SDG announces six new 'director' promotions

On 1 July Steer Davies Gleave appointed six people from within the company to director - Jim Collins, Stephen Hewitt, Gloria Hutt, Alan Jones, Michael May and Roy McGowan.

Steer Davies Gleave CEO Stephen Crouch said: "These appointments reflect the tremendous contribution these key staff make to the company`s ongoing success".

With 36 years' experience across the industry in senior rail executive positions at British Rail, Network Rail, the SRA and MTRLaing, Jim Collins has an enviable reputation in the UK rail industry. As head of rail at Steer Davies Gleave, he regularly advises government, operators and other stakeholders on strategic rail matters.

Stephen Hewitt is head of our Projects Business Unit and is currently director of London's Cross River Tram scheme, which Steer Davies Gleave is project managing. Previously, he was Eurostar`s head of strategic planning and latterly head of London project development at RailTrack (Network Rail).

Gloria Hutt has been instrumental in growing the Latin America business from our base in Santiago. She oversees all our PPP work in the region, including the landmark Transmilenio urban transit project in Bogota.

With over 25 years' experience, Alan Jones is an expert in developing and delivering transport strategies and large urban transit projects in the UK and North America. Over the last two years Alan has led the company's expanding transportation and transit work in North America including projects in Sacramento, Portland, Vancouver and Edmonton.

Michael May has nearly 30 years' experience as civil engineer, transport strategist and project manager for major transport schemes. He led our work on the Cambridgeshire BRT scheme and East-West Rail project. In addition, he regularly advises local government across the UK on investment priorities.

Roy McGowan heads our Development Planning Business Unit. He has over 25 years' experience in transport planning. Roy developed the strategic transport plan for the London 2012 bid with TfL and continues to support the Olympic Delivery Authority. He has recently developed transport strategies for Arsenal`s Emirates Stadium, Wembley Stadium and the Victoria Transport Interchange master plan.