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Mark Wild AWE Non-Executive Director

Mark Wild

Non-Executive Director

Mark Wild OBE FREng has more than 35 years of experience leading complex and critical infrastructure programmes. An engineer by trade, he has led projects in the public and private sector with a proven track record in numerous international jurisdictions. Mark is the former Managing Director of Westinghouse Signals and CEO of Public Transport Victoria in Australia. After a period as Managing Director for the London Underground, Mark assumed the CEO role at Crossrail Ltd, successfully delivering the Elizabeth Line in May 2022. In May 2024, Mark was appointed CEO of HS2 Ltd to lead the completion of Britain’s biggest infrastructure programme.

Mark graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic in 1987 with a BSc Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He later received an MBA with distinction from the University of Leeds in 1997.

Mark is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). In 2023, Mark received an OBE in New Year Honours for services to public transport and was made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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AWE announces new Strategic Alliance with the University of Strathclyde

As part of AWE’s partnerships with UK academia in support of our mission, we are pleased to announce a new Strategic Alliance with the University of Strathclyde to drive innovation in nuclear science and technology. Joining the University of Bristol, Cranfield University, Heriot-Watt University, and Imperial College London, the University of Strathclyde has become AWE’s […]

AWE Recognised Among Top Ten in the 2025 REDI Index for Religious Inclusion AWE is proud to announce its inclusion in the top ten of the 2025 Religious Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Index

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AWE named a top ten inclusive employer

It’s official; we’re a top ten inclusive employer in the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation 2025 Religious Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Index. It means we join the ranks of Thames Water, Direct Line Group, John Lewis Partnership and Rolls-Royce. We take inclusion seriously and we believe in walking the walk. That’s why we have several initiatives in […]

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Academia exchange: AWE sponsored PhD student’s international experience

An AWE sponsored PhD student from Bangor University, Moli, has recently returned from a unique and inspiring four-month international exchange programme that provided valuable insights into the wider nuclear industry and contributed to her PhD research which uses computational methods to explore and assess the nuclear forensics signatures of exotic materials and how they evolve over […]

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