edwards joined AtkinsRéalis in 2014 and was later appointed President, Infrastructure in 2015. As President, Infrastructure, he led employees within AtkinsRéalis’ global Infrastructure business and oversaw the successful turnaround and transformation of the sector.

Prior to joining AtkinsRéalis, he spent six years in senior roles with the Leighton Group, where as Managing Director, Leighton Asia, India and Offshore, he led a diverse business of 20,000 employees spanning the construction, infrastructure, oil and gas and mining sectors in 14 countries.

Mr. Edwards holds Higher and Ordinary Certificates in Civil Engineering from Lancashire University in the United Kingdom. He is an incorporated Member of the Chartered Institute of Building, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.

Prior to joining AtkinsRéalis, Mr. Bell was Group Chief Financial Officer at Centrica Plc, a UK FTSE listed energy services and solutions company. He joined Centrica’s Direct Energy business in Toronto in 2002 where he held various senior finance positions before moving to the head office in the UK in 2008. Mr. Bell held the positions of Executive Assistant to the CEO and Head of Group Strategy, and Director of Corporate Finance & Group Financial Controller before being appointed CFO in 2014. Mr. Bell previously worked for The Boston Consulting Group and KPMG in Canada.

Mr. Bell is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA), has a BA in Accounting from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Before joining WS Atkins plc, he was Group HR Director at Hays plc, a global professional services company. Prior to this, Mr. Cullens was Group HR Director at The BOC Group plc, a leading industrial gas producer, and subsequently Group HR Director at Linde AG, a multinational chemical company, when the two businesses merged. He also served as Head of Global Human Resources at PA Consulting Group, and spent his early career in Human Resources-related roles with Mars Incorporated, Asda, The Albert Fisher Group and Whitehead Mann. He has lived and worked in Hong Kong, New Zealand and the former Soviet Union.

Mr. Cullens has held non-executive board roles at African Oxygen Limited and at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the UK, and is currently Chair of the International Advisory Board of The Open University Business School.

Mr. Cullens is a Chartered Companion of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and holds a Master of Arts (Hons) from Cambridge University as well as a Master of Letters, a Master of Science in Human Resources (Hons) and a Bachelor of Science.

Mr. Hoare is executive leader of the AtkinsRéalis’ digital journey towards its vision of harnessing people, data and technology to radically transform the design, delivery and operation of infrastructure. He is also responsible for the company’s pioneering ‘Engineering Net Zero’ programme, developing solutions to tackle climate risk and decarbonise the built environment.

Since joining the organisation over 25 years ago, he has held a number of senior leadership positions including Managing Director of Transportation, CEO of UK & Europe and, most recently, as President of Engineering Services for the UK and Europe, Canada, the Middle East & India.

Mr Hoare is a chartered engineer by profession and a member of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation. He is passionate about celebrating diversity and inclusion and championing talent development.

As a leading figure in the engineering industry, he has held many influential positions in the UK including roles on the Boards of the Railway Industry Association and the Defence Growth Partnership as well as chairing the board for the National College of High Speed Rail and Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA). He has also worked on behalf of the UK Government and the industry to develop a new Sector Deal for rail as part of the government’s Industrial Strategy. He is a Board member of Infrastructure Exports UK and the chair of the Infrastructure Investments & Resilience working group for the UK Government’s Business of Resilience Taskforce.

Mr. Robinson has over 25 years’ experience of senior leadership positions in heavy industry and engineering, and has overseen transformational levels of business growth throughout his career. Prior to joining the company in 2019 as CEO for UK & Europe, he was Chief Operating Officer at HS2 and has also held senior positions at AECOM, Heathrow Express, and Anglo American. 

He is passionate about leading change across the industry, recognising the need to improve performance through data and technology and striving for greater collaboration. Mr Robinson has held the position of deputy Co-Chair of the Construction Leadership Council since June 2022, working in partnership with the UK Government to support the construction sector in building greater efficiency, skills and growth, with specific responsibility for accelerating the sector’s transition to net zero and boosting productivity through digital adoption. 

A Chartered Chemical Engineer, he is an ICE Fellow, a Sainsbury Management Fellow, and holds an MBA from HEC Paris and NYU Stern School of Business, graduating on the Dean’s list.

Ms. Healy’s primary focus is to advance AtkinsRéalis’ engineering services offering, spanning infrastructure, transportation, and clean energy segments. Having lived in 5 countries and managed project teams in more than 20, Ms. Healy embraces cross-cultural collaboration, bringing together people of diverse professional backgrounds, creating new ways of working and making a tangible positive impact on communities. 

Prior to joining AtkinsRéalis, Ms. Healy held successive senior executive positions, including Senior Vice President for Carbon Neutrality and Continental Europe at TotalEnergies where she focused on topics such as the decarbonization of assets, and successful investment in carbon capture and nature-based solutions. She also held the position of Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel for Maersk Oil where she was responsible for Strategy, Business Development, Communications, Commercial Negotiations and Legal. Before joining Maersk Oil, she worked for Statoil (now Equinor) as Vice President, Business Development for North America where she was responsible for delivering growth, including M&A execution.

Ms. Healy holds a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

In his current role, he is responsible for continuing to grow the business in the region and maintaining AtkinsRéalis’ reputation as a world-class professional services and project management firm and employer of choice in the United States and Latin America. 

Mr. Morriss has more than 30 years of experience and global expertise. In addition to AtkinsRéalis, he has held executive and senior management roles with various engineering companies, including AECOM, Mouchel and Serco successfully delivering projects across six continents and in 60 countries. 

He began his career with WS Atkins, now part of AtkinsRéalis, as a civil and structural engineer. Mr. Morriss is a graduate of Bristol University UK in Civil Engineering and served in the Royal Engineers and Royal Marines Reserve. His professional affiliations include the title of Honorary Colonel from the British Armed Forces and Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He is a steadfast Welsh rugby supporter.  

Andrée-Claude was appointed General Counsel of AtkinsRéalis in December 2022. In her role, Andrée-Claude leads both the company’s legal and integrity teams and plays an integral role in the execution of AtkinsRéalis’ global strategic plan.

Andrée-Claude joined AtkinsRéalis in 2020 as Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary where she worked closely with the Board of Directors and the business to improve the company’s governance practices and led the Legal team’s strategic transformation, implementing digital technologies and efficiency-driven initiatives to better serve the business.

Prior to joining AtkinsRéalis, Andrée-Claude was Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary at Sherritt International Corporation, a global mining and refining company where she held various leadership positions in Toronto, Madagascar, and Cuba. Before Sherritt, she spent ten years with international law firm McCarthy Tétrault.

Andrée-Claude holds civil and common law degrees from McGill University. She is a member of the Barreau du Quebec and the Law Society of Ontario.

As President of the global Nuclear sector, he is responsible for continuing the successful expansion of the nuclear business comprised of three primary growth regions around the world.

Mr. St. Julian’s oversight also includes the design and delivery of CANDU® reactors, the development of advanced fuel technologies for implementation in international markets and small modular reactor (SMR) support.

Joe St. Julian brings 30 years of senior leadership experience with a diverse background in construction, project controls, project management, strategic planning and commercial management in the Nuclear sector in addition to the oil and gas, power, civil and government sectors. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and an excellent track record of building businesses and delivering operational excellence.

Prior to joining AtkinsRéalis, Mr. St. Julian spent seventeen years with Bechtel where, over the years, he worked on key projects for the U.S Department of Energy to remediate and decommission nuclear facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and at the Waste Treatment plan in Richland, Washington, a $20 billion nuclear waste processing facility. Prior to joining Bechtel, he worked for companies such as The Shaw Group Inc. and H. B. Zachry Company. 

He holds a Master of Business Administration from Baylor University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Kenyon College.

With over 25 years of corporate experience, Ms. Vaillancourt joined AtkinsRéalis in 2016 and joined the Leadership team in 2019 as Executive Vice President, Capital and Treasurer. She was later given additional responsibilities as President, Capital and Operations & Maintenance. In this role, her responsibilities included project investments, managing the infrastructure investment portfolio and leading the company's Operations & Maintenance business globally.  

Prior to joining AtkinsRéalis, Ms. Vaillancourt held several senior positions with major corporations, including Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP).  

She holds a Master's degree in Finance from HEC Montréal and holds a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA/CGA) designation.

Mr. White has over 30 years of experience in managing all aspects of civil, building, foundation, electrical and mechanical contracts in Hong Kong, UK and USA. Prior to joining AtkinsRéalis, he was Executive Director at Gammon Construction Limited in Hong Kong where he had responsibility for the company’s operations together with financial performance responsibilities, business growth strategy and business development.

He also spent over 20 years at Balfour Beatty in a variety of increasingly senior positions including Commercial Manager responsible for various projects. His early career was spent with Bucknall Austin and Partners – Chartered Quantity Surveyors and George Stubbings Limited, both in the UK.