SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business appoints David Bell as Managing Director for Australia

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: 16 July 2020– Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has appointed David Bell as Managing Director of its Australia business, responsible for growing the company’s presence across the infrastructure sector through the delivery of digitally enabled design, engineering and project management.

David is an industry veteran with more than 25 years’ experience in developing and delivering complex projects in Australia and New Zealand and has held numerous senior leadership roles across the public and private sectors, most recently as General Manager of Transportation Australia at Stantec. He joined Atkins on 5 May and is based at its Brisbane office.

Catherine Li, CEO of Atkins, Asia Pacific, said: “David’s appointment is an important milestone for Atkins in Australia as we look to add to our strong transportation portfolio and broaden our client base delivering critical infrastructure across the country.

“With his deep industry knowledge and focus on innovation, David will also help drive our ongoing efforts to increase certainty in project delivery through the transformative application of data and technology, as well as the introduction of digital platforms which will see new levels of collaboration.”

David said: “Australia continues to benefit from major infrastructure investment, with many projects being fast-tracked to kick-start the country’s COVID-19 recovery.

“I look forward to leading a team of international and local experts who are fully focussed on delivering positive client outcomes by harnessing the very latest digital technology.”

In addition to the Inland Rail project - the largest freight rail infrastructure project in Australia and a once-in-a-generation programme of infrastructure works connection regional Australia to domestic and international markets, Atkins has delivered a number of other projects with significant social and economic benefits in the country, such as the Barangaroo Ferry Hub project in Sydney, the Cross River Rail Project and the New Generation Rolling Stock (NGR) Project delivered through a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) programme in Brisbane.

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