Mark Wild has more than 35 years of experience leading complex and critical infrastructure. An Engineer with Hons Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Masters in Business Administration.
Mark started his career in the electricity sector, but the majority of his experience has been in transportation. He has had a long career in operating and building major transportation infrastructure.
Mark is the former Managing Director of Westinghouse Signals and was the CEO of Public Transport Victoria. Mark is the former Managing Director of London Underground and the former CEO of Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure programme. Mark took up the role of CEO for SGN, one of the UK’s largest gas distribution networks in August last year.
Mark Wild, HS2 Ltd CEO, will explain how he has approached resetting Britain’s largest infrastructure project 5 years after the project was given notice to proceed. His approach is informed ‘radical transparency’ concepts to foster a collective mindset and shared priorities. At the end of the year, Mark will be providing the UK Government with new cost and schedule ranges for the project.