Mike Putnam Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Appointed to the Board of Finning Inc 7 May 2024. Finning are the world's largest Caterpillar dealer providing equipment, parts, services & performance solutions in western Canada, South America and UK & Ireland. I bring my international infrastructure & construction expertise, together with my deep experience in Sustainability & Safety

London, Amsterdam & Vancouver

Non-Executive portfolio

London, United Kingdom

Joined the Board of Tideway at an important time with tunnelling about to start. Bringing my extensive infrastructure delivery, general business, risk management & sustainability experience to this exciting programme.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Joined the Supervisory Board of ARCADIS, a global design & cost consultancy business with 36,000 employees operating in 70 countries & listed on the Euronext stock exchange. With extensive industry knowledge & expertise, I chair the Sustainability Committee & I take a particular interest in helping to develop the digitalization agenda.

London, United Kingdom

Appointed to the Board of Network Rail from January 2018 bringing commercial, operational and engineering experience to the Board;Chair of the Safety, Health & Environmental Committee & Capital Delivery Advisory Board; Member of the Environmental Sustainability Committee; Member of Remuneration Committee. Independent NED of Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).

Worthing & London

Independent Non-Executive Director – Southern Water September 2017 - July 2024. Worked with the Board and Executive Leadership Team to transform & improve performance across the business as well as implementing a new strategy for the five year regulatory asset management period.Board Member │Strategic Vision │Transformational Change │Operational Delivery.

London, United Kingdom

Specialist Advisor to Members of the House of Lords, Science & Technology Committee to deliver the report: "Off-site manufacture for construction: Building for Change"

London, United Kingdom

• Other External appointments include:
• Member of the Expert Panel of the DfT's Acceleration Unit 2021-2023. Member of the Construction Leadership Council 2012-2017 for the Construction 2025 Industrial Strategy working towards a Sector Deal around Digital.
• Chair of the Green Construction Board (2012-2017) leading the Board to further the Green agenda leading towards the strategic target of 50% reduction in green-house gases.
• Board… Show more Other External appointments include:
• Board member of the ACE (Association of Consulting Engineers) Advisory Board 2012 onwards.
• Member of the CBI Construction Council (2009-2017) helping to shape and influence the voice of industry with government at the macro level. Show less

Various

Various Skanska Non-Executive Directorships over 10 years including: UK; Poland; Sweden (Deputy Chairman); USA; Norway. Built strong working relations with my opposite numbers, helping the executive teams to deliver and improve performance.Board Member │Strategic Vision │People Development │Values Leadership │Project & Programme Management │Risk &.

Rickmansworth

President & CEO Skanska UK (2009-2017) leading the UK business with £1.8 bn revenues, circa 2.5-3% profit margins and 6000 employees. Positioned the business as one of the real industry leaders particularly around performance and values driven inclusive culture which included: safety, green, diversity & ethics.Strategic Vision & Deployment │People.

London, United Kingdom

Executive Vice President Skanska UK (2001-2009) leading first the Civil and Specialist, then Building & Services businesses in the capacity of Executive Chairman with individual Managing Directors and their teams reporting to me. Strategy │People Leadership, development & Teams │Operational Delivery │Client Liaison & Engagement │Project & Programme.

Bsc Hons Civil Engineering

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